Revisiting The Bears’ 7 Comebacks in 2025

While it ultimately ended in disappointment in the Divisional Round, the Chicago Bears’ 2025 NFL season was a memorable one. It exceeded expectations for a team that went 5-12 in the 2024 season, and that was not fully considered a Playoff contender going into 2025. The Bears topped the ultra-tough NFC North – the strongest division in the NFL statistically – and played their part in one of the best Wild Card Weekends in recent NFL history.

But when looking back at the campaign, the most overriding memory is those late-game comebacks – all seven of them. It was the defining characteristic of the Bears’ season, one that galvanized the fans by demonstrating that the team had a never-say-die attitude. There was an extra bit of buzz around the Bears and Soldier Field because of it.

A Wild Card Game to Remember 

So, where to start? How about with the best comeback of all? The Wild Card game against the Packers was, well, pretty wild, after the Bears became just the fourth team in Playoff history to overturn a 15+ point deficit when entering the 4th quarter. Indeed, If you are learning how to bet on NFL games, it’s a good example of how live betting should be part of your strategy because momentum can change in an instant. The Bears were down 21-3 at halftime and 21-6 in the 4th quarter, before heroics from the likes of Caleb Williams and DJ Moore completed the comeback. As if we need reminding, it was also the Bears’ first postseason win in 15 years.

As for those regular-season late-game comebacks, all Bears fans will have their personal favorites, but for neutrals, you have to go with the 47-42 win over the Bengals. The Bears should have been out of sight when DJ Moore scored a touchdown to make it 41-27 with just 4.53 remaining, yet the Bengals punched back and ended up taking a 1-point lead with just under a minute remaining. But Williams and Colston Loveland connected for a touchdown with 17 seconds left, securing the win. It would kick off a five-game winning streak for the Bears and that incessant march to the Playoffs.

The Win Over the Raiders Feels Crucial in Hindsight 

The season’s first comeback win came in Week 4, with the Bears overturning a five-point deficit to the Raiders to sneak a 25-24 win. You have to say that, while not the best Bears’ performance of the season, it may have been the most crucial, allowing Chicago to improve to 2-2. If it had gone the other way, leaving the team 1-3, the loss of momentum could have been similar to the disaster that befell the Bears in 2024.

Week 6 also saw a tight one, overcoming an 8-point gap to the Commanders. This one wasn’t about touchdowns; it was about kicking, with Jake Moody converting four of five field-goal attempts to get the Bears over the line. Week 10 had that huge 10-point turnaround over the Giants, allowing the team to improve to 6-3 for the first time since 2018. It was probably at this point that the Playoff push started to feel real. Week 11 was another nail-biter, overturning a 1-point deficit with 56 seconds on the clock against the Vikings.

And finally, there was a taste of things to come in the Playoffs when the Bears overcame a 10-point deficit to the Packers, forcing overtime and sending the fans into delirium after a game-winning touchdown throw from Williams. It was one of the high points of a season of thrills, one that makes the Bears fans believe that good things can happen again in 2026.

The post Revisiting The Bears’ 7 Comebacks in 2025 appeared first on ChiCitySports.