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Courtney CroninDec 15, 2025, 12:25 PM<\/p>\n
Close<\/a>Courtney Cronin joined ESPN in 2017, originally covering the Minnesota Vikings before switching to the Chicago Bears in 2022. Courtney is a frequent panelist on Around the Horn and host of Best Week Ever and GameNight on ESPN Radio. She also co-hosts The Chicago Bears Podcast on ESPN 1000. She previously worked at the San Jose Mercury News as a multimedia sports journalist.<\/p>\n CHICAGO — One week after finishing with the worst receiving output of his career, DJ Moore<\/a> sparked the Chicago Bears<\/a>‘ aerial attack against the NFL’s top pass defense in a 31-3 rout<\/a> of the Cleveland Browns<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n Moore caught four passes for 69 yards and two touchdowns, his second game with multiple receiving touchdowns this season.<\/p>\n “About damn time, man,” Moore said after receiving a game ball as the Bears celebrated their 10th win in the locker room.<\/p>\n After the Bears’ 28-21 loss to the Green Bay Packers<\/a> in Week 14, coach Ben Johnson said he was “surprised” by Moore’s stat line — the 28-year-old receiver was targeted three times at Lambeau Field and finished with one catch for -4 yards. As discourse mounted about Moore’s decline in production and role in the Chicago offense, Johnson said Friday he “absolutely” wants to get the veteran receiver the ball more often.<\/p>\n Editor’s Picks<\/p>\n 2 Related<\/p>\n With Rome Odunze<\/a> ruled out before kickoff<\/a> after reaggravating his foot injury and the Bears losing Luther Burden III<\/a> (6 catches, 84 yards) to an ankle injury late in the third quarter, there were more opportunities for Moore to get involved in the passing game.<\/p>\n “He’s been playing this way every week,” Johnson said Sunday. “It’s just we haven’t been able to get the ball in his hands. We were able to target him a few more times, and he came through with some big plays for us. Sometimes these things come in bunches. You kind of have a dry spell, and then all of a sudden, he could come on hot here over the next three games and just really take off. That’s the way it tends to happen, which would be a good thing for us.”<\/p>\n The turning point Sunday came with 8:53 left in the third quarter when Bears linebacker D’Marco Jackson<\/a> intercepted Shedeur Sanders<\/a> deep in Browns territory.<\/p>\n One play later, Williams connected with Moore on a scramble drill touchdown that traveled 22 yards and had a completion probability of 16.1%, according to Next Gen Stats. It was the most improbable completion by a Bears quarterback over the past five seasons.<\/p>\n Williams took a pass out of the shotgun and rolled to his right. Before he reached the Browns’ sideline, the quarterback launched a deep ball across his body to the back of the end zone where he found Moore between two Cleveland defenders.<\/p>\n “He makes a lot of throws that other people can’t,” Moore said of Williams. “When we got to the sideline he was like, ‘I’m just going to give you a chance,’ and that’s what he did with a high-back five ball and the rest is history.”<\/p>\n