Bears falter in the rain as 'Skins win.

The Chicago Bears lost out to the Washington Redskins at a rain swept Soldier Field. The Bears could not establish the run at all as Matt Forte was held to only 9 yards on a dismal day for The Bears. Opposite number Clinton Portis passed 10,000 career rushing yards in the game, but it was another veteran, Santa Moss, who won the game as he caught 3 TD's, including the 50th of his illustrious career.

Chicago started the better of the two teams as the stretched out to a 13-0 lead, two Robbie Gould FG's and then Cutler found Hester from 3yds for the first of his two TD's. It looked like plain sailing for the Bears as their defence had contained the 'Skins to just 56yds in the first half and claimed two interceptions along the way. After forcing three and out as time ran down, Devin Hester fumbled the punt return allowing Phillip Buchanon to recover and score to make the score 13-7 at the half.

Chicago seemed to have shrugged off the set back as they started the third quarter with a 70yd drive that culminated in another TD for Hester as he clung on to Cutlers lofted pass in the corner. Washington wasted no time as they looked to mount a come back as Donovan McNabb found Rice on the first play of the next drive to score form 65yds as he outpaced The Bears secondary. Rex Grossman returned to Soldier Field when McNabb sat out after a hit from Julius Peppers, and found Moss for his second to make the score 21-20 to The 'Skins.

With no running game to fall back on, Chicago's struggled to control the game in the fourth, although they did retake the lead when Gould chipped over from 21 yards. McNabb had returned to the fray by now and again found Moss on a slanting run converting from 61 yards. The Bears struggled again with the ball, and when Cutler's pas was intercepted the game was over.

The Bears have a bye week next week to recover and regroup before they travel to Buffalo. They will be without the services of TE Greg Olsen who sits out with a groin strain.

NFL Scoreboard - Washington Redskins (4-3) at Chicago Bears (4-3)

October 24, 2010 1 2 3 4 F Washington Redskins 0 7 14 8 29 Chicago Bears 3 10 7 3 23 Top Performers Washington Redskins - Stats Chicago Bears - Stats	Team Stats Comparison WAS CHI First Downs 7 15 3rd Down Efficiency 2-12 10-21 4th Down Efficiency 0-0 0-0 Total Yards 423 393 Passing Yards 257 274 Rushing Yards 65 14 Penalties-Penalty Yards 2-14 3-25 Turnovers 2 2 Time of Possession 21:49 38:11
Scoring Summary First Quarter WAS CHI CHI 12:29 R Gould 35yd FG 0 3 Second Quarter WAS CHI CHI 12:26 R Gould 42yd FG 0 6 CHI 02:38 D Hester 3yd pass from J Cutler (R Gould kick) 0 13 WAS 00:00 P Buchanon ret Fum 49yds (G Gano kick) 7 13 Third Quarter WAS CHI CHI 08:38 D Hester 8yd pass from J Cutler (R Gould kick) 7 20 WAS 08:23 S Moss 65yd pass from D McNabb (G Gano kick) 14 20 WAS 02:06 S Moss 8yd pass from R Grossman (G Gano kick) 21 20 Fourth Quarter WAS CHI CHI 09:58 R Gould 21yd FG 21 23 WAS 07:27 S Moss 61yd pass from D McNabb (2pt Conv) 29 23
Washington Redskins Passing C/ATT YDS TD INT D McNabb 15/24 221 2 2 R Grossman 3/3 39 1 0 Rushing ATT YDS AVG TD C Portis 19 61 3.2 0 Receiving REC YDS AVG TD S Moss 8 197 24.6 3 J Galloway 4 40 10.0 0 A Armstrong 2 8 4.0 0 Defense TKL SACK INT TD L Fletcher 14 0 0 0 R McIntosh 8 0 0 0 H Blades 1 0 1 0 Kicking FGM/A XPM/A PTS LONG G Gano 0-0 3-3 3 -- Chicago Bears Passing C/ATT YDS TD INT J Cutler 32/60 274 2 1 Rushing ATT YDS AVG TD M Forte 14 9 0.6 0 Receiving REC YDS AVG TD B Manumaleuna 6 39 6.5 0 D Hester 5 44 8.8 2 M Forte 5 22 4.4 0 Defense TKL SACK INT TD T Harris 8 1 0 0 L Briggs 5 0 1 0 Z Bowman 3 0 1 0 Kicking FGM/A XPM/A PTS LONG R Gould 3-3 2-2 11 43

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