Cairo Santos makes a 30-yard field goal with 10 seconds left (his fourth of the game), and the Bears intercept Minnesota quarterback Joshua Dobbs four times in a 12-10 victory. Bears QB Justin Fields survives losing two fumbles in the fourth quarter.
Cairo Santos made a 30-yard field goal for Chicago with 10 seconds left, his fourth of the game after a miss on the opening drive, and the Bears had four interceptions of Joshua Dobbs in a defense-dominated 12-10 victory over the Minnesota Vikings on Monday night.
Justin Fields lost two fumbles in the fourth quarter, but with excellent protection on third-and-10 near midfield he hit D.J. Moore for 36 yards to put the Bears at the 13-yard line with 55 seconds left. They drained the clock to set up the winning kick and stop a 12-game losing streak against NFC North opponents – including six in a row against the Vikings.
Moore had 11 catches for 114 yards for the Bears (4-8), who managed to win without a touchdown on the strength of a smothering performance by their defense. Dobbs threw the go-ahead score to T.J. Hockenson with 5:54 left, but after the second fumble by Fields, the Vikings stalled out and immediately had to punt.
When Bears cornerback Kyler Gordon made a diving grab of a batted ball – three of their four interceptions were off deflections – shortly after Santos hit a 55-yarder, the Bears were in control.
But five plays later, Danielle Hunter – whose takedown of Fields in Chicago on Oct. 15 dislocated the quarterback’s thumb and sidelined him for the next five games – dislodged the ball during a sack that Sheldon Day recovered at the Minnesota 23 with 9:46 to go.
