The Philadelphia Eagles have returned to Lincoln Financial Field to take on the Chicago Bears in a Week 13 Black Friday game that will be streamed around the world for free. The Birds are looking to bounce back after blowing a 21-point lead to the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday. Can the Eagles actually look good […]
The Philadelphia Eagles have returned to Lincoln Financial Field to take on the Chicago Bears in a Week 13 Black Friday game that will be streamed around the world for free.
The Birds are looking to bounce back after blowing a 21-point lead to the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday. Can the Eagles actually look good against a Bears team that’s not quite as good as their record indicates? Or will Philadelphia’s struggles continue as the team risks spiraling down the stretch? We’re about to find out.
Follow along here for live score updates, highlights, injury news, analysis, and more before this article ultimately turns into our game recap. The best place to actually discuss the game as it happens is still in our open threads for each quarter, the first of which you can find here.
FIRST QUARTER
- The Bears won the coin toss and elected to receive (a rare non-deferral). The Bears took over at their own 33-yard line. Facing 3rd-and-1, the Bears went QB sneak for a first down. Facing 3rd-and-5, Caleb Williams hit Rome Odunze for a first down with Adoree’ Jackson giving up a cushion. Facing 3rd-and-7, a draw to old friend D’Andre Swift picked up six yards. Facing 4th-and-1, Ben Johnson kept the offense on the field and Kyle Monangai was originally contacted short of the line to gain but the refs ruled he made it beyond the marker. Nick Sirianni threw his red flag to challenge the spot … and the ruling was overturned for a turnover on downs! Good job by the Eagles’ head coach. And good job by Vic Fangio’s defense.
- The Eagles took over at their own 25-yard line. The offense’s first play was a Saquon Barkley run that picked up five yards. Then A.J. Brown false started. A pre-snap penalty before the Eagles’ second play after a loss where they had a ton of penalties. Jalen Hurts then hit Brown for a first down. Facing 3rd-and-5, Hurts scrambled into pressure and threw away the ball. Hey, it wasn’t a three-and-out! Just a five-and-out!
- The Bears took over at their own 22-yard line after a mere 38-yard punt by Braden Mann. Monangai immediately ripped off a 17-yard run. Swift ripped off a 23-yard run by juking Sydney Brown to move the Bears just outside of the red zone. Facing 3rd-and-2, Monangai was first contacted behind the marker but a second effort got him beyond the sticks for a first down. A scrambling Williams missed a throw to a wide open Olamide Zaccheaus in the end zone. Facing 3rd-and-2, the Bears got in the end zone with a handoff to Swift. 11-play, 78-yard touchdown drive that took 5:26 off the clock. EAGLES 0, BEARS 7.
- The Eagles took over at their own 35-yard line. Barkley ran for eight yards and then Landon Dickerson got flagged for a false start. Lol.
SECOND QUARTER
- Facing 3rd-and-3, Hurts tossed a completion to DeVonta Smith for a gain of 30 yards into field goal range. Nice design! Barkley ran twice (first for gain and then for loss) to set up third down. Facing 3rd-and-8, Hurts threw behind a wide open DeVonta for an incompletion. Just a really bad miss by the QB. Could’ve been a touchdown or at least goal-to-go, where the Eagles’ offense has been unstoppable this year. Instead, the Eagles had to settle for a 44-yard Jake Elliott field goal make. Four-point missed throw. EAGLES 3, BEARS 7.
- The Bears took over at their own 20-yard line after Jake Elliott’s kickoff bounced in the landing zone and into the end zone for a touchback. Swift ripped off a 17-yard run where he stiff-armed Adoree’ Jackson into the ground. Facing 3rd-and-8 after a blitzing Zack Baun forced Williams to dirt the ball, Williams hit OZ over the middle for a first down. Facing 3rd-and-1, the Bears went QB sneak with Williams going uncontested for a first down. Facing 3rd-and-5, Williams extended the play and scrambled for a first down. Swift ripped off another 17-yard run into the red zone. Facing 3rd-and-10 after Williams left a wide open touchdown throw on the field by throwing it low, Jaelan Phillips deflected Williams’ pass for an incompletion. The Bears brought on Cairo Santos for the 30-yard field goal make. Bend but don’t break effort on a 14-play, 68-yard FG drive. EAGLES 3, BEARS 10.
THIRD QUARTER
- Updates to come …
FOURTH QUARTER
- Updates to come …
EAGLES LINEUP NOTES
- Sydney Brown started at safety next to Reed Blankenship, as expected.
EAGLES INJURY NEWS
- Adoree’ Jackson got banged up on the Bears’ first drive. He was back on the field for the Bears’ second drive.
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