Overview
- Loveland earned the award for Week 9 after the Bears’ 47-42 victory over the Bengals.
- He posted six receptions for 118 yards and two touchdowns, including a 58-yard score with 17 seconds remaining.
- The No. 10 overall pick set career highs across the board in the win.
- He becomes the second Chicago player to claim the NFC’s weekly offensive honor this season, joining Caleb Williams from Week 3.
- Several outlets noted he is the first rookie tight end to win the NFC weekly offensive award since Jeremy Shockey in 2002 and the first Bears rookie tight end with 100-plus yards and multiple TDs in a game since Mike Ditka in 1961.