The Bears took an early 7-0 lead on the sport’s opening possession as quarterback Tyson Bagent raced round proper finish for a 5-yard landing. The TD run capped a 7-play, 73-yard drive that was highlighted by Bagent’s 44-yard move to receiver Nsimba Webster. Bagent sprinted to his left and threw downfield to a wide-open Webster.
The Bears protection adopted by stuffing back-to-back operating performs, forcing the Chiefs to show the ball over on downs. On third-and-1 from the Chicago 43, linebacker Amen Ogbongbemiga and nickel again Reddy Steward teamed as much as cease operating again Deneric Prince for no achieve. Then on fourth-and-1, security Tarvarius Moore rocketed up area and dropped Prince for a three-yard loss.
The Chiefs later had an opportunity to get on the board, however kicker Harrison Butker missed a 59-yard area aim try extensive proper.
Bagent exited the sport after two possessions, having accomplished 3 of 6 passes for 57 yards and an 83.3 passer ranking, although one among his incompletions was a drop.
The Bears elevated their result in 10-0 on Cairo Santos’ 32-yard area aim early within the second quarter. The kick was arrange by a pair of Brett Rypien 17-yard completions to Webster and receiver Tyler Scott.
After the Bears protection stopped the Chiefs, Matt Araiza’s punt from the 50 bounced off the again of return specialist DeAndre Carter’s leg and Kansas Metropolis’s Jaden Hicks recovered it on the Chicago 9. Carter was shoved again into the ball by a Chiefs participant.
Two performs later, Steward stepped in entrance of tight finish Jared Wiley and intercepted a Chris Oladokun move on the aim line, returning it 11 yards.
The Chiefs reduce the deficit to 10-7 on fullback Carson Steele’s 1-yard landing run halfway by way of the second interval. On the earlier play, Steele broke three tackles on a 31-yard run that was initially dominated a TD, however the ball was positioned on the 1 after a replay assessment confirmed he was tackled out of bounds in need of the tip zone.
The Bears then scored 10 factors in a :21 span within the closing minute of the second quarter to take a 20-7 halftime lead. First, Rypien’s 37-yard completion to Scott down the left sideline arrange Santos’ 37-yard area aim with :43 remaining.
“We had been anticipating numerous man protection and so [I was] pressed up on that exact route,” mentioned Scott, who led the Bears with six catches for 99 yards. “I had a go [route]. I knew ‘Ryp’ was going to throw it to me, so simply get open and [I] bought a possibility.”