News, notes and hints about Chicago Bears Thanksgiving victory Lions

The Bears attack continued the struggle in goal scoring, with only one victory on Thursday 16-14. The unit has produced 17 TDs in 11 games this season, seven of them in the last five games.

Lions runner D’Andre Swift left the game due to a shoulder injury he suffered when Roquan Smith hit him in the middle of the second quarter. Swift left the race when he was kept at zero yards with three moves. In his previous two games, the sophomore had rushed 130 and 136 yards against the Steelers and Browns, respectively.

Lions fell 0-10-1 this season and 0-14-1 from their previous win, a 34-30 return victory from the Bears last December 6 at Soldier Field.

After Lions lost the season opener to the 49ers 41-33, Lions have failed to score more than 19 points in 10 games in a row.

The Bears have now won eight games in a row from Lions when they face another quarterback like Matthew Stafford. They beat Dan Orlovsky twice in 2008, Daunte Culpepper in 2009, Drew Stanton in 2010, Jeff Driskel and David Blough in 2019, and Goff twice this season.

Although Andy Dalton fed 312 yards, the Bears running was limited to 68 yards with 29 moves, an average of 2.3 yards. David Montgomery ran 46 yards from 17 attempts. The Bears running game, which begins in week 12, finished sixth in the NFL, while the Lions defense was ranked 31st. In the previous three games, Detroit had allowed 236, 145 and 184 yards in the country.

The Bears were skinny in the receiver when Allen Robinson II was out of the game due to a thigh injury and Marquise Goodwin left the race due to a leg injury. Damiere Byrd took advantage of extended playing time and grabbed four assists at 42 yards after reaching Thursday’s game with five receptions at 32 yards this season. His 7-yard reception in the final quarter was the 100th catch of his six-year NFL career.