Bears' Devin Bush Gets Game Ball After Shutout Win Over Jets

The Chicago Bears’ locker room after Sunday’s 23-12 win over the New York Jets wasn’t just loud. It was grateful. And at the center of it stood linebacker Devin Bush, holding a game ball and delivering a message that cut through the noise.

“When I joined this team, I came to win,” Bush said in the team’s latest Good, Better, Best locker-room video, posted on X after the game. He added, “I love y’all, appreciate y’all, love the work we’ve put in. Let’s keep going.”

It was a short speech, but it landed. Bush had earned the moment with four tackles, a sack, and a tackle for loss — part of a defensive effort that didn’t just beat the Jets; it suffocated them.

New York managed just 157 total yards and went 0-for-7 on third down. It was the first time the Bears had not allowed a single third-down conversion in a game since Oct. 5, 1997, according to the team. That’s nearly three decades of Sundays without a perfect third-down blanking. Until now.

“The defensive performance was outstanding,” head coach Ben Johnson said after the game. “Anytime you hold a team to 150-160 yards and 0 for 7 on third down, you’re doing a lot right.”

Johnson’s locker-room speech — part of his now-familiar “Good, Better, Best” series — set the tone. He told his players this was a big week to find out who they were. They answered. The Bears are now 3-1, winners of two straight, and they’ve done it without their starting quarterback.