CHICAGO - The Eagles walked into Monday night with a soft landing in front of them and came out looking nowhere close to the team that had spent the first two weeks building mystery around itself.
Chicago was down to third-string quarterback Case Keenum, who hadn’t taken part in an NFL game since the 2023 preseason. Instead of taking control, Philadelphia got rolled in a 27-7 loss at Soldier Field, its first defeat of the season. Keenum, 38, spent the night carving up the middle of the Eagles’ defense, while Bears head coach Ben Johnson outcoached Vic Fangio for the second straight year.
Jalen Hurts couldn’t rescue them this time. He had his worst outing of the season, finishing 16 of 25 for 153 yards with an interception as Philadelphia’s offense never found a rhythm and the whole operation unraveled on both sides of the ball.
The Eagles’ defense entered the night with a reputation that didn’t hold up once the game started.
Chicago opened with an 11-play, 66-yard touchdown march. On that drive, Zack Baun left Bears rookie tight end Sam Roush alone in the flat for a 16-yard gain from the Philadelphia 32. A few snaps later, Luther Burden took a shovel pass from Keenum, turned upfield and powered through multiple Eagles defenders, including Marcus Epps, for an eight-yard touchdown.
Keenum kept attacking the same area of the field. On Chicago’s second scoring drive, he dropped a 25-yard completion over Drew Mukuba to Burden, then came back on the next play and found Rome Odunze for 22 yards with Epps in coverage.
The damage kept building. With 5:47 left in the third quarter, Kalif Raymond slipped free in the middle and raced past Mukuba for a 41-yard touchdown that pushed the Bears ahead 20-7.
By the time the game was settled, Keenum had gone 24 of 34 for 247 yards and two touchdowns, and the Bears had consistently worked the safeties, linebackers and nickel spots in the Eagles’ defense. On fourth-and-2 at the Philadelphia 39 with 12:48 left in the fourth quarter, Moro Ojomo stepped into the neutral zone and picked up a five-yard penalty, and Keenum finished the drive himself with a one-yard rushing touchdown to make it 27-7.
Philadelphia’s offense didn’t do the defense any favors.
The opening drive ended with Hurts under pressure from Montez Sweat and throwing the ball into the dirt for intentional grounding. The next series got even uglier: Hurts was blitzed by Devin Bush and threw incomplete on first down, Tyler Steen was flagged for a 10-yard hold on second down, and then Tank Bigsby lost the ball at the Philadelphia 15 when Austin Booker stripped him.
The third drive offered a brief spark before collapsing. Saquon Barkley carried the load with 41 yards on six rushes as the Eagles moved to the Chicago 21. Then D’Marco Jackson landed a heavy hit on Hurts near the sideline, and Hurts had to leave to be checked for a concussion.
Hurts returned on the next series, but the damage had already started to pile up. Three plays later, Andy Dalton was intercepted by Dillon Thieneman in the back of the end zone.
Philadelphia’s hesitation showed up in a key moment late in the third quarter. Down 20-7 with 3:30 left, the Eagles punted on fourth-and-1 from their own 49 instead of going for it.
The next possession went nowhere, and Hurts threw another interception, this one to T.J. Edwards on fourth-and-5 from the Chicago 46.
Edwards nearly picked Hurts off earlier in the second half, too.
There was one area that looked better: the run game.
After two weeks of struggling on the ground, the Eagles’ offensive line gave Barkley room, especially in the first half. Philadelphia leaned on the rushing attack well enough to create real movement, and Barkley finished with 82 yards on 15 carries.
The problem was that the ground game faded once the Eagles fell behind and had to throw more in the second half. That left the positive from the run game only partly intact, and not nearly enough to soften the blow of a night that exposed plenty of flaws.
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