The Bears got four more turnovers from their defense, ran the ball at will and held off the New Orleans Saints 26-14 on Sunday at Soldier Field for their fourth win in a row.

Jake Moody made four field goals, including the game-winner as time expired, and the Bears avenged last year's heartbreaking loss in Washington, D.C., by beating the Commanders 25-24 on Monday Night Football at Northwest Stadium.

Andrew Vaughn has done damage to both sides of Chicago, and his solo home run with two outs in the fourth inning Saturday broke a 1-1 tie and drove the Brewers past the Cubs and into the National League Championship Series for the first time since 2018.

Through four games of this series, the first inning has meant everything. The Cubs handed the Brewers some early momentum, then took it back to force Saturday’s decisive contest.

This has been a series of firsts for the Cubs and Brewers. That is, the first inning has meant more than any of the others. That’s why a typically common moment in Thursday’s Game 4 at Wrigley Field turned out to be momentous. The Cubs won 6-0 to force a deciding Game 5 Saturday.

With temperatures finally dropping in Chicago, it was a much more October atmosphere at Wrigley Field on Wednesday. Naturally, Game 3 began with a bewitching type of play.

After building a 4-1 lead in the first, the Cubs didn’t score again, but managed to hang on for a 4-3 victory at Wrigley Field, and move to a 2-1 deficit in the best-of-five series.

As Cubs prepare for must-win Game 3 vs. Brewers, Jameson Taillon is tasked with shutting down Milwaukee offense.

Brewers manager Pat Murphy tried again Monday to convince Wisconsin fans to appreciate Craig Counsell. It didn’t work, and Murphy didn’t really expect it to. Fans inside American Family Field continued to boo loudly when Counsell was introduced.