In a game the Bears desperately needed to win, they executed in remarkable fashion.
The Bears wanted to win on Sunday in order to take over the seventh seed in the NFC and take control of their own playoff destiny. The Jaguars—or their fans, at least—wanted to lose in order to secure the No. 1 pick in the 2021 NFL Draft to take Trevor Lawrence.
Both fanbases got what they were hoping for this week, as Chicago trounced Jacksonville on the road in a 41-17 blowout. 31 unanswered points from the Bears helped them take control of the game after a back-and-forth first half, and they saw both sides of the ball step up after a rather pedestrian start to the game.