The Bears had been in this situation before this year.
They played well then suddenly the opponent regained momentum, much like Minnesota or Washington did against them.
A few breakdowns and long plays and they trailed 14-10. But this time they rebounded rapidly to win 33-14 against Bill Belichick's Patriots and suddenly it looked like they had discovered the formula for winning in their seventh game under coach Matt Eberflus.
It just required standing up to the adversity.
"We all take the blame for it on defense, we don't point fingers," linebacker Roquan Smith said.