What a barn burner.

The Chicago Bears scored the most points in a game since Dec. 27, 2020, when they beat the Jaguars 41-17.

It was just enough. Bears win 47-42.

Here’s how we graded the Bears in their shootout win over Cincinnati.

Bears’ offense

It’s hard to argue Sunday was anything but a good day for the offense.

The Bears’ offense needed to score 40-plus points to win on Sunday. They did that and more.

The run game was working. The passing game had explosives and took the easy play more often than trying to force a big play. The Bears had five drives of 10 or more plays.

That was a good day. The other two phases need to hold their end of the bargain. The defense did, but barely.

The Bears’ offense racked up over 500 yards of offense. It was pretty evenly split between run and

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