The Bears registered their fourth straight victory Sunday, generating four takeaways and rushing for a season-high 222 yards and two touchdowns in an impressive 26-14 win over the Saints at Soldier Field.

The Bears (4-2) raced to a 20-0 second-quarter lead, with the offense scoring 10 points off two takeaways. The Saints (1-6) followed by scoring touchdowns on back-to-back possessions bridging the second and third quarters to cut the deficit to 20-14. But the Bears closed strong, outscoring New Orleans 6-0 over the game's final 24:40.

The defense has produced 15 takeaways during the Bears' four-game winning streak, with at least three in every game. On Sunday, Nahshon Wright, Kevin Byard III and Tremaine Edmunds intercepted Spencer Rattler passes, and a Montez Sweat strip sack of Rattler resulted in a fumble that Gervon Dexter Sr. recovered.

Rattler had entered the game having committed only one turnover—an interception—in his first six starts this season.

The defense also registered four sacks and held the Saints to 44 yards rushing, an average of 2.6 yards per carry and a long run of seven yards.

"This game really started and finished there with our defense," said coach Ben Johnson. "They just did a phenomenal job throughout. Credit to [coordinator] Dennis Allen and his crew one more time. They're doing a great job getting us the ball on offense with great field position and it certainly gives us a ton of momentum in games like that. They just did an awesome job."

The Bears running game was powered by D'Andre Swift (19 carries for 124 yards and one TD) and Kyle Monangai (13-81-1), who combined for 205 yards and two TDs on 32 attempts, a 6.4-yard average.

"Both ballcarriers ran physical, ran violent," Johnson said. "Huge credit to our offensive line and the tight ends in that core blocking unit because you could feel that line of scrimmage move at times and our backs were finding the holes."

In his second straight game replacing the injured Cairo Santos, Jake Moody made 4 of 4 field-goal attempts from 27, 39, 24 and 33 yards.

Caleb Williams completed 15 of 26 passes for 172 yards with one interception and a 61.7 passer rating while being sacked once.

"I didn't play well today," Williams said. "The defense had four turnovers and four sacks. The offensive line pushes us through. D'Andre Swift and the backs push us through. It's being able to find ways to win is what we've been able to do and we're going to keep doing that."

After Sweat's strip sack on the Saints' first possession of the game, the Bears converted the turnover into Moody's 27-yard field goal to take a 3-0 lead.

The Bears extended their lead to 6-0 on Moody's 39-yard field goal early in the second quarter. The kick was set up by Williams completions to Rome Odunze of 11 and 20 yards.

The defense produced its second takeaway when Wright made a tumbling interception over the middle, got to his feet and zigzagged 39 yards to the Saints' 30.

"It was a great catch," Johnson said. "We've really been emphasizing—because we've been getting all these—is, 'How do we turn these into whether it's in scoring range or getting into the end zone ourselves on defense?' I thought he was going to go down once or twice and he just kept on going. We might have to give him the ball a little bit on offense as well."

The Bears capitalized, extending their lead to 13-0 on Swift's 11-yard touchdown run with 9:05 remaining in the second quarter.

"I kind of pressed the line of scrimmage, saw a space and cut it back," Swift said.

The Bears widened the margin to 20-0 on Monangai's 1-yard TD run with 2:51 left in the first half. The 8-play, 55-yard drive was highlighted by Williams passes of 26 yards to DJ Moore and 9 yards to Colston Loveland on third-and-7.

At that point in the game, the Bears had outgained the Saints 175-4.

After New Orleans took over at its own 9 with 1:08 to play in the first half, Rattler and receiver Chris Olave connected on a 57-yard pass to the Bears' 21 and then a 21-yard TD pass that drew the Saints to within 20-7 with :22 remaining.

New Orleans opened the second half with a 10-play, 80-yard drive that was capped by Rattler's 14-yard TD pass to Olave, closing the gap to 20-14. But the Bears held the Saints scoreless over the final 24:40 of the game.

"Beyond those two [TD] drives, I thought the defense played some of the best play we've played all year," Johnson said. "We don't win that game if they don't play that well. They did an outstanding job."

The Bears answered with an 8-play, 66-yard drive that culminated in Moody's 24-yard field goal, giving them a two-score lead at 23-14. The first four plays of the possession were Williams completions of 11 yards to Moore and 22 yards to Luther Burden III followed by Swift runs of 17 and 15 yards.

The defense followed with its third takeaway as Byard picked off a deep Rattler throw at the Chicago 12.

After Moody's fourth field goal without a miss put the Bears ahead 26-14 midway through the final period, Edmunds put an exclamation point on the victory by intercepting a Rattler pass on fourth-and-2 from the Chicago 26 with 4:20 to play.

The Bears will look to extend their winning streak to five when they travel to Baltimore next Sunday to battle the Ravens at noon (CT).