It has been two spectacular weeks for the Chicago Bears.
Final week the Bears blew out the Carolina Panthers, by a ultimate rating of 36-10. In that recreation rookie quarterback Caleb Williams threw a pair of landing passes to D.J. Moore, and the Chicago offense scored 5 touchdowns in Chicago’s 26-point victory over the Panthers.
Chicago was again in motion to kick off the Sunday slate in Week 6, taking over the Jacksonville Jaguars in London. The end result was extra of the identical, because the Bears blew out Trevor Lawrence and firm by a ultimate rating of 35-16.
In that victory, Williams threw a career-high 4 landing passes, a pair of these going to tight finish Cole Kmet. Kmet was performing some “double obligation” for Chicago on Sunday, as he was additionally pressed into motion because the group’s emergency lengthy snapper when the Bears misplaced Scott Daly to a knee harm.
As soon as once more, the Bears offense scored 5 touchdowns, giving them two straight video games with 5 offensive touchdowns.
How exceptional is that this feat? In response to Mark Potash, who covers the Bears for the Chicago Solar-Occasions, that is the primary time the Bears have scored 5 offensive touchdowns in consecutive video games since 1956 when Dwight D. Eisenhower was within the White Home:
The Eagle has landed. The Bears have scored 5 offensive touchdowns in back-to-back video games for the primary time since 1956, per @stathead.
— Mark Potash (@MarkPotash) October 13, 2024
That season the Bears gained the NFL Western Division with a 9-2-1 report, happening to lose within the NFL Championship Sport to the New York Giants by a ultimate rating of 47-7.
This additionally signifies that that is the primary time the Bears have completed this feat in the course of the trendy, Tremendous Bowl Period. It additionally means that is the primary time Chicago has scored 5 touchdowns in back-to-back video games because the NFL’s merger, which was finalized for the 1970 season.
And, as identified within the headline, we had not but landed on the moon the final time this occurred.
The Bears now sit at 4-2 on the younger season, however have already made some historical past.