Chicago Bears wide receiver DJ Moore ran 8 yards up the left sideline and then abruptly turned around to look at quarterback Justin Fields on Thursday night at FedEx Field. As the football sailed toward Moore, Washington Commanders cornerback Kendall Fuller tried to jump in front and make a play, but Moore leaped up behind him and grabbed the pass out of the air.
Chicago Bears wide receiver DJ Moore ran 8 yards up the left sideline and then abruptly turned around to look at quarterback Justin Fields on Thursday night at FedEx Field.
As the football sailed toward Moore, Washington Commanders cornerback Kendall Fuller tried to jump in front and make a play, but Moore leaped up behind him and grabbed the pass out of the air. As Moore turned and sprinted another 48 yards to the end zone, the same emotion was running through the minds of Fields and tight end Cole Kmet — and certainly many, many others throughout Bears nation.
“Sigh of relief,” Fields said.
“Relief,” Kmet said. “Relief. It’s been a long time coming.”
Moore’s 56-yard touchdown with 4 minutes, 18 seconds to play sealed a 40-20 victory over the Commanders to snap a 14-game losing streak. It had been 346 days, to be exact, since the Bears had won a game.
The last one the Bears had played, just four days earlier against the Denver Broncos, involved a 21-point Bears lead and then a crushing collapse, bringing up questions again about the Bears’ — and Fields’ — ability to finish. So anyone might have been forgiven for growing nervous as the Commanders chipped away at a 27-3 Bears halftime lead.
