EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — There’s no quit in the Bears, not after one of the most improbable last-second comebacks you’ll ever see. But that wasn’t enough for this team to manage a win in an absurd afternoon against a last-place team.
The Bears lost, 30-27, in overtime to the New York Giants Sunday at MetLife Stadium, in a game that impossibly managed to make it to overtime. The Bears erased a 10-point deficit with less than 90 seconds remaining, with Daniel Brown recovering an onside kick and Tarik Cohen throwing a game-tying touchdown to Anthony Miller as time expired.
But the Bears’ defense had a half-hold in overtime, allowing a 44-yard field goal and giving the ball back to the offense. But the Bears fumbled three times on that ensuing drive — recovering all three, but making things too hard to get the points they needed. The drive stalled near midfield on fourth and eight, when Daniel’s heave toward Taylor Gabriel fell incomplete.
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The Bears will head back to Chicago feeling conflicted, most likely — buoyed by a remarkable comeback but frustrated by not making it count. There are no moral victories in the NFL, and the Bears are 8-4 after losing to the 4-8 Giants. The loss doesn’t put a major dent in the Bears’ playoff hopes, but it does open up the possibility that season-ending trip to Minnesota will significantly matter.
Chase Daniel played poorly for most of the game, throwing two interceptions — including a pick six on the second play of the game — but led two critical scoring drives after the Bears fell behind by 10 late in the fourth quarter. His fourth-down toss to Cohen, which went for 23 yards and teed up Cohen’s trick-play toss to Miller from the one-yard line.
The Bears expect to get Mitch Trubisky back next Sunday, according to multiple reports, which should hit the re-set button for an offense — and team — that didn’t look like itself in New Jersey, at least before that furious comeback. For the first time in 2018, the Bears lost the turnover battle, losing the ball three times while only taking it away from the Giants once.