The Bears capitalized on the turnover, taking a 7-0 lead on Williams’ 35-yard TD pass to Odunze down the left sideline, capping a 5-play, 76-yard drive.
“The best thing about it was the complementary nature of that football game, where, all right, that happens, and then the offense goes back out there and scores a touchdown,” Johnson said. “I thought there was a lot of piggybacking like that throughout that game that that we really needed.”
(5) Johnson lauded members of the offense for their 19-play, 76-yard third-quarter TD drive that extended the Bears’ lead to 31-14.
The possession, which included 11 straight runs, burned 9:54 off the clock and culminated in Williams’ 4-yard TD pass to receiver DJ Moore.
“The guys dug deep for that,” Johnson said. “I know that our guys were feeling it, but there’s something about when we look across the ball and you see the opposition equally fatigued, that brings out that competitive spirit, and you want to finish that drive with points.”
Asked if that type of drive can help the Bears create an identity, Johnson said: “I think it goes a long way. We’ll do whatever it takes to score points. That’s what it comes down to. I don’t care if it’s a 1-play drive or 19-play drive, scoring points at the end of it, that’s the No. 1 goal.
“It just goes to show we can do whatever we need to do in that moment to score. We were very explosive there in the first half. We kind of dried up a little bit there in the second half in terms of explosives, and that’s what we needed. We needed a long drive to be able to score those points, and guys came through for us.”
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