Oct. 14 (UPI) — The Washington Commanders logged five sacks and forced two turnovers in a narrow win over the Chicago Bears to kick off the NFL’s Week 6 slate.
Jonathan Allen, Montez Sweat, Efe Abada, Daron Payne and Kamren Curl each sacked Bears quarterback Justin Fields in the 12-7 win Thursday at Solider Field in Chicago. Allen also logged a forced fumble and an interception.
“A win gives you confidence,” Commanders coach Ron Rivera told reporters. “If you stick together and continue to work together, you give yourself a chance.”
Commanders kicker Joey Slye made a 38-yard field goal 50 seconds before halftime for the only points of the first half. The Bears answered with a 9-play, 94-yard scoring drive on their first possession of the second half. Quarterback Justin Fields threw a 50-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Dante Pettis to end that drive.
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The Commanders and Bears offenses continued to struggle. Bears punt returner Velus Jones Jr. dropped a fumbled a punt return, which the Commanders’ Christian Holmes recovered midway through the fourth.
The Commanders took the lead two plays later, when running back Brian Robinson Jr. ran for a 1-yard touchdown. The Bears turned the ball over on downs on each of their final two drives.
Robinson ran for 60 yards and a score on 17 carries in his first start for the Commanders. Commanders quarterback Carson Wentz completed 12 of 22 passes for 99 yards.
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Fields completed 14 of 27 passes for 190 yards, one score and an interception. The Bears out-gained the Commanders 392 to 214 in total yards and held an edge of nearly five minutes in time of possession in the loss.
The Commanders (2-4) will host the Green Bay Packers (3-2) at 1 p.m. EDT Oct. 23 in Landover, Md. The Bears (2-4) will battle the New England Patriots (2-3) at 8:15 p.m. Oct. 24 in Foxborough.
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