Bears Beat Seahawks 34-17 on Monday Night Football as Newly Acquired Simmons Debuts

The Chicago Bears beat the host Seattle Seahawks 34-17 on Monday night, Nov. 2, 2026, in Seattle, improving to 6-2 while the defending champion Seahawks fell to 4-4. Quarterback Caleb Williams threw a touchdown pass on the opening drive and finished with 247 yards on 71% completions, no turnovers and one sack. D'Andre Swift ran for three short touchdowns. Defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons, acquired last week from Tennessee in a package that included two first-round picks, had a sack on the opening drive, another tackle for loss, six tackles and a pass defended. Chicago held Seattle to 252 yards and one third-down conversion in 11 tries. Sam Darnold went 17 of 34 for 188 yards and two touchdowns, but his fourth-quarter interception set up Swift's third score, making it 34-17 with 4:41 left. The loss ended a 30-game streak for Seattle, the fourth longest in the Super Bowl era, of not losing by more than four points. Seattle has lost three of its last four games.

The Guardian US, on the left, leads with Williams and Simmons and stays on the game itself, quoting Simmons telling ESPN he is excited to be a Bear and that "this is just the beginning." It stresses Seattle's slide in the NFC standings. The New York Post, on the right, runs nearly identical wire text with a headline that says Simmons "makes a statement," and adds Darnold's stat line and the interception. Fox News goes wider: it calls Chicago the most complete team in the NFC North, credits coach Ben Johnson, and discusses the Vikings' 6-1 record, the Lions' win over them and the Packers' result. It leaves out most play-by-play detail. Left and right agree on the score, Simmons's impact and Seattle's streak ending; they differ mainly in Fox's division-race framing. Among alternative sources, ESPN praises Simmons's debut, while CBS Sports published a Kalshi promo code piece with pregame odds and no result.