Thursday Night Football: Seahawks dispatch Bears 6-3

Thursday Night Football: Seahawks dispatch Bears 6-3

On a rainy night in Chicago, the Bears and Seahawks combined for 10 sacks, 13 punts, 444 yards and nine scores. The Seahawks won 6-3 in one of the NFL’s worst games this season.

Seattle improved to 9-7 and ended a two-game losing streak, and Chicago fell to 4-12 with its 10th straight loss.

The Bears’ final chance came with 5:12 remaining in their own 11 minutes. They drove to the Seattle 40 and converted a fourth-and-5 with a 14-yard pass from Caleb Williams to DJ Moore and a third-and-14 with a 15-yard throw from Williams to Rome Odunze.

But the Bears’ hopes of a comeback were dashed when Williams, under pressure, threw the ball up for grabs and Riq Woolen intercepted it with 11 seconds left.

The Bears’ only points came after Williams’ 17-yard touchdown throw to Odunze on third-and-10 was negated by offensive lineman Jake Curhan’s penalty. Kicker Cairo Santos hit a 42-yard field goal with 2:32 left in the first half.

They also had a defensive touchdown nullified by a replay assist after Kyler Gordon forced a fumble from Pharaoh Brown, who returned it 62 yards. However, Brown was down from contact at the Chicago 38, and the Bears went for a three-pointer.

Chicago had 179 yards and Williams took seven sacks, including two by Leonard Williams. Caleb Williams now has 67 sacks, nine fewer than David Carr’s NFL record for sacks in a season.

Moore caught six passes for 54 yards and D’Andre Swift had 12 carries for 53 yards.

The Seahawks had 265 yards and struck six times.

Geno Smith was 17 of 23 for 160 yards, Noah Fant caught four for 43. Zach Charbonnet had 15 carries for 57 yards.

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