FOLES BESTS BRADY AGAIN
Nick Foles beat Tom Brady again, Cairo Santos kicked a 38-yard field with 1:17 left and the Chicago Bears beat Tampa Bay 20-19 on Thursday night after Brady seemingly lost count of downs on his final play.
Brady never lost to Chicago in five meetings as a member of the Patriots. But facing Foles for the first time since New England fell to Philadelphia in Super Bowl 52, the six-time champion once again came up short.
Brady threw for 253 yards and one touchdown. But the Buccaneers (3-2) came up short after winning three in a row.
Khalil Mack had two sacks. DeAndre HoustonCarson broke up Brady’s fourth-down pass with 33 seconds left after Santos kicked the go-ahead field goal. Brady put up four fingers, appearing to think he had one more down. But Chicago took over.
With the win, the Bears (4-1) bounced back from a lackluster loss to Indianapolis.
Bears 20, Buccaneers 19
Foles, the Super Bowl 52 MVP, completed 30 of 42 passes for 243 yards and a touchdown, in his second start after replacing Mitchell Trubisky.
Allen Robinson had 90 yards receiving. Jimmy Graham caught a touchdown pass and David Montgomery ran for a score.
Brady was 25 of 41.
Mike Evans had a touchdown reception.
Ryan Succop kicked four field goals, including a 25yarder to give Tampa Bay a 19-17 lead with 4:49 remaining.
But nose tackle Vita Vea was taken from the field on a cart with less than two minutes remaining after a teammate rolled up on his right leg.
And Tampa Bay lost for the first time since the opener at New Orleans.