Colston Loveland caught a Caleb Williams pass at the Cincinnati Bengals’ 37-yard line, bounced off a tackle attempt, then had one thought, with his Chicago Bears trailing by one point and about 20 seconds remaining in the game.

“I was like, ‘Man, I got to go score this thing,” the Bears’ rookie tight end told Marquee Sports Network’s Jeff Joniak in an exclusive 1-on-1 “The Official Bears Postgame Live” interview. “Put it away, but don’t get caught because we might not have a clock-it situation.”

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Thankfully for the Bears, Loveland put the football away and wasn’t caught, as he outsprinted four desperate Bengals defenders to score the decisive touchdown in a 47-42 road win Sunday.

Loveland’s 58-yard catch-and-run score saved the Bears from an embarrassing defeat and capped his six-reception, 118-yard, two-TD breakout game.

“I got no idea what’s behind me,” Loveland told Joniak while proudly clutching the football from his game-winning play. “I’m kind of gassed … so, yeah, just digging. Like, man, pick the legs up, try to get in this end zone. Luckily, I did.”

Loveland’s heroics were needed after the Bears, who led by 14 points with 4:53 left in the fourth quarter, somehow found themselves trailing with 54 seconds remaining after the Bengals scored two quick TDs — the latter after an onside kick recovery.

Williams and the Bears’ offense then took over on their own 28 with one timeout remaining, as they attempted to snatch back victory.

The drive started with back-to-back incomplete passes. Time ticked away, and downs became scarce. Then, on third-and-10, Williams scrambled for 14 yards to give the Bears a first down and some life. Chicago called its final timeout with 25 seconds left.

Williams lined up in the shotgun from the Bears’ 42, took the snap and fired a middle-of-the-field pass to Loveland. Bengals safety Jordan Battle tried to tackle the 6-foot-6, 241-pound Michigan man, but Loveland absorbed the tackle, turned upfield and outran the Bengals’ defense for the TD.

“Really just a seam [route]. Split safety. Middle field is pretty open, obviously, you could tell,” Loveland told Joniak. “So, I’m kind of thinking, all right, here we go. And Caleb just delivered a great ball. And kind of in the moment, happened to make a couple miss, stay up.”

The Bears failed on their two-point conversion attempt, but they led by five with just 17 seconds left. Bengals QB Joe Flacco’s final pass was intercepted by Nahshon Wright to complete the Bears’ comeback victory.

Loveland, the No. 10 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, also scored his first TD of his career on the Bears’ opening drive of the second half, on a third-and-goal pass from Williams.

Thanks to Loveland, the Bears now have five wins on the season and head to Soldier Field for the first time in two weeks to host the New York Giants next Sunday.

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