Bears Lead the Seahawks 13-9 at Halftime in Seattle, After a 17-Play Opening Statement and a Late Seattle Strike
Chicago controlled the first half-hour with the longest drive Seattle has allowed all season, built a 13-3 lead on a Burden touchdown and two Santos field goals — then gave up a 43-yard touchdown 37 seconds before the break.
The Chicago Bears lead the Seattle Seahawks 13-9 at halftime of Monday Night Football at Lumen Field, in a first half that was mostly theirs — until its final minute. Chicago won the coin toss and deferred, forced a three-and-out on Seattle's opening possession, and then authored the night's defining drive.
That drive went 80 yards in 17 plays and 8 minutes 32 seconds — the longest possession Seattle has allowed all season — with the Bears converting three of four third downs and a fourth-and-1 at their own 49 on a 5-yard D'Andre Swift carry. Caleb Williams finished it with a 1-yard touchdown pass to Luther Burden III and a 7-0 lead. Jason Myers' 27-yard field goal got Seattle on the board in the second quarter, and Cairo Santos answered twice, from 44 yards and then from 38 with 1:12 left in the half, to make it 13-3.
Seattle's reply took 35 seconds. Sam Darnold found Jaxon Smith-Njigba — who piled up 55 yards on the drive — for a 43-yard touchdown on third-and-10 with 37 seconds left in the half, and only Jason Myers' missed extra point kept the margin at four. Touchdown Wire noted the uncomfortable pattern for Chicago: the Bears have now surrendered a touchdown just before halftime in three straight weeks, after Philadelphia in Week 3 and New England last week.
Chicago receives the second-half kickoff with a chance to restore the two-score margin. A win takes the Bears to 6-2 and keeps them at the front of the NFC North; the defending champions, down four at home, get 30 minutes to answer.
