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Todd Bowles made halftime adjustments that flipped the momentum, and the Buccaneers nearly completed the comeback behind Baker Mayfield.\n\nIn the end it did not matter. Cairo Santos drilled a buzzer-beating field goal and the Chicago defense held up when it needed to, sealing the win. The Bears finished with five total turnovers but still walked away with their fourth straight victory.\n\nChicago improves to 7-2 and stays in the thick of the race atop a brutal NFC North. The offense will need to clean up the giveaways, but for now the Bears are finding ways to win ugly.","published_at":"2026-11-09T23:17:45.300620+00:00","source_count":4,"written_from":[{"outlet":"Defector","publisher":"Defector","title":"The Bears Beat The Bucs With One Hand Tied Behind Their Backs","url":"https://defector.com/the-bears-beat-the-bucs-with-one-hand-tied-behind-their-backs"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Bears QB Caleb Williams explains what went wrong with 4 INTS vs. Bucs","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/bears-qb-caleb-williams-explains-153526685.html"},{"outlet":"New York Post","publisher":"New York Post","title":"Caleb Williams overcomes his four interceptions in Bears’ turnover mess to squeak by Buccaneers","url":"https://nypost.com/2026/11/09/sports/caleb-williams-overcomes-his-four-interceptions-to-squeak-by-buccaneers/"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Sunday Night Football: 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