Khari Blasingame becomes Bears unsung hero in win over Commanders

The team's honorary captain in Week 3 was truly able to showcase how important his role is to the Bears team, in every phase of the game, on a national stage. Blasingame's efforts in the win was commended by his head coach during during his post-game press conference.

"KB stepped in there and I thought he did a nice job in the four minute drill," head coach Matt Eberflus said. "He did really nice job of moving the line and making a couple nice cuts and protecting the football."

With the team down to essentially one back left on the active roster, quarterback Justin Fields also had to be used more in the backfield to help share the load off Blasingame. Fields ended his night with 57 yards on the ground with 11 carries.

"You know, somebody goes down, we always had that next man up mentality," Fields said during a rowdy Thursday Night Football post-game show. "Khari did a great job as a fullback stepping in that running back and taking some runs. I definitely figured that I was going to have to run the ball a little bit more... but it was just a hard fought battle from everybody."

The Bears went into the Week 5 matchup listing running back D'Onta Foreman, whom the team acquired this offseason, as a healthy scratch for the fourth consecutive game, a decision that could have come back to bite them if not for Blasingame's impact on Thursday. It was quite the performance and one that shouldn't be overlooked when discussing the team's long awaited victory.