The Bears Are Cookin’: Big Win Over the Cowboys in Ben Johnson’s First Win

What. A. Game. The Bears just put the NFL on notice with a 31-14 win over the Cowboys, and it felt like the start of something real under new head coach Ben Johnson.

Ugly Start, Huge Turnaround

I’ll be honest, the first drive had me worried. Three-and-out: missed throw, negative run, busted screen. Same old Bears, right? But then the defense flipped the script. After giving up a big run, Tyrique Stevenson chased down Williams, ripped the ball right out of his arms, and suddenly the momentum was all ours. That was the first “wow” moment of the game.

Then Caleb Williams said, “enough of this nonsense.” He dropped a deep bomb to Rome Odunze for the first touchdown, and just like that, the Bears were up 7-0. Soldier Field was rocking.

Dallas answered with a long drive but had to settle for a field goal. And then came the play of the quarter: a flea-flicker. A perfect flea-flicker. Williams to Luther Burden III for a 65-yard score. Chef’s kiss. Bears up 14-3.

Caleb Looked the Part

Now, it wasn’t perfect. You can tell Caleb still struggles when he has to move his feet in the pocket—those throws sail. But when he’s set? Money. He spread the ball to eight different receivers, didn’t take a single sack, and looked way more decisive than he has in weeks past.

Odunze took a brutal shot that cost him a touchdown, but the Bears still managed points. And with just over two minutes before halftime, Williams led a grown-man drive that ended with a touchdown to put Chicago up 24-14. That was the moment I knew this game wasn’t going to slip away.

Third Quarter Beatdown

The Cowboys? They basically didn’t touch the ball in the third quarter. Their only drive ended in a punt. The Bears followed it with a nine-and-a-half-minute drive that just bullied Dallas into submission and capped it off with a touchdown. 31-14. Game. Over.

The defense feasted the rest of the way. Kevin Byard laid the wood on Turpin (props to him for even holding onto it). Tremaine Edmunds picked Dak off twice—once at the one-yard line. Sweat got his first sack. And then, fittingly, Byard sealed it with an end-zone pick to close things out.

The Numbers Don’t Lie

• Caleb Williams: 19/28, 298 yards, 4 TDs. Zero sacks. That’s what you want from your QB1.

• Luther Burden III: 3 catches, 101 yards, 1 TD. Dude’s a playmaker.

• Team rushing: Just 84 yards. Not great, but good enough when the passing game is rolling.

• Stevenson: Finally looked like the corner we drafted—two huge pass breakups plus that early forced fumble.

Bears Fans, We Deserve This

This was Ben Johnson’s first NFL win, and it couldn’t have been sweeter than against the Cowboys. We’ve seen this team stumble too many times in these kinds of games, but not this time. The rookies showed out, Caleb made big plays, and the defense looked opportunistic for once instead of passive.

Is everything fixed? Of course not. Tackling still needs work, and Caleb’s mechanics under pressure need polish. But if this is what Year One looks like, the future is bright.

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