Bears rally to defeat Eagles

Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA

Jay Cutler threw for 210 yards and two touchdowns, and led the Chicago Bears to two scoring drives in the fourth quarter as the Bears rallied to defeat the Philadelphia Eagles, 30-24 on Monday night.

LeSean McCoy’s 33-yard touchdown run after Matt Forte’s second fumble helped the Eagles take a 24-20 lead after three quarters on Monday night.

But Cutler finished off a five-play, 51-yard drive with a 5-yard scoring pass to Earl Bennett with 12:28 remaining in the game to give Chicago a three-point lead.

After the Eagles tried — and failed — a fake a punt on fourth down from the bears 42, Cutler led Chicago on an 11-play possession that consumed almost 5 1/2 minutes and ended when Robbie Gould added the final points on a 22-yard field goal with 3:58 left.

Again Philadelphia got into Bears’ territory, but Vick’s fourth down pass to Jeremy Macklin was high, and Macklin slipped after making the catch, 1 yard short of the first down.

In a matchup featuring two of the game’s best running backs, Matt Forte of the Bears ran for 133 yards on 24 carries, but he had two costly turnovers.

A fumble was returned by Eagles rookie Brian Rolle for a touchdown that tied the score at 10 in the second quarter.

Philadelphia’s LeSean McCoy had 71 yards on 16 carries and scored on a 33-yard run.

Gould’s 38-yard field goal got Chicago within 24-20 in the final minute of the third quarter.

The Eagles tied it at 17 on Ronnie Brown’s 4-yard TD run that capped an 80-yard second-half opening drive. The Eagles converted two third downs and a fourth-and-inches during the 15-play drive.

The TD was Brown’s first since joining the Eagles. Brown was one of six former Pro Bowl players acquired by Philadelphia in the offseason. He hadn’t made much of a contribution and was traded to Detroit last month only to have the deal voided because Jerome Harrison didn’t pass a physical.

The Bears took a 17-10 halftime lead on Marion Barber’s 2-yard TD run after a costly fumble by DeSean Jackson.

Jackson, a Pro Bowl punt returner, was stripped by Corey Graham and the Bears recovered at the Eagles 9 with a minute left in the second quarter.

A roughing-the-passer penalty on Jason Babin gave Chicago a first down at the Eagles 2 after Cutler threw an incomplete pass on third down. Barber then ran in from the 2.

Cutler also threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Matt Spaeth.