BEARS GROUND GAME GRINDS OUT DEFENSIVE STRUGGLE IN DETROIT

Nobody's talking about how L.Murphy's 11 tackles and that Lions defense kept this thing locked down—both offenses combined for zero explosive plays and barely scratched red zone efficiency, so the real matchup was J.Williams' 11.0 yards per carry against a Detroit run defense that couldn't stop the bleeding on the ground. Bears won this in the trenches where it matters, but if Murphy's getting those numbers against you, you're doing something right; the Lions just couldn't match it when it counted.