The Bears (5-3) will seek their sixth win in their last seven games Sunday when they host the Giants (2-7) at Soldier Field.

The Bears rebounded from a 30-16 loss in Baltimore Oct. 26 with a thrilling 47-42 comeback victory in Cincinnati last Sunday. After the Bengals turned a 41-27 fourth-quarter deficit into a 42-41 lead, Caleb Williams' 58-yard touchdown pass to Colston Loveland with :17 remaining lifted the Bears to the victory.

It was the first time that the Bears have scored a winning TD in regulation after losing the lead in the final minute of the fourth quarter since 1977.

The Giants opened the season 0-3 and then won two of three, including an impressive 34-17 victory over the defending Super Bowl champion Eagles. But they have since dropped three in a row, allowing 33, 38 and 34 points, and are 0-5 on the road this year.

When the Bears have the ball

The offense enters Week 10 on a roll, coming off a prolific performance last Sunday in Cincinnati in which the unit produced its most points (47) since 2018 and most yards (576) since a 61-7 rout of the Packers in 1980.

First-year coach Ben Johnson is making a significant impact. After ranking last in the NFL in total yards (283.5 per game) last season, the Bears are fourth this year at 378.4—including a league-leading 428.8 since Week 6.

More importantly, the Bears have improved in points per game from 28th in 2024 (18.2) to sixth this year (26.9). They have scored at least 25 points in five of their last six games, winning all five of those contests.

The Bears rank second in the NFL in rushing, averaging 144.4 yards per game. Last week in Cincinnati they amassed a season-high 283 yards on the ground, with rookie Kyle Monangai running for 176 yards on 26 carries while making his first NFL start in place of the injured D'Andre Swift. In the process, Monangai joined legendary Hall of Famer Walter Payton as the only players in Bears history with at least 26 rushes and 176 yards in a game.

With Swift questionable for Sunday's game, Monangai will be ready if called upon to shoulder most of the workload for the second straight week.

In the process, Monangai joined legendary Hall of Famer Walter Payton as the only players in Bears history with at least 26 rushes and 176 yards in a game.

Williams will look to build on an outstanding outing against the Bengals in which he passed for 280 yards and three touchdowns. His decisive TD to Loveland capped the fourth game-winning drive that Williams has engineered since Week 18 of last season, tied for the second most in the NFL during that span.

This season Williams has thrown for 1,916 yards with 12 TDs, four interceptions and a 93.5 passer rating. He has only been sacked 14 times in eight games after taking 68 sacks in 17 starts last year as a rookie.

The Giants defense ranks 28th in the NFL in points allowed (27.7) and is 29th in total yards, 31st against the run and 24th versus the pass. But the Bears aren't taking anything for granted against a unit that features two-time All-Pro nose tackle Dexter Lawrence, end Kayvon Thibodeaux and outside linebacker Brian Burns, who leads the NFL with 11.0 sacks.

"You could argue this is the best defensive front that we've seen so far this year, and so [it's] a huge challenge at hand," Johnson said. "We're going to have to be on our stuff here again this week and I know the guys are going to be ready for this challenge."

"Burns plays at a high-effort level; he's just a really talented pass rusher," added offensive coordinator Declan Doyle. "He's slippery, and when you talk about Lawrence, he is a really big human in there inside. He eats up a lot of blocks and tries to free things for their linebackers to go make plays."

Key matchup: Bears right tackle Darnell Wright vs. Giants outside linebacker Brian Burns

One week after being named offensive player of the week by Pro Football Focus for his performance against the Bengals, Wright will face the league's sack leader in Burns, a talented seventh-year pro who has 6.0 sacks in his last four games.

When the Giants have the ball

Rookie first-round pick Jaxson Dart quarterbacks a Giants offense that ranks 18th in the NFL in total yards (322.0 per game) and 22nd in points (21.9).

Since replacing veteran Russell Wilson following New York's 0-3 start, Dart has thrown for 1,175 yards with 10 TDs, three interceptions and a 93.9 passer rating in six starts. The 25th overall pick in this year's drafted posted a season-high 107.0 passer rating last Sunday in a 34-24 loss to the 49ers, completing 72.7% of his passes (24 of 33) for 191 yards and two touchdowns.

"You can tell [Dart] is really giving them a spark," Johnson said. "Their offense can score some points, and they have playmakers."

A dangerous dual threat, Dart has rushed for 251 yards and five TDs on 51 carries. He is the only quarterback since the NFL/AFL merger in 1970 to both pass and rush for a touchdown in five of his first six starts.

"He is doing some really good things," said defensive coordinator Dennis Allen. "He sees the field well. He does a good job of being able to get the ball out of his hands at times and then yet when he doesn't like what he sees, he's able to create with his feet. That'll be a big challenge for us in terms of his ability to run the football, whether it be scrambles or designed quarterback runs."

The Giants offense is still trying to overcome the loss of receiver Malik Nabers and rookie running back Cam Skattebo to season-ending injuries. Receiver Wan'Dale Robinson has helped pick up the slack, catching 47 passes for 540 yards and two TDs. His 15 catches on third down are tied for the third most in the league.

The Bears defense leads the NFL with 19 takeaways and 11 interceptions. The unit has forced at least three turnovers in a league-high five games. The Bears have been reliant on takeaways this year, generating 18 in their five victories and just one in their three losses.

Linebacker Tremaine Edmunds and safety Kevin Byard III are tied with Jaguars linebacker Devin Lloyd for the NFL lead with four interceptions.

Generating more pressure on the quarterback remains a top priority for the Bears. The good news is that defensive end Montez Sweat has recorded a sack in each of the last three games and defensive end Austin Booker made an impact in his season debut last Sunday with a strip sack that resulted in a key takeaway.

After losing defensive lineman Dayo Odeyingbo to a season-ending Achilles injury versus the Bengals, the Bears bolstered their pass rush Tuesday by acquiring defensive end Joe Tryon-Shoyinka in a trade with the Browns. The fifth-year pro is expected to play Sunday against the Giants.

Key matchup: Bears defensive end Montez Sweat vs. Giants right tackle Jermaine Eluemunor

Sweat has been trending in the right direction with a sack in each of his last three games and will look to continue that streak Sunday against Eluemunor, an experienced nine-year veteran who has started all 23 games he's played in two seasons with the Giants at both tackle positions.

Historically speaking

• The storied history between the Bears and Giants dates back 100 years to the first meeting between the clubs in 1925 in New York's first season in the NFL.

• Prior to the Super Bowl era, the Bears and Giants met in six NFL Championship Games, with the Bears winning four of those contests:

*   1933: Bears 23, Giants 21
*   1934: Giants 30, Bears 13
*   1941: Bears 37, Giants 9
*   1946: Bears 24, Giants 14
*   1956: Giants 47, Bears 7
*   1963: Bears 14, Giants 10

* One of the Bears' most significant regular-season wins came against the Giants in the 1977 finale when Bob Thomas' 28-yard field goal with :04 left in overtime on an icy field at Giants Stadium gave the Bears a wild card berth and their first playoff appearance since winning the 1963 championship.

• In 1985, the eventual Super Bowl XX champion Bears opened the playoffs by blanking the Giants 21-0 in the divisional round at Soldier Field. Jim McMahon threw a pair of touchdown passes to Dennis McKinnon and the defense allowed only 181 total yards while registering six sacks, including 3.5 by Hall of Fame defensive end Richard Dent.

• The Bears lead the all-time series 36-25-2 and have won their last four home games against the Giants by scores of 27-21 in 2013, 19-14 in 2019, 17-13 in 2020 and 29-3 in 2021.