Caleb Williams and the Bears heard it all during their early-season run to prominence in the NFC as they stacked wins amid a supposed cakewalk slate of games.

Things were destined to get tougher, with the real Chicago predicted to emerge for better or worse as the schedule toughened down the stretch.

The Bears tuned out that noise and instead focused on winning each week, and in doing so proved detractors wrong -- most recently via a 24-15 thumping of the reigning Super Bowl champions in which Chicago ran all over the Eagles on one side of the ball and repeatedly stopped them in their tracks on the other.

"I think every single game that we play is to make a statement," Williams said following the victory. "That's just another game for us. Focus on being 1-0 each week. We keep doing that. We keep focusing on what's inside, the noise inside the building. Honestly, the statements and all of that, it's more of the outside noise. It's more of the kind of stuff for y'all to talk about, the analysts and whoever to talk about."

Those outside the building are certainly talking now.

The Bears own a five-game winning streak, having won five games in a single calendar month for the first time since November 1959, per NFL Research. Since starting 0-2, they've lost only one of their past nine contests.

On Friday, it was nearly everyone, but most certainly running backs D'Andre Swift and Kyle Monangai that delivered a winning effort.