Giants lose to the Bears 24-20

"The Giants didn't start off their opening drive with a touchdown, so that jinx was off their chests. Just kidding for how some of those other games turned out. They waited until the second quarter to score for the first time, when Jaxson Dart started connecting with Darius Slayton. Dart threw two deep passes back to back, and the first one Slayton caught went for 31 yards. It was a sensational one handed catch! On the second one Slayton was able to run for some additional yards, for a total of 38 yards. That got them to the Chicago 11-yard line.
Dart threw a short pass to sure-handed Daniel Bellinger, and he bullied it forward 8 yards. Devin Singletary picked up no yardage on second down, and Dart next ran the ball in for a touchdown. That tied the score at 7-7, as the Bears had scored earlier. It was impressive, and on their next drive, they had a 4th-and-1 on the Chicago 1-yard line. I was thinking maybe field goal, but they went for it, and Dart’s pass to tight end Bellinger was too high to bring down in the endzone.
The defense was doing their job, and on Dart's next turn, he did his again, this time with Theo Johnson. He took Dart's short pass 21 yards downfield, and on the next play Johnson caught a deep 25 yard pass to get them to the Chicago 14-yard line. Three incomplete passes later, Younghoe Koo, our new kicker, came in and his field goal put the Giants up 10-7, and that was the halftime score.
The Giants didn't score a touchdown to start the game. They saved that to open up the start of the second half. Tyrone Tracy had a 5-yard run, and a few plays later, a nice 16-yard run. It was good to see him get in stride for the first time in this game. Then Dart took off for a 24 yard touchdown run. The Giants were up 17-7, and the defense kept doing their job. On the Giants next drive, Dart was running the ball into the Bear's red zone, when he was tackled and fumbled it over.
The Giants defense had trouble this time, but held tight on their 4-yard line, and Chicago settled for a field goal. The fourth quarter started, and two plays into the Giants drive, suddenly Russell Wilson was on the field. I didn't know why, but after Devin Singletary turned a short pass into a 41 yard catch and run, the Giants were soon down to the Chicago 1-yard line. Two runs on on second and third down didn't get them in, and Koo kicked another field goal. It turned out that Dart was out of the game with a concussion.
Both teams went nowhere on their next drives, but then the Giants defense gave up some big plays, and the Bears scored a touchdown that cut the Giants lead to 20-17. There were only four minutes left, but a three-and-out with Wilson being sacked twice, had the Giants off the field fast. It cost the Bears two timouts, but they didn't need any. In fact, the Giants used one of theirs, as our defense played as poorly as they did the last time the Bears had the ball.
A poor punt had them starting near midfield, and I was hoping they could be held to a field goal for a tie game headed into overtime. Four plays later, with the defense giving up two big ones, Chicago scored a touchdown to take a 24-20 lead. Now the Giants needed to score one as well with less than two minutes left. Wilson had one scramble for 11 yards, but then a completion to Tracy for zero yards, followed by three short incompletions, ended the game for the Giants. I thought the Giants were going to win this one, but then in the fourth quarter..."

"The Giants looked to have the game in hand, but they couldn't keep their hands on Caleb Williams. The scrappy quarterback was able to evade all the pressure and hits they put on him in the first half. They had him throwing off on some passes, and there were no sacks. They limited Williams to 3 scrambles for 6 yards. Chicago's lead running back D'Andre Swift, was hard to contain, and he had one 25-yard run. They kept running back Kyle Monangai mostly in check, four carries for 13 yards, but one of his was an 8-yard touchdown in the first quarter.
The Giants had a 10-7 lead at the end of the half, coming up with two scores in the second quarter. Dart threw two deep passes to Darius Slayton, and later ended the drive rushing for a 3-yard touchdown. The next time Dart had two big completions, it was to tight end Theo Johnson, and Younghoe Koo later came in to kick a field goal. The running backs weren't giving Dart much to work with during the half. He was doing it all himself, carrying the ball 2 times for 21 yards and that one touchdown. Tyrone Tracy and Devin Singletary provided a total of just 2 yards on 8 carries.
Tracy came alive in the third quarter, gaining 5 yards on his first carry and 16 on his next. Still, it was Dart, who was soon the one running with the ball for a 24 yard touchdown. That was his second rushing touchdown of the game, giving the Giants a 17-7 lead. Running did Dart in though on his next drive, when he fumbled the ball and it led to him being placed on concussion protocol shortly into the next series. Russell Wilson took over, and the Giants added another field goal to match the one the Bears came up with on the pervious drive.
That turned out to be it for the Giants, as their last three possessions were pitiful. Taking away their penalties and the sack yardage lost, the total 12 plays they ran netted them 7 yards. The defense was also hard to watch, as during that time, the Bears three possessions netted them two touchdowns. That was enough for them to secure a 24-20 win over the Giants, who held a 10 point lead with most of the fourth quarter gone.
Wilson's numbers were 3 completions on 7 passes for 45 yards. He carried the ball 2 times for 12 yards, and took 2 sacks. The Giants defense kept the pressure up on Williams in the second half, but there were no sacks or turnovers as he scrambled away and made big plays. Williams and his two backs ran all over the Giants with their 28 carries for 171 yards. Once Dart left the game, the Giants fell apart on both sides of the ball. The Giants will have a tough time if Dart can't play, and Green Bay is coming up next."

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