After getting thrashed 70-20 last weekend, the Bears came out flat as a pancake. Down 21-7 at the half, and 28-14 after three quarters it looked like the Broncos were going to be the talk of the NFL media again.
The Bears have looked one of the NFL’s worst teams so far this season, but as Justin Fields finally exploded into the 2023 season, it seemed that the Broncos were much, much worse. Then the unthinkable happened.
BRONCOS UNREAL COMEBACK
The fourth quarter comeback started with a Russell Wilson 13 yarder over the middle to Courtland Sutton, and then Justin Fields just had to Justin Fields. The third year QB fumbling on the Denver 48 and seeing it returned by Cooper for the tying score just 2:40 later. It was a gut punch the Bears couldn’t recover from.
On their next possession the Bears drove the length of the field, before deciding to turn down a 36-yard field goal and attempt a fourth-and-one on the Broncos 18. It proved a bad decision as the Broncos held, and 5 plays and 1:08 later kicked what would be the game winner.
The Bears had one more drive that ended in a desperate interception to seal one of their more painful defeats in memory.
After the game Broncos HC Sean Payton didn’t get too carried away, “There will be some tough tape. I don’t want to sugarcoat anything, there’s some things. We’re going to play a lot tougher teams on our schedule, no disrespect to Chicago, to Matt Eberflus and what they’re trying to do, I’m sure it’s the same here, but I think the win was important for the group.”
Payton went on to say, “The strip fumble was arguably the biggest play of the game. You score on defense, you’re going to win a lot of games; that ended up being the case.”
 |  | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Downs | 17 | 26 |
| Passing 1st downs | 9 | 17 |
| Rushing 1st downs | 6 | 7 |
| 1st downs from penalties | 2 | 2 |
| 3rd down efficiency | 6-11 | 6-12 |
| 4th down efficiency | 0-0 | 1-3 |
| Total Plays | 48 | 70 |
| Total Yards | 311 | 471 |
| Total Drives | 9 | 10 |
| Yards per Play | 6.5 | 6.7 |
| Passing | 214 | 300 |
| Comp-Att | 21-28 | 28-35 |
| Yards per pass | 7.4 | 7.7 |
| Interceptions thrown | 0 | 1 |
| Sacks-Yards Lost | 1-9 | 4-35 |
| Rushing | 97 | 171 |
| Rushing Attempts | 19 | 31 |
| Yards per rush | 5.1 | 5.5 |
| Red Zone (Made-Att) | 3-3 | 2-3 |
| Penalties | 7-39 | 10-91 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 2 |
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 1 |
| Interceptions thrown | 0 | 1 |
| Defensive / Special Teams TDs | 1 | 0 |
| Possession | 26:11 | 33:49 |
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