Bears comeback to win thriller in Miami

Jay Cutler produced his performance of the season, claiming 310yds and 2TD's, as he led The Bears to the victory in the fourth quarter and break Miami's hearts in a see-saw game in the Florida sun.

Miami took the lead when Dan Carpenter slotted over from 34 yards at the end of the first quarter, after Robbie Gould had missed a few minutes earlier. Gould made ammends midway through the second, when he levelled the scores with a 36 yard kick of his own. After some defensive adjustments, Chicago managed to tame The Dolphins running attack, and recieved the ball on their own 7 with 2:07 left in the half. Cutler led the Bears up the field, twice converting third and long, and capped a remarkable drive by finding Earl Bennett in the endzone give The Bears a 10-3 lead at half time.

Miami gained parity after the restart when Ronnie Brown plunged through on a three yard score. Then Cutler looked to have thrown the game away with two interceptions. The first set The Dolphins up for a field goal and the second, two plays after the restart, was taken 44yds to the house by Channing Crowder to put Miami 20-10 in front, with 18 minutes left to play. Zachary Bowman claimed an interception of his own, from which Gould chipped over his third FG of the day.

Cutler, and the rest of The Bears offence, refused to go down without a fight, and upped their game in the final quarter. A 14 play drive, taking 7 minutes off the clock culminated with Cutler finding his favourite target, TE Greg Olsen, to tie the scores. The Bears defence wasn't going to let their offensive team mates claim all the glory as they forced Miami 3 and out, before Cutler, ably assisted by Matt Forte this time, drove down the field, allowing Gould to kick the winner as time wound down.

The Bears move to 7-3, a game ahead of the Vikings at the top of The NFC North. The match up with the 3-7 Eagles next week, and will welcome back WR Johnny Knox, who has recovered from his broken ribs.

NFL Scoreboard - Chicago Bears (7-3) at Miami Dolphins (3-7)

November 21, 2010 1 2 3 4 F Chicago Bears 0 10 3 10 23 Miami Dolphins 3 0 17 0 20 Top Performers Chicago Bears - Stats Miami Dolphins - Stats	Team Stats Comparison CHI MIA First Downs 19 8 3rd Down Efficiency 8-15 3-10 4th Down Efficiency 0-0 0-0 Total Yards 464 282 Passing Yards 310 88 Rushing Yards 51 99 Penalties-Penalty Yards 3-35 3-35 Turnovers 2 1 Time of Possession 33:31 26:29
Scoring Summary First Quarter CHI MIA MIA 01:26 D Carpenter 38yd FG 0 3 Second Quarter CHI MIA CHI 08:53 R Gould 36yd FG 3 3 CHI 00:07 E Bennett 14yd pass from J Cutler (R Gould kick) 10 3 Third Quarter CHI MIA MIA 10:29 R Brown 3yd run (D Carpenter kick) 10 10 MIA 05:57 D Carpenter 37yd FG 10 13 MIA 03:19 C Crowder 40 yd Int Ret (D Carpenter kick) 10 20 CHI 01:14 R Gould 49yd FG 13 20 Fourth Quarter CHI MIA CHI 08:44 G Olsen 7yd pass from J Cutler (R Gould kick) 20 20 CHI 00:00 R Gould 28yd FG 23 20
Chicago Bears Passing C/ATT YDS TD INT J Cutler 30-47 310 2 2 Rushing ATT YDS AVG TD M Forte 20 54 2.7 0 Receiving REC YDS AVG TD M Forte 7 51 7.2 0 G Olsen 6 59 9.8 1 E Bennett 5 49 9.8 1 D Aromashodu 4 59 14.7 0 D Hester 4 52 13.0 0 Defense TKL SACK INT TD L Briggs 7 0 0 0 J Peppers 6 0 0 0 Z Bowman 3 0 1 0 Kicking FGM/A XPM/A PTS LONG R Gould 3-4 2-2 11 50 Miami Dolphins Passing C/ATT YDS TD INT C Henne 10-14 88 0 1 Rushing ATT YDS AVG TD R Brown 16 77 4.8 1 R Williams 10 23 2.3 0 Receiving REC YDS AVG TD D Bess 3 7 2.3 0 J Nalbone 3 29 9.6 0 B Marshall 2 26 13.0 0 Defense TKL SACK INT TD S Smith 8 0 0 0 C Crowder 8 0 1 1 V Davis 2 0 1 0 Kicking FGM/A XPM/A PTS LONG D Carpenter 2-2 2-2 8 38

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