Biggest Takeaways from Chicago Bears’ Week 5 Win
Published by Matt Eurich on October 11, 2015
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Chicago Bears
After starting off the season 0-3, the Chicago Bears improved to 2-3 on the year following their 18-17 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 5.
The Bears controlled the clock for over 33 minutes and finished the game with 328 yards of total offense. Chicago’s defense held the Chiefs to just 287 yards of total offense, including just 170 yards through the air.
Even though the Bears were able to hold the Chiefs in check throughout much of the game on defense, the offense struggled to get into a rhythm until late in the fourth quarter. Quarterback Jay Cutler led the Bears on back-to-back scoring drives late in the game, and the Bears were able to take an 18-17 lead following a seven-yard touchdown pass from Cutler to running back Matt Forte with just 18 seconds left on the clock.
“It was a very gutsy, good football-character victory,” said head coach John Fox after the game, per ChicagoFootball.com’s Kevin Fishbain. “As we talked at halftime, it wasn’t exactly smooth…not that we played poorly, but we just didn’t play as well as we could or probably as hard or as tough as we could. I thought we turned that up in the second half.”
The Bears fought back on offense after a rough start to the game in Week 5, and they will look to improve to 3-3 on the season when they take on the Detroit Lions at Ford Field in Week 6.
What are our biggest takeaways from Chicago’s victory over the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 5?
