Week 12 · 2025–26 season
Bears
W 31-28 vs Steelers · Nov 23, 2025
Misery Index · Euphoric
Bears fans toasting an 8-of-9 run and Dennis Allen's duct-taped defense while waiting for the catch that never comes.
The emotional rollercoaster
Fan misery across the game window. Up is worse.
What happened
Two C.Williams fumbles — one returned for a Pittsburgh touchdown by N.Herbig — and a K.Gainwell 56-yard end-around score should have buried this, but M.Sweat's strip-sack at midfield in the third flipped everything, and M.Rudolph's incompletion to D.Metcalf in the final seconds sealed it. Beating a winning team with a depleted defense feels like a season-definer to the fans saying so; the question is whether the offense can survive another week giving Chicago -2 yard lines to defend.
What fans said
“I don’t think it gets better than this for me”
u/MattNagyHater▲ 264
“I'm Good, Better, Besting so hard rn”
u/DoggingIsMyHobby▲ 115
“we just beat a team that’s over .500 with a practice squad defense.”
u/bearsandheroin▲ 174
“Dennis Allen is an absolute magician for what he's dragged out of this defense with all the injuries.”
u/HoorayItsKyle▲ 168
“This felt like one of the biggest Ws of the season to me.”
u/thesch▲ 293
“NO LINEBACKERS NO CORNERS NOOOOOO PROBLEM !!!!!”
u/Throwaway-985618628▲ 40
14 more
“Good, better, best. Bears on 3”
u/langlis▲ 52
“And we've now won 8 of our last 9. That's insane.”
u/Philip_Marlowe▲ 52
“Never seen a bears win in person till today, I love this team🐻⬇️”
u/3Gabis502▲ 32
“pie is undoubtedly the best part of thanksgiving, cheers to your ma”
u/ChampionCoyote▲ 44
“The prediction guy is still flawless, 12/12! WILD!”
u/captainthepuggle▲ 39
“Wow fuck CBS. I knew they were getting greedy with the commercials and now they come back after the ball was snapped. Something needs to be done”
u/OrganSlicer▲ 24
“Are you fucking kidding me? Glad I was watching the commercial instead of the start of that play.”
u/350RetroF▲ 34
“Give Dennis Allen a raise. Absolute legend”
u/Dazed_and_Confused44▲ 110
“LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOO”
u/DuckWScarf▲ 15
“I’m sky high on our offensive rookies.”
u/H0TZ0NE▲ 25
“Our offense put up 31 points against a solid defense. Score 31 and you'll win most games.”
u/SirJohnnyS▲ 50
“Dennis Allen is that guy”
u/DatBoiMahomie▲ 92
“Bears upvote party everyone get in here”
u/Dr_YogenFruz▲ 46
“Bear the fuck down”
u/BpFal3▲ 28