33-19 to Bears, and it went about how it looked. Dak Prescott did the damage for Cowboys — 16/24, 206 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT — in a losing effort. D'Andre Swift ran it for Bears — 12 carries, 123 yards, 1 TD. 4 in the league in receiving yards, at 82 overall. Zavion Thomas is not supposed to be doing this. Total yards: Cowboys 377, Bears 314.

Giveaways decided this one. Bears 24, Raiders 13. Fernando Mendoza threw for Raiders — 17/27, 216 yards, 2 TD, 3 INT — in a losing effort. D'Andre Swift did the catching for Bears — 3 catches, 79 yards, 1 TD. D'Andre Swift's high-water mark for the year. On the ground: Bears 133, Raiders 36.

Giveaways decided this one. Ravens 31, Bears 24. Lamar Jackson threw for Ravens — 19/32, 385 yards, 3 TD. Caleb Williams did the damage for Bears — 9/18, 214 yards, 3 TD, 3 INT — in a losing effort. Make it 6 consecutive games past 250 for Lamar Jackson. Through the air: Ravens 385, Bears 214.

Daniel Keller: "J.J. McCarthy threw 4 touchdowns but also 2 interceptions in a game Minnesota lost by 2—the giveaways decided it, since Chicago coughed up nothing and Minnesota's ground game (40 yards) left no margin for error on the mistakes that came anyway." Sephen A. Smith: "Minnesota's ground game vanished—40 yards is a surrender—and that's the real story here, not McCarthy's 4 touchdowns: a 2-4 team that can't run the ball doesn't win close games, and Chicago, sitting pretty at 4-2, proved it by not having to."

J.J. McCarthy threw 4 touchdown passes and just 2 interceptions on 19 completions, yet Minnesota lost 29-27 because the Vikings managed 40 rushing yards—basically nothing—while Chicago's defense recorded 2 sacks and forced those turnovers that mattered. Caleb Williams went 10 for 16 with 207 yards and 1 TD, enough when Zavion Thomas caught 2 passes for 95 yards and a score, and when the Bears ran for 125 yards to Minnesota's ground futility. The real number here is 0—Chicago gave the ball away zero times while Minnesota gave it away twice in a 2-point game, and that's how you steal one.

A long afternoon for Bears. Cardinals by 23. Caleb Williams threw for Bears — 19/32, 346 yards, 5 TD, 2 INT — in a losing effort. Dante Moore was steady for Cardinals — 12/20, 250 yards, 4 TD, 2 INT. Through the air: Bears 346, Cardinals 250.

21 points separated these two, and Bears had all of them. Caleb Williams threw for Bears — 9/13, 244 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT. Luther Burden III was the target for Bears — 3 catches, 142 yards, 1 TD. Total yards: Bears 409, Seahawks 229.

Riley Parker: "Detroit threw 33 times and ran 8, which is a Week 17 panic move, and it cost them: they got shut out by a team that ran the ball 24 times and let Caleb Williams throw 4 touchdown passes on the way to 2 points—yes, 2—which means Chicago's offense couldn't finish anything it started." Sephen A. Smith: "Chicago just locked the 1 seed by scoring 2 points against a team that finished 1-15 — and that's not a referendum on Caleb Williams or D'Andre Swift's 152 yards, it's an indictment of an offense that can't punch it in when the moment demands it."