The Bears came into their Sunday matchup against the Lions eager to compete in head coach Ben Johnson’s return to Detroit. That fire seemed to die out pretty quickly.

Detroit dominated in every sense of the word, defeating the Bears 52-21 to drop Chicago to 0-2 to kick off the 2025 season. At least, that’s the score of the game at the time I’m publishing this article. I’m publishing before the game ends. I’ll update the piece accordingly if things change.

Things seemed encouraging enough when the Bears scored a touchdown late in the first half, making the game a one-score matchup before getting the ball back at halftime. But as the Lions got the ball back, they quickly moved the ball down the field and scored a touchdown. Chicago then went three and out coming out of halftime, and Detroi

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