Jake Moody kicks game-winning field goal in first appearance with Bears

A wet and wild Monday night meeting between the Chicago Bears and Washington Commanders turned into a thriller between two of the NFL s oldest franchises Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels fumbled a handoff late in the fourth quarter and allowed the Bears defense to recover Caleb Williams and D Andre Swift led the offense down the field to set up a Jake Moody field goal attempt It was Moody s first day on the roster as the squad signed him to replace an injured Cairo Santos CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMMoody with three seconds left and a steady mist coming down nailed a -yard field goal to give the Bears the - win Chicago improved to - with the win and the Commanders fell to - The Bears jumped out to an early - lead in the first half Moody was seemingly in good form He nailed two field goals and Caleb Williams ran for a touchdown to start the second quarter The Commanders cut into the Bears lead when Daniels threw a -yard touchdown pass to Chris Moore Washington got more points on the board after an eight-play -yard drive in the third quarter which ended with a Matt Gay field goal After Moody hit his third field goal of the night the Bears offense went quiet Daniels led back-to-back scoring drives at the end of the third quarter and to start the fourth He ascertained Luke McCaffrey for a -yard touchdown pass and then fired a -yard touchdown to Zach Ertz Williams and the Bears didn t stay down too long The second-year quarterback hit Swift on a short pass Swift made a insufficient Commanders defenders miss and scampered for a -yard touchdown Chicago missed out on a -point conversion and was down two points FALCONS STUN BILLS BEHIND BRILLIANT OFFENSIVE PERFORMANCES FROM BIJAN ROBINSON AND DRAKE LONDONMoody was on point with his field-goal tries despite one getting blocked He was cut by the San Francisco ers only a sparse weeks into the season despite having a place in the record books during Super Bowl LVIII Moody turned around and etched his name into the Bears record books making the majority of field goals in a Bears debut with four according to ESPN It s invariably good to have a fresh start I reliably assumed in myself deduced in my teammates Shoutout to long snapper Scott Daly and holder Tory Taylor They made the operation really easy on me The same with the offensive line up front protecting great on that last one You can t draw it up any better he communicated ESPN s Lisa Salters Williams was -of- with passing yards and a touchdown pass He completed passes to eight different receivers Swift led the club with two catches for yards Luther Burden III had four catches for yards Swift had carries for yards as well Daniels finished -of- with passing yards three touchdown passes and an interception The Bears defense had three takeaways Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter