CHICAGO — The Chicago Bears needed help after a brutal loss. Lucky for them the reeling Jacksonville Jaguars were in town.

Danieal Manning set the tone for a strong defensive effort with an early interception, Desmond Clark and Greg Olsen caught touchdown passes, and the Bears rolled to a 23-10 victory on a bone-chilling today.

Robbie Gould kicked three field goals and the Bears (7-6) rebounded from a 34-14 loss at Minnesota last week that left them a game behind in the Vikings NFC North and needing help to make the playoffs. They got some from the Jaguars (4-9), who have dropped four in a row and six of seven.

They could have used some help from Detroit, but Minnesota beat the Lions and clinched a potential tiebreaker with the Bears. So Chicago needs to finish with a better record to win the division.

With the game-time temperature at 18 degrees, Manning warmed up the crowd when he picked off David Garrard and returned it 42 yards to the 5 on the third play from scrimmage. That set up Clark's 2-yard touchdown catch and Olsen added an acrobatic 22-yard TD reception near the end of the first half, when he reached across the goal line to make it 20-3.

The Bears won even though Matt Forte and Kyle Orton were rather quiet.

Forte, third in the league in yards from scrimmage entering the game, ran for 69 yards on 21 carries and caught five passes for 37 yards.

Orton, meanwhile, still hasn't returned to the form he showed before being carted off the field with a sprained ankle against Detroit last month, but he was steady after a miserable performance against Minnesota. He finished 20-for-34 with 219 yards, two touchdowns and an interception after throwing three last week.

Clark caught just two passes for 8 yards, but the touchdown was his first this season. Olsen, meanwhile, had three receptions for 52 yards, including that nifty TD with 18 seconds left in the first half. He got hit by the Jaguars' Reggie Nelson as he made the catch in front of the goal line and reached forward as his knee hit the ground, putting the game out of reach.

It was another rough day for the Jaguars, who lost receiver Jerry Porter to a groin injury in the fourth quarter.

Fred Taylor ran for 53 yards and passed O.J. Simpson and Corey Dillon to move into 16th place on the NFL's career list. Maurice Jones-Drew managed 55 while catching seven passes for 47 yards and a touchdown, and Garrard struggled.

He left his receivers exposed for big hits with soft passes and wound up 19 for 38 with 178 yards, a touchdown and an interception. He got sacked three times, giving him 36 on the season.