Bears seize first in North as Jay Cutler, D figure

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CHICAGO — Still doubting the Chicago Bears? They’re making it tougher.
The 31 points were a season-high for the Bears, who have won four straight. This one put them a game ahead of Green Bay in the division, plus it also came against one of the top teams in the NFC.
“The doubters aren’t in this locker room playing footy,” Chris Harris said. “We think in ourselves. they know they have a nice footy team.”
With Cutler in command, Devin Hester caught two passes for 86 yards plus Earl Bennett added four touchdown catches in an eye-opening win. There are still games remaining against New England,Favre going where few QBs have gone before nfl je
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Otherwise it was a near-perfect performance.
Matt Forte ran for 117 yards — the most by someone against Philadelphia this season. That included a 61-yarder to set up the first touchdown. plus when they wasn’t running by the Eagles, Cutler was picking them apart.
“It was a big game for us,” Cutler said. “We talked about it in there. they must keep going. they must put this behind us. The true check in this league is consistency, in November plus December, whether it’s third downs, red zone, turnovers or winning ballgames. they must keep going.”
Then, one big interception by Harris turned the momentum plus led to a TD by Chicago that made it 21-13.
The Bears led 14-3 through the first quarter, scoring four quick touchdowns after the Eagles’ David Akers booted a 45-yard field aim about four minutes in to the game, but were clinging to a one-point lead late in the half.
Even so, the Eagles fell to 5-1 in games Vick has started plus done. they hit Brent Celek with a 30-yard TD that made it 31-26 with 1:54 left, but Johnny Knox recovered the onside kick, preserving the win.
“That interception was deflating as a team,” Vick said. “When you have a chance to go up, whether it’s by four points or four if they get a field aim. Then we’re up plus momentum swings back your way.”
Jay Cutler tied a career high with four touchdown passes plus the Bears beat Michael Vick plus the Philadelphia Eagles 31-26 to take sole possession of the NFC North lead Sunday.
Game notes
Vick has four 300-yard games this season plus four in his career. … Bears TE Desmond Clark was inactive for the fifth straight game.
Vick, who spent 1 1/2 years in jail for running an illegal dogfighting ring, had gone 238 passes without a pick after throwing one for Atlanta against Carolina on Dec. 24,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], 2006.
“It’s going to be hard to put this one on the backburner,” Vick said. “We must do it.”
It didn’t hurt that the Eagles were missing their top four cornerbacks after Pro Bowler Asante Samuel stayed home with a knee injury plus Ellis Hobbs went on injured reserve in the coursework of the week with a neck injury. Defensive finish Juqua Parker also sat out with a hip flexor strain, but they still had a rejuvenated MVP candidate behind middle.
Julius Peppers had a sack for Chicago (8-3) after getting two the earlier week, plus the Bears got that signature win after beating struggling teams like Buffalo, Minnesota plus the injury-ravaged Dolphins.
“As bad as they played, they lost by four plus they know we’re a better team,” left tackle Jason Peters said.
Vick threw for 333 yards plus four touchdowns. But they also threw his first interception in four years when they got picked off by Chris Harris in the finish zone late in the first half, stopping a feasible go-ahead scoring drive.
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With the Eagles at the Chicago 4 plus trailing by one, Harris picked off a pass in the finish zone that teammate Tommie Harris tipped plus ran it back to the 37,‘Skins, Rams swap draftees Morris, Davis nfl jer
[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], plus four plays later, Cutler hit Bennett with a 6-yard TD that pushed the Bears’ lead to 21-13 with 38 seconds left in the half.
The Eagles (7-4) had won two straight, but were unable to break off big plays against one of the league’s stingiest defenses plus fell in to a tie with the los angeles Giants for the NFC East lead.
A leaping Greg Olsen made it a 15-point game when they hauled in a 9-yarder in the back of the finish zone, plus Robbie Gould capped a 17-play drive that ate up 10:05 with a 23-yard field aim late in the third, making it 31-13.
That streak came to an finish on his 21st attempt of the game, plus 212th of the season.
they had a 146.2 rating for the game, going 14 of 21 for 247 yards without an interception in one of his best games. The only downer was a fourth-quarter outburst that they expects to draw him a fine from the NFL. Cutler thought Ernie Sims ought to have been called for interference on an incompletion to Forte plus yelled plus yanked his chinstrap in disgust.