LAKE FOREST, Ill. – There's a saying making its way around offensive meeting rooms in Chicago.
As the defense aims to push opponents back, the offense wants to 'knock it forward.' It's the mindset the Bears have carried through grind-it-out wins over San Francisco and Houston on the way to a 2-1 start. Personifying an old-school identity of brute running and blocking put Chicago in position to generate the franchise's largest single-game rushing output in 38 years -- 281 yards -- during a 23-20 win over the Houston Texans.
The last time the Bears rushed for at least 281 yards, Walter Payton was leading the way on Sept.