Three takeaways from the Bears’ 26-14 victory over the Saints, their fourth in a row

It wasn’t memorable or impressive, but the Bears pulled out a 26-14 victory over the Saints to improve to 4-2, matching where they stood at this point last season.

Here’s what went right and wrong in the win:

Defense disrupts

While there still are concerns about the defense overall, the Bears had four takeaways: Montez Sweat’s strip-sack and interceptions by Kevin Byard, Tremaine Edmunds and Nahshon Wright.

Swift solid

D’Andre Swift continued to play like the running back the Bears need and had 124 yards and a touchdown on 19 carries. He also got solid backup from rookie Kyle Monangai, who had 81 yards and a touchdown on 13 carries.

Wobbly Williams

Quarterback Caleb Williams’ performance, including a season-worst 61.7 passer rating and season-low 172 yards, simply won’t be good enough against decent teams. The Bears need him to be a major factor to keep winning.

The Bears’ fourth consecutive victory came against a Saints team that’s still far from being competitive.

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Kicking a sad-sack opponent to the curb is no great achievement, but it was how the Bears did it — winning a fourth game in a row for the first time since 2018 — that counts.

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It was only the third time in Swift’s career that he’d run for more than 100 yards in consecutive games.

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