Bears... 17 Raiders... 6

OAKLAND -- With one perfect deep pass, Rex Grossman might have won back his starting quarterback job and saved the Chicago Bears’ season.

Grossman replaced an injured Brian Griese and threw a 59-yard pass to Bernard Berrian for the go-ahead score with 3:11 remaining, leading the Bears to a 17-6 victory over the Oakland Raiders.

Sebastian Janikowski’s 52-yard field goal with 4:04 remaining gave Oakland (2-7) a 6-3 lead that looked as if it could be enough on a day when neither offense could move the ball.

Then Grossman, who had struggled in his first game since Sept. 23, turned back into Good Rex, the quarterback who helped lead the Bears (4-5) to the Super Bowl last season instead of the one whose turnovers cost him his job earlier this season.

Berrian sprinted past Chris Carr, who was forced into a starting role at cornerback because of injuries to Nnamdi Asomugha and Fabian Washington.

Quoteworthy: “I hope people appreciate that Rex hasn’t shut it down. He hasn’t moped around our building.” -- Olin Kreutz, Bears center, on Rex Grossman