Case Keenum Threw Two Touchdowns as the Bears Stunned the Eagles 27-7 With Caleb Williams Sidelined

The Chicago Bears handed the Philadelphia Eagles a 27-7 defeat on Monday Night Football, with backup quarterback Case Keenum throwing two touchdown passes and adding a short rushing score in his first start since 2023. The game recap described Keenum going 24 of 34 for 247 yards, filling in for starter Caleb Williams, who was ruled out with a hamstring injury.

A lopsided night in every phase

Chicago outgained Philadelphia 375 yards to 248 and controlled possession for 36 minutes and 53 seconds of the game's sixty, a dominance in time of possession that let the Bears dictate the pace against an Eagles defence that had entered the week with a reputation as one of the league's stingier units. The final score left little doubt about which team had been in control for most of the evening, despite Philadelphia entering as the more fancied side on paper.

Keenum delivers under pressure

Keenum found Luther Burden for an 8-yard touchdown and connected with Kalif Raymond on a 41-yard strike, two throws that stretched the Eagles' secondary before he capped the scoring himself with a 1-yard touchdown run on third down in the fourth quarter. For a quarterback stepping into a starting role with essentially no notice, the performance was more composed than Chicago could reasonably have hoped for, and it kept the Bears' offence from stalling in Williams's absence.

Williams's absence looms over the result

Williams, Chicago's starter, missed the game with a hamstring injury, and how quickly he returns will shape whether Keenum's strong outing becomes a one-off bridge performance or an extended audition. The ESPN game recap confirmed the final 27-7 scoreline and noted both teams moved to 2-1 on the season following the result, a reminder that one bad night does not define either team's early season trajectory.

A statement for Chicago's defence too

Holding Philadelphia to just seven points was as much a product of Chicago's defensive performance as its offensive output, with the Eagles unable to generate the explosive plays their offence had relied on in wins earlier in the season. Limiting a team with Philadelphia's offensive pedigree to a single touchdown on the road, even accounting for the quarterback change Chicago made, is the kind of result that tends to get noticed around the rest of the league.

Early season standings tighten

With both teams now sitting at 2-1 after three weeks, the result does less to settle anything in the standings than it does to raise questions about Philadelphia's margin for error against physical opponents and about how durable Chicago's new look offence can be if Williams needs further time to recover. For a Bears team that has not strung together many statement wins against contending opponents in recent seasons, a 20-point win over the Eagles, backup quarterback or not, is the kind of result their fans will want to see repeated once their starter is back on the field.