It took 17 pounding plays, four third-down conversions and a two-yard Ezekiel Elliott touchdown run for the Cowboys to sap the energy from a rollicking Soldier Field on Thursday night.
On the sideline, though, the Bears weren’t cowed by the Cowboys’ opening possession, which was the longest by any team in the NFL this year.
They’d seen worse.
“There wasn’t an ounce of flinch,” Bears coach Matt Nagy said. “Nothing. No one cared. I mean, yeah, we cared – we want to stop them — but there was no panic. That was nothing.
“We’ve been through a lot more.