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
“This felt like one of the biggest Ws of the season to me.”
u/thesch▲ 293
“I don’t think it gets better than this for me”
u/MattNagyHater▲ 264
“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
“I'm Good, Better, Besting so hard rn”
u/DoggingIsMyHobby▲ 115
“Give Dennis Allen a raise. Absolute legend”
u/Dazed_and_Confused44▲ 110
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