‘Monday Night Football’ schedule and results: Bears hold on to win

The Chargers’ offense moved in fits and spurts, cobbling together a field goal drive at the end of the first half and little else. The Bears missed a second field goal before finally finding the end zone on a 15-play drive that started with 7:18 left in the third quarter and ended with 14:02 left in the fourth.

The Bears converted the two-point conversion to go up 22-19. Rivers had one last opportunity to make magic, but he took two sacks after driving the Chargers near midfield. His fourth-and-23 attempt was batted down with 1:09 left to effectively end the game.

Zach Miller hadn’t caught a touchdown pass since 2011. Then he did this.

Pretty decent way to break out of a slump. Oh, did we mention it gave the Bears a late lead over the Chargers after having trailed most of the game? Well, it did.

On Monday Night Football, the Bears helped the Chargers to an easy field goal at the end of the first half by playing an extreme prevent defense:

With 11 seconds left and the ball on the 23-yard-line, the Bears put three guys on the line of scrimmage and eight guys 18 or more yards away. The Chargers easily converted a 9-yard pass to Dontrelle Inman, changing a 40-yard field goal into a much easier 31-yard attempt.

San Diego Chargers wide receiver Malcom Floyd left Monday night’s game against the Chicago Bears early in the second quarter after falling down hard on his left side while attempting to catch a pass. Quarterback Philip Rivers targeted him on a deep second-down pass along the left sideline, but missed high.

The Chargers initially announced that Floyd was questionable to return with a shoulder injury. After he was taken into the locker room for further evaluation, he was ruled out.

Statistically, the Chargers are the better team, with five of their six losses coming by a one-score margin. No team has more yards of total offense than San Diego and, combined with a 20th-ranked defense, that isn’t nearly enough to warrant a 2-6 record.

At CBS Sports, all eight panelists are taking the Chargers to bounce back with a win and only Mike Golic is picking the Bears at ESPN.

The Chicago Bears are 5-1 straight up and against the spread in their last six games against the San Diego Chargers dating back to 1993. Chicago hopes that history will continue when it visits the Chargers at Qualcomm Stadium this Monday night.

Chicago is a 4.5-point road underdog, according to sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com. This is the 13th straight game in which the Bears are going off as the betting underdog.

The San Diego Chargers host the Chicago Bears on Monday Night Football in Week 9. We’re sure ESPN thought it was getting a solid game when the match was scheduled in the spring, but the fates have conspired against the network. The Chargers sank to 2-6 while the Bears are sitting at 2-5, making this one of the more low-stakes primetime matchups of the season.

For the Bears, their poor season was to be expected. After getting off to an 0-3 start, the front office quickly raised the white flag, trading away veteran pass rusher Jared Allen to the Carolina Panthers. Chicago has since recovered with Jay Cutler and Alshon Jeffery healthy, but this is still a rebuilding team.