Nick Foles leads late comeback as Bears rally to beat Seahawks

Nick Foles threw a 15-yard touchdown pass to Jimmy Graham with 1:01 remaining and completed a subsequent two-point conversion for Damier Bird as the Chicago Bears scored a 25-24 win over the Seahawks on a snowy Sunday in Seattle. was removed from playoff contention. ,

The Bears (5-10) rallied from a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter, pulling off 24-17 with 10:46 remaining on Cairo Santos' 35-yard field goal.

The Seahawks (5-10) had two chances to take the game away, but Jason Myers missed a 39-yard field-goal effort with 7:23 and he finished fourth and -21 from Chicago's 40-yard line. Punt done. 3:03 left.

Foles, who started in place of injured Justin Fields, drove the Bears 80 yards in five plays for the winning score.

He hit Darnell Mooney for a 30-yard lead on the first down, and a rough-the-passer penalty on Darrell Taylor carried the ball to Seattle's 35.

Foles then hit David Montgomery with passes for 10 and 14 yards running back to transfer 11 on two minutes' warning.

In the next play, Foles stumbled when he was sacked by Carlos Dunlop II of Seattle, but was recovered by Bears offensive lineman Jermaine Effedi.

Shortly thereafter, Foles lofted a pass into the left corner of the end zone towards Graham - like Ephedi a former Seahawks - and 6-foot-7 Graham came down with the ball against two defenders.

Chicago coach Matt Nagy decided to go for two, and Foles made a strike to Bayard in the back of the end zone between three defenders.

Falls were 24 out of 35 for 250 yards. Montgomery took 106 yards from scrimmage, ran for 45 yards and added 61 yards to the team on seven receptions. He scored for 1 yard in the second quarter.

Seattle's Rashad Penney ran for 135 yards, set his career-high in Houston two weeks ago and two shy of a touchdown.

Russell Wilson was 16 for 27 for 181 yards and had two touchdowns played in the snow at home for the first time since 2008. Wilson threw a 41-yard scoring strike to DK Metcalf on Seattle's second possession of the game, and 24 yarders gave the Seahawks a 24–14 lead to tighten Gerald Everett with 3:32 in the third quarter.

Seattle led 17-7 in the half, but the Bears closed the gap to Khalil Herbert's 20-yard touchdown run with 5:30 and moved into the third quarter to stay within striking distance.

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