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"Our resiliency and our perseverance with these players, the high-character guys who we have, there's something special about this group," said coach Matt Nagy. "I don't know what it is, but there's something special about this team, and I love it. I'm proud of them. No one gave up."
With the victory, the Bears improved to 3-0 for the first time since 2013. They also became the first team in NFL history to win two games in the same season after trailing by at least 16 points in the fourth quarter. Two weeks earlier in Detroit, Trubisky's three TD passes in the final period turned a 23-6 deficit into a thrilling 27-23 season-opening victory over the Lions.
"I'm getting a little older, so I've got to watch out; I don't know how much more of this I can take," joked 33-year-old tight end Jimmy Graham, who caught one TD pass from Foles and one from Trubisky. "To battle through this adversity the way we have, on the road, it shows our character. It shows the type of family we are and, truly, we're never out of a game."
The Bears not only stormed back to win by outscoring the Falcons 20-0 in the fourth quarter, but they pulled off the amazing comeback after having two apparent Foles touchdown passes taken off the board via replay review.
The first was reversed to an interception after it was ruled that cornerback Darqueze Denard had snatched the ball away from Robinson before the two tumbled to the ground in the end zone. And the second was changed to an incompletion on fourth-and-goal from the 17 when Miller failed to control the ball as he fell to the ground in the end zone.
Robinson and Miller rebounded to produce the Bears' final two touchdowns. Robinson caught a team-high 10 passes for 123 yards, while Miller added two receptions for 41 yards.
"I thought they played really well," Nagy said. "It's tough to have those two touchdowns called back. That part was hard, but that's real. Overall, without watching the tape, I felt like they made plays. There was just an energy there that we got a couple there where they had to make some tough catches and then run after the catch.
"I have a lot of belief in our wide receivers, our tight ends, our running backs, everybody for that matter. I just think overall when guys had to step up today, they did it, and that's probably what I'm most proud about."