LANDOVER, Md. — D’Andre Swift knew the game wasn’t just in his hands, but rested on his legs.

With 3 minutes, 7 seconds left in the game, the Chicago Bears had recovered Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels’ fumble, and the offense turned to Swift on five of the next eight plays in what turned out to be the game-winning drive in Monday’s 25-24 win at Northwest Stadium.

“Putting it away,” Swift said. “That was my mindset.”

Swift grinded out 10- and 15-yard chunks, the second of which came on a toss play on second-and-12.

“O-line did a hell of a job, receivers did a good job, I was able to find a little crease,” Swift said. “I think I got a first down on that one.”

His first down forced the Commanders to call their final timeout.

It was futile.

Chicago Bears running back D’Andre Swift makes a reception for a long touchdown against the Washington Commanders in the fourth quarter on Oct. 13, 2025, at Northwest Stadium in Landover, Maryland. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

Swift had chipped away at the Commanders defense enough to put Jake Moody in range for a 38-yard game-winning field goal.

“Moody did a great job of finishing,” Swift said.

Moody finished, but Swift flourished.

He caught a 55-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter and gained 175 yards from scrimmage, including rushing 108 yards  — his first time eclipsing 100 yards since the last time he faced the Commanders, when he ran for 129 yards and a touchdown on 18 carries during the infamous “Fail Mary” game on Oct. 27, 2024.

“Obviously, they did a good job running the ball,” said Commanders linebacker Bobby Wagner. “We didn’t do a good job stopping them.”

On Swift’s scoring catch, Commanders safety Quan Martin whiffed on the tackle and Swift raced up the sideline for the touchdown. It pulled the Bears within two points, but the two-point conversion failed.

Tight end Cole Kmet saw it and thought, “Holy (crap), he can run, man. He can run. That was awesome.

“To see him take off on that, that was a big third down, and for us to get points out of that, that was huge.”

Swift credited Williams’ timely pass.

“Caleb did a good job of getting me the ball early,” he said. ”I’ve got to see the play to know exactly what I did, I don’t know if I stopped and then took off again, but just made something happen. Big play in the game.

According to Williams, it came after his big mistake.

“I messed up the play call,” the quarterback said sheepishly. “Great job to the guys, getting lined up in that situation and us being able to get something off. We ended up fixing it when the ball got snapped.”

Prior to Monday night, the Bears’ running game had been scuffling.

Swift had been averaging 3.3 yards per carry before the Week 5 bye, which was even worse than last season’s career-low 3.8.

On Monday, he averaged 7.7 yards, his highest mark since he arrived in Chicago in 2024.

“I love D’Andre, man,” Williams said. “I think this is my second year with him, and he’s such a character for us as a team, his energy.

“So being able to get him going is really important for us. I couldn’t be more happy for him. … When you have moments like this, it does lift a little weight off your chest and shoulders. So we want to keep that going.”

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