Washington Commanders survive late charge to beat Bears in Chicago

CHICAGO -- The Washington Commanders improved to 2-4 after beating the Chicago Bears (2-4) 12-7 on a windy Thursday night in Chicago.

Washington Commanders

The Washington Commanders won't apologize for the aesthetics. They didn't need to look pretty Thursday night, they just needed to win. And that's all they did.

Whether or not this 12-7 win over the Chicago Bears gets their season pointed in the right direction remains to be seen. There's plenty of work that remains after this victory. They commit too many penalties -- 27 in three games. They don't score many points -- 47 in the past four games.

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