CHICAGO (AP) — Coach Ben Johnson understands the position his Chicago Bears are in and what's at stake the rest of the way.

The Bears (5-3) have won five of six, including three of four since their bye, to jump into the playoff race in Johnson's first season. The last thing they need is a letdown against the struggling New York Giants after winning one of the wildest games in recent memory last weekend at Cincinnati .

“The message to our guys going out of the bye week was we had to find a way to win three out of the next four. And we’ve done that,” Johnson said. “Because of that, we’re sitting at a place about halfway through the season, we’re 5-3. The parity of the NFL each and every year, it goes down to the wire. There’s a lot at stake. We can go any number of which ways here in the

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