Bears recap and look-ahead: three Swift touchdowns in Seattle, then Tampa Bay on Sunday night

The Bears won 34-17 at Seattle on Monday night, their third straight win, behind three short touchdown runs from D'Andre Swift and a defense that let the Seahawks convert one third down in 11 tries. Chicago is 6-2, a game behind 6-1 Minnesota in the NFC North, and hosts Tampa Bay on Sunday night before its Week 10 bye. Here is the last two weeks from ESPN's box scores, and the three games ahead.

The last two games

Bears 34, Seahawks 17 · Monday, Nov. 2, at Seattle

Caleb Williams completed 24 of 34 passes for 247 yards, a touchdown and no interceptions, and the Bears went 4 for 4 in the red zone and held the ball for 35 minutes. Williams opened the scoring with a 1-yard touchdown pass to rookie Luther Burden III in the first quarter, and Cairo Santos added field goals of 44 and 38 yards for a 13-3 lead. Seattle closed the half with Sam Darnold's 43-yard touchdown pass to Jaxon Smith-Njigba, though Jason Myers missed the extra point.

Swift took over from there. His 1-yard run made it 20-9 in the third quarter, and after Darnold found Cooper Kupp for a touchdown and a two-point conversion to cut it to 20-17 early in the fourth, Swift answered with 5-yard runs at 8:28 and 4:41 to put the game away. He finished with 69 yards on a season-high 27 carries. Rome Odunze caught four passes for 87 yards, tight end Colston Loveland had seven catches for 65 yards and lost a fumble, and Burden caught seven for 56. Kalif Raymond's 39-yard run was Chicago's longest play of the night.

The defense held Seattle, the defending Super Bowl champions, to 252 yards. Jeffery Simmons, playing four days after the trade that brought him from Tennessee, had a sack, six tackles and a pass defensed and got a game ball, ESPN's Courtney Cronin reported. More on his debut. Montez Sweat, back from a two-game suspension, also had a sack, and James Lynch intercepted Darnold, who finished 17 of 34 for 188 yards. Smith-Njigba had six catches for 118 yards. The one blemish was discipline: 10 penalties for 85 yards.

Bears 30, Patriots 24 · Thursday, Oct. 22, at Soldier Field

Williams threw for 308 yards and two touchdowns, his second straight 300-yard game, and Burden caught four passes for 130 yards, including a 24-yard touchdown with 14 seconds left in the first half. Loveland caught a 12-yard touchdown in the third quarter. Drake Maye kept New England close with 321 passing yards, and after Santos missed a fourth-quarter attempt, he hit from 58 yards with 1:34 left to make it 30-21. Andy Borregales's field goal with 37 seconds to go left the final margin at six. D'Marco Jackson had Chicago's interception. The win was costly: tight end Cole Kmet hurt his right knee and is out for the season, ESPN reported.

Against the DraftKings lines ESPN lists for each game, the Bears covered both: they won at Seattle as 3-point underdogs and beat New England as 3-point favorites. Both games went over the total (46.5 in Seattle, 50.5 against the Patriots). Each final's recap and closing line is on its game page: Seattle, New England.

Through eight games, Swift has 545 rushing yards and 10 touchdowns, Burden leads the team with 547 receiving yards, and Williams, who missed Weeks 3 through 5 with a hamstring injury, has 1,267 passing yards, six touchdowns and one interception in five games.

The next three games

Times are Eastern and TV is as ESPN lists it today. Prices are on the board; the full schedule is on the team page.

Buccaneers at Bears · Sunday, Nov. 8, 8:20 p.m., NBC

The NFL's two best rushing teams meet at Soldier Field. Tampa Bay (3-5) leads the league at 168.6 rushing yards a game and the Bears are second at 150.8, the AP noted in its preview. The Buccaneers have won two straight, 43-13 at Carolina and 16-0 over Atlanta on Sunday, when Bucky Irving ran for 170 yards and Tampa Bay won without completing a pass. Irving, who grew up south of Chicago, has 728 rushing yards this season. Receiver Emeka Egbuka (foot) is questionable for the Bucs and linebacker Yaya Diaby (knee) is out, per ESPN's injury listing. For Chicago, Kyle Monangai, Tyrique Stevenson and Malik Muhammad are questionable. The Bears' injury report.

At about 4:30 p.m. Friday, ESPN's listing showed DraftKings with the Bears -6, up from -3.5 at the open, and the total at 47.5. Game page.

Week 10: bye

The Bears are off Nov. 15, along with Denver, Philadelphia and Tampa Bay. That afternoon Minnesota plays at Green Bay, a game that will reshape the division while Chicago watches.

Saints at Bears · Sunday, Nov. 22, 1 p.m., Fox

New Orleans is 2-5 and plays Cleveland on Sunday. Game page.

Bears at Lions · Thursday, Nov. 26, 1 p.m., CBS

Thanksgiving in Detroit, the Bears' third division game. Detroit is 5-2 and has won three straight; it plays at Miami on Sunday. Game page.

Where the Bears stand

The Bears are 0-2 in the division after losing 9-3 to Minnesota in Week 2 and 31-7 at Green Bay in Week 5, and four of their last eight games are against division rivals. They hold the NFC's fifth seed today. Minnesota hosts Buffalo on Monday night; Green Bay plays at New England on Sunday. Standings from ESPN as of Friday afternoon; live scores are on the scores page.