{"id":963694,"date":"2026-11-09T03:16:17","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T03:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/963694\/"},"modified":"2026-11-09T03:16:17","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T03:16:17","slug":"bears-vs-buccaneers-live-updates-surging-chicago-backs-up-the-hype-with-halftime-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/963694\/","title":{"rendered":"Bears vs. Buccaneers live updates: Surging Chicago backs up the hype with halftime lead"},"content":{"rendered":"

The best and worst of Caleb Williams<\/a> is on display on “Sunday Night Football.” The star Chicago Bears<\/a> quarterback threw for two touchdowns in the first half but also coughed the ball up three times with a trio of second-quarter interceptions. Through the ups and downs, Williams guided the Bears to a 17-6 lead at the break.<\/p>\n

Williams connected with Rome Odunze<\/a> on the opening possession for the wide receiver’s first touchdown of the season, and on the next drive, he delivered an even more explosive scoring strike with a 56-yard touchdown pass to Luther Burden III<\/a>. The Bears’ offense was flying high, and they got the job done on the other side of the ball, too, to build a 14-0 lead through one quarter.<\/p>\n

But then came the turnovers. Chicago was in the final stages of completing another scoring drive when Buccaneers<\/a> safety Tykee Smith<\/a> hauled in an interception just shy of the end zone. The very next time Williams touched the ball, he threw another pick, this time to cornerback Zyon McCollum<\/a>. And with just 38 seconds left in the half, McCollum made him pay for another sloppy throwaway attempt with a diving grab.<\/p>\n

The consolation for the Bears was that Tampa Bay was mostly unable to capitalize on those takeaways. A turnover on downs and a quick four-play drive that ended in a punt put the first two extra Buccaneers possessions to waste and left quarterback Baker Mayfield<\/a> visibly frustrated with his offense’s inability to move the ball. All they could muster on the final drive was a chip-shot field goal as time expired in the first half.<\/p>\n

Keep it locked here as we deliver live updates, highlights and in-game analysis in our live blog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The best and worst of Caleb Williams is on display on “Sunday Night Football.” The star Chicago Bears…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":963695,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[25574,49,1755,48,1735,7254,514,33512,82,1733,72432,99956],"class_list":["post-963694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-baker-mayfield","tag-ca","tag-caleb-williams","tag-canada","tag-chicago-bears","tag-luther-burden-iii","tag-nfl","tag-rome-odunze","tag-sports","tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers","tag-tykee-smith","tag-zyon-mccollum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/963694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=963694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/963694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/963695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=963694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=963694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=963694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}