The Chicago Bears went on the road to take on the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 9 of the NFL season. The Bears appeared to be cruising to a win, but their defense fell apart in the final two minutes. 

The Bears’ defense did everything they could to lose the game, but the Bengals’ defense, which has been horrendous all season, outdid itself by allowing a 58-yard game-winning score. The last few minutes of the game were all over the place. Cincinnati had a touchdown and a two-point conversion, then needed to recover an onside kick. The Bengals recovered it, scored again and gave the Bears less than a minute to get a field goal or better. Somehow, Chicago pulled it off. 

Here is more on how Williams beat the Bengals in a game-of-the-year candidate in Week 9. 

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Inside Bears’ comeback win

DJ Moore has 17-yard rushing TD with 4:53 left 

Moore took a carry to the left and dove for the pylon. He was ruled short. It looked like he may have fumbled, and Cincinnati challenged that he did. The review showed that not only did the wide receiver not fumble out of the back of the endzone, but the ball crossed the plane of the endzone before he went down, and it was ruled a score.  

Flacco throws interception with 2:46 left

Flacco and the Bengals drove down the field and were in the redzone. At the time, Cincinnati was down 41-27. Flacco was picked off, but it wasn’t taken back for six as initially thought as the defender was touched down by contact. That ruling ended up being huge in the moment. 

Bears punt with 2:24 left

Chicago looked to eat as much of the clock as it could. The Bears ran the ball three consecutive times, but only amassed seven total yards and Chicago was forced to punt. 

At this point, the Bears were still up 41-27. 

Flacco hits Noah Fant for 23-yard score, Tee Higgins for 2-pt conversion with 1:43 left

The veteran Cincinnati quarterback then led a four-play drive that took 32 seconds. It ended with Flacco finding Noah Fant for a 23-yard score and then Higgins converted the two-point conversion.

Following the score, Cincinnati was down 41-35 with less than two minutes to go. 

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Bengals recover onside kick with 1:43 left

Cincinnati needed the ball back and faced the task of recovering an onside kick. The Bengals pulled it off despite the odds stacked against them.

Flacco hits Andrei Iosivas for 9-yard score with 54 seconds left 

With the momentum in their favor, the Bengals offense had a quick six-play drive. Flacco found Andrei Iosivas for the touchdown, and Evan McPherson kicked the extra point.

Cincinnati was up 42-41 for its first lead since the Bengals were up 27-24 in the third quarter. 

Caleb Williams hits Colston Loveland for 58-yard touchdown with 17 seconds left

It looked like the Bears’ defense was going to be criticized all week for the meltdown they showed on the field. Chicago’s offense took the field with 54 seconds left in the game. Williams started the drive with back-to-back incompletions. He then had a 14-yard run, and Chicago used its last timeout. 

The Bears were just trying to get into Cairo Santos’ field goal range to try to win it with a kick. Instead, Williams wound up finding rookie tight end Colston Loveland who dodged would-be tacklers and ran all the way to the endzone for the 58-yard score. 

Chicago went for two, but didn’t convert. This put the Bears up 47-42, still forcing the Bengals to score a touchdown if they were to win. 

Joe Flacco throws Hail Mary interception as time expires

Flacco had an incomplete pass, and then hit Ja’Marr Chase for a 13-yard gain. The 40-year-old quarterback gave it everything he had, but his pass fell well short of the endzone and was picked off by the Chicago defense to seal the win for the Bears. 

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