Were it not for one of Tyrique Stevenson's specialties and a fumble by Colston Loveland, the Bears could call this a perfect and total victory.

It wasn't half bad anyway.

They just played last year's Super Bowl teams back to back and with Monday night's 34-17 win at Seattle they swept in solid, convincing fashion.

They did it without a major weapon in their arsenal in both games, power back Kyle Monangai. They did it thanks to quarterback Caleb Wiliams and a resurgent pass rush behind new Bears defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons. They hammered a team that held Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs to three points last week.

Bears GM Ryan Poles is on the phones with 4:03 left in the 4Q 👀 pic.twitter.com/4hCaMdZmnC

— Dave (@davebftv) November 3, 2026

This is what the league has to look forward to the rest of the way. The Bears are a legitimate Super Bowl contender, possibly NFC favorites. They are a powerhouse, thanks to Williams and the trade for Simmons.

If they just try not to blitz and leave Stevenson alone against one of the game's best receivers with a 10-yard cushion and they'll be fine.

It's time for all of the Williams haters and doubters to admit it. They were wrong.

Packers fans, when was the last time Jordan Love beat the two Super Bowl teams in consecutive weeks? Never would be the correct answer.

Jeffrey Simmons to Sam Darnold pic.twitter.com/frNOuft32d

— Chalkboard (@ChalkboardHQ) November 3, 2026

Williams had thrown for 227 yards and the Bears had a 285-yard to 117-yard advantage by the time they had piled up a 20-9 lead in the third quarter. He finished with 247 yards passing on 24 of 34 as the offense performed when necessary through the air, even with Seattle's vaunted defense making the running lanes microscopic.

Yet Loveland's fumble on a short pass set up Seattle to pull back within a field goal, jeopardizing the entire night.

No problem. Williams calmly directed yet another scoring drive, six plays, 56 yards and a 39-yard screen to Kalif Raymond made the drive. It's what championship type quarterbacks do. They answer back.

"When the pressure is high, we want to be at our best," coach Ben Johnson said afterward.

Retweet if you’re happy Jeffery Simmons is a Chicago Bear😁 pic.twitter.com/aPVsCOiRQV

— CHGO Bears (@CHGO_Bears) November 3, 2026

The Bears QB looked more the part of the Super Bowl quarterback more than Darnold, who spent the night running for his life from Montez Sweat, Jeffery Simmons and whoever else the Bears threw at him. Finally, James Lynch put the world champions out of their misery by picking off a deflected pass and setting up D'Andre Swift's clinching.

Yes, the "Green Bay sucks" chants broke out at this point as expected.

"We knew it was going to be a worthy challenge," Williams told ESPN after the win. "We think we're up there with them."

They are up higher than Seattle after this one.

At 6-2 and surging with three straight wins, the Bears face a Tampa Bay team on Sunday night at Soldier Field that didn't complete a single pass last week.

Apparently Simmons will need to find something else to do, but he showed he can stop the run fairly well Monday night, too.

This is yet another benchmark that shows how much things have changed for the Bears with Ben Johnson — when they were 7-1 in 2012, they slumped to a 10-6 finish, missed the playoffs and Lovie Smith was fired. They won’t finish 10-6 (or 10-7) this time. https://t.co/ytHo26D25o

— Mark Potash (@MarkPotash) November 3, 2026