The Chicago Bears’ Week 9 offensive explosion wasn’t just big on the scoreboard — it could have major fantasy football implications heading into Week 10.

The Chicago Bears are now 5-3 after their miraculous 47-42 win over the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday, where rookies Colston Loveland and Kyle Monangai shone in the shootout victory. Four of Chicago's five wins have been of the miracle variety,

The Bengals offense pulled off a miracle comeback in the final two minutes against the Bears, only to be let down by a historically bad defense that gave up a 58-yard game-winning TD pass with just 17 seconds left to play. Bo Nix led another wild fourth-quarter comeback for the Denver Broncos in an 18-15 win over the Houston Texans.

The Chicago Bears enter Week 9's matchup against the Cincinnati Bengals with a still-relevant 4-3 record. A fifth win on Sunday will keep hope for a 2025 playoff berth alive, and, potentially, turn GM Ryan Poles into an aggressive buyer over the next few days.

Bears safety Kevin Byard has played a lot of NFL games, but none of them looked quite like the one he was part of in Cincinnati on Sunday.

The Bears won a thriller over the Bengals while the Bills outlasted the Chiefs. Here are the winners and losers from a busy Sunday across the NFL.

Bengals returner Charlie Jones, a Deerfield native, ran back the opening kickoff for a 98-yard touchdown to start the game at Paycor Stadium. The closest any Bears player came to Jones was kicker Cairo Santos, who dove for him along the left sideline. Jones broke the tackle and kept running.