Brian Robinson scored lots of touchdowns at some point of his stellar career at Alabama. The rookie’s first as a seasoned came at a large moment.

Christian Holmes recovered a muffed punt by means of Velus Jones deep in Chicago territory to installation a 1-backyard landing via Robinson halfway via the fourth area, and the Washington Commanders stopped a 4-sport losing streak, putting on to beat the Bears 12-7 on Thursday night.

“It become a huge,” quarterback Carson Wentz said. “We’ve been on a skid lately, we’ve been in a few tough games, had a few difficult cross’s with it. This one was large.”

This one may not were quite as unsightly as the Colts-Broncos yawner every week in advance that had famed play-by way of-play announcer Al Michaels launching zingers and creating a buzz on social media. There have been masses of awful reads, tipped balls, overthrown passes and sloppy play in fashionable. But there was also no shortage of drama down the stretch.The Commanders (2-4) have been aided by way of turnovers after taking the ball away simply once within the first 5 games and won for the first time due to the fact that beating Jacksonville within the opener. Jonathan Allen intercepted Justin Fields’ pass deep in Washington territory within the first half.

Robinson — playing his 2d sport in 5 days, much less than seven weeks on account that being shot two times within the proper leg in an tried theft — scored his first career touchdown. Benjamin St-Juste stopped Darnell Mooney just shy of the cease sector inside the last minute of the game, sending the Bears (2-4) to their third loss in a row.“God is good, man,” Allen stated. “The NFL isn’t for the faint of heart. Tough game, man. I’m happy we’re in a position to drag it out on the quit.”

Washington stuck a huge damage while it punted on fourth down at its 37. Jones had hassle monitoring the ball, then let it hit off his palms.

Holmes recovered it in a huge pile at the 6, and Robinson scored two plays later, making it 12-7 with 7:21 closing.

Wentz overthrew Curtis Samuel inside the again of the end region on the 2-point conversion strive, and Joey Slye neglected a forty eight-backyard field intention extensive left with 1:48 ultimate.

Fields then broke off a 39-yard run to the 5. But after blowing two large scoring chances inside the first half, the Bears allow some other slip away.“We usually get advised that we’re nearly there, we’re almost there,” Fields stated. “Me in my view, I’m bored with being almost there. I’m uninterested in being simply this near. I feel like I’ve been hearing it for see you later now.”

Dante Pettis become unable to grasp onto a third-down bypass ultimately quarter with Darrick Forrest all over him. A leaping Darnell Mooney got knocked out of bounds by means of Benjamin St-Juste inches shy of the aim line as he hauled in a bypass.

Fields, whose left shoulder changed into bothering him, completed 14 of 27 passes for one hundred ninety yards and a touchdown after setting profession highs in final touch price (seventy one.Four %) and passer score (118.Eight) in opposition to Minnesota on Sunday. He threw a 40-yard landing to Dante Pettis inside the third. But changed into intercepted with the aid of Allen with the ball at the Washington five late in the first region when he threw a laser that hit shielding address Efe Obada’s helmet and popped into the air. Allen came away with the interception.Fields additionally ran for 88 yards.

“I think he took a step forward, I genuinely do,” instruct Matt Eberflus said. “The durability. For me, the potential to take the ball and power it down on the very give up, to provide us a threat to win it — that’s to me what was the development. Were there different moments that we need to clean up and the offense desires to smooth up? Sure. But we had the drives down there, and if we punch those in, the game’s a special sport.”

Pettis had four catches for 84 yards.

The Bears, carrying orange jerseys and helmets, blew big scoring possibilities on again-to-again possessions inside the first half of. After Fields’ skip changed into picked off via Allen, the Bears had some other large danger early within the 2nd.

Khalil Herbert broke a tackle and crossed the field on a sixty four-backyard run to the 6. But Fields overthrew a huge-open Ryan Griffin in the long run zone and Herbert got stopped on fourth down on the 1.