Week 3 · 2025–26 season
Bears
W 31-14 vs Cowboys · Sep 21, 2025
Misery Index · Euphoric
Bears fans letting themselves believe in Ben Johnson's offense after a 31-14 thrashing of Dallas — and the Packers lost.
The emotional rollercoaster
Fan misery across the game window. Up is worse.
What happened
C.Williams spent the first quarter throwing dimes — a 65-yard strike to L.Burden, a 35-yard touchdown to R.Odunze — and by the time D.Swift ripped off 41 the game was effectively settled. Zero sacks, three different receivers in the end zone, and the offense the fanbase was promised in August finally showing up on a Sunday. The harder question: was this the Cowboys defense, or is this actually who the Bears are now?
What fans said
“THIS is the BJ offense I spent the summer dreaming about.”
u/MothsWingss▲ 289joy
“A day where the Packers lose and the Bears win is a very good day 👍”
u/Skirt_Thin▲ 190joy
“Fuck yeah bear down!”
u/horrorpants▲ 115joy
“ZERO SACKS!!!!!”
u/CurrencyOk8282▲ 102joy
“Bears won. Packers lost. Can't ask for more. Merry Sunday!!”
u/Correct-Barracuda-83▲ 90joy
“Fuck everyone who said that Caleb hasn’t been progressing.”
u/logikal_panda▲ 96rage
14 more
“...That's my QB”
u/TheMetabrandMan▲ 159pride
“We are *so* back.”
u/HoorayItsKyle▲ 78joy
“I forgot how fun football is when your team is doing something good in the highlights”
u/kyt▲ 43joy
“Don’t let this win distract you from the fact Caleb has more yards and tds than Jordan love”
u/Bob_Horde▲ 106pride
“We used to pray for times like this 🙏”
u/daruuro▲ 56joy
“Ben Johnson is a motherfucking psychopath and I fucking LOVE it.”
u/sloowhand▲ 35joy
“Fuck that shit.”
u/Sabiancym▲ 33rage
“Great win Bears. Took my mom for her birthday—them winning makes it a whole lot better of a present lol”
u/Uncle_Deer▲ 33joy
“my first bears game ever. had awesome seats. awesome outcome. back to texas tomm.”
u/HobbitDowneyJr▲ 33joy
“Packers lose in embarrassing fashion. Bears dominate Eberflus’ defense.”
u/f00tballguy▲ 51joy
“Today was my first ever in person Bears game. Beardown”
u/RoyalStallion1986▲ 29joy
“What an embarrassment that he was allowed anywhere near a head coaching job, let alone to effectively trash our first overall picks rookie year.”
u/jesse_the_red▲ 26rage
“Where are all the fucking pathetic Caleb doomers now shut the fuck up and find a new team imo Bear down FTP”
u/cubbies95y▲ 25rage
“Perfect day bears win and packers lose”
u/joehaart▲ 25joy