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Chicago Bears (4-1) at Carolina Panthers (3-2)
Sunday, Oct. 18th @ Noon (CST)
Bank of America Stadium
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Chicago Bears lead series 6-4-0
KYLE FULLER vs ROBBIE ANDERSON
Free of the dysfunctional Jets and reunited with his old college coach in Carolina, Robbie Anderson went from undrafted afterthought to the fourth leading receiver in the NFL in just a handful of games. Matt Rhule knows exactly how to get the best out of his former star receiver, leading to Anderson averaging seven grabs a game in 2020. Enter Chicago's All Pro Cornerback...Kyle Fuller. Fuller currently sports the lowest completion percentage from passes thrown his way (41.2%) in the entire NFL. Paired up with one of the league's premier secondary coaches as his defensive coordinator, Fuller is leading what may be the best secondary in the NFL right now. Can Fuller slow down one of the hottest receivers in the game or will Anderson keep up his career year?
JIMMY GRAHAM vs TAHIR WHITEHEAD
Graham has been tough for opponents to handle in the red zone, even if his contributions haven't been as great elsewhere. His four touchdown catches this year are more than he had in either of his Packer seasons and is twice the total the Bears had from all of their tight ends combined last season. Whitehead is the former outside linebacker for the Raiders and Lions who has been converted to middle linebacker. He is struggling to defend the pass mightly this season with a 110.3 passer rating against and is allowing 84.6% completions when targeted. This coming off a year when he allowed a 140.4 passer rating against and six TD catches for the Raiders. While Nagy could exploit this glaring weakness in the Panther defense with his young running back as well, expect Graham to take advantage, being the key red zone target for the Bears all day.
GERMAIN IFEDI vs DERRICK BROWN
The Panthers made the bold decision to go all defense with their draft back in April. That class is led by first round DT Derrick Brown. Brown was a highly-touted, highly-rated prospect coming out of college with his strength and natural ability to push the pocket. He was very productive in his final season at Auburn with 54 total tackles, 11.5 tackles for a loss & four sacks. So far this year, Brown has been particularly strong against the run. That is bad news as the run game is something the Bears desperately need to get going this week after two dismal showings against the Colts and Bucs where Ifedi struggled with other talented defensive tackles. Can Ifedi cool off Brown's hot start and help reignite Chicago's struggling rushing attack?
Through five games this season, the Chicago Bears have scored zero points in the third quarter. It is the first time a team has gone scoreless in the third quarter of this many games to start the season while still having a winning record in the Super Bowl era.
Stats for the Chicago Bears and Carolina Panthers as they enter Week 5
| Bears | Panthers |
Total First Downs | 102 | 114 |
1st Downs (Rush-Pass-By Penalty) | 26-66-10 | 31-76-7 |
3rd Down Conversions | 22/66 | 29/59 |
4th Down Conversions | 3/5 | 3/5 |
Total Offensive Yds | 1616 | 1998 |
Offense (Plays-Avg Yds) | 325- 5.0 | 323 - 6.2 |
Total Rushing Yds | 477 | 589 |
Rushing (Plays-Avg Yards) | 115 - 4.1 | 137 - 4.3 |
Total Passing Yds | 1139 | 1409 |
Passing (Comp-Att-Int-Avg) | 123 - 199 - 6 - 6.2 | 130 - 178 - 3 - 8.2 |
Sacks | 11 | 5 |
Field Goals | 7/9 | 13/14 |
Touchdowns | 12 | 12 |
(Rush-Pass-Ret-Def) | 1 - 11 - 0 - 0 | 6 - 6 - 0 - 0 |
Time of possession | 30:52 | 32:28 |
Turnover Ratio | -1 | +3 |
PASSING
"Well Endowed Nicholas"
ATT | COMP | YDS | CP% | YPA | TD | INT | LONG | SACK | RATE |
113 | 72 | 680 | 63.7 | 6.0 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 4 | 83.9 |
RECEIVING
Allen Robinson
RECEPTIONS | YARDS | YDS PER REC | LONG | TD |
35 | 421 | 12.0 | 37 | 2 |
RUSHING
David Montgomery
ATTEMPTS | YARDS | YDS PER ATT | LONG | TD |
63 | 247 | 3.9 | 23 | 1 |
TACKLES
Roquan Smith
COMBINED | SOLO | ASST | TFL | QB HITS |
40 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 0 |
INTERCEPTIONS
Kyle Fuller
INTS | YARDS | TDS | LONG | PASS DEFLECT |
1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
SACKS
Akiem Hicks
PLAYER | SACKS |
Akiem Hicks | 3.5 |
Khalil Mack | 3.5 |
Robert Quinn | 1 |
Barkevious Mingo | 1 |
Brent Urban | 1 |
James Vaughters | 1 |
TOTAL TEAM SACKS | 11 |
OUTLET | RANK | LINK |
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NFL | 16 | NFL Power Rankings, Week 6: Packers claim No. 1; Browns crack top 10In the wake of a wild (and costly) Week 5, Dan Hanzus updates his NFL Power Rankings with a brand new team in the No. 1 spot. Plus, major boosts for the Browns, Raiders and Bears.
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ESPN | 13 | Week 6 NFL Power Rankings: 1-32 poll, plus each team's biggest weaknessPatrick Peterson and the Cardinals aren't getting interceptions, the Jets can't do anything right, and the Saints keep committing costly penalties.
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CBS | 9 | NFL Week 6 Power Rankings: Packers new No. 1 as Chiefs fall, Browns soar into top sixPete Prisco says if the Browns beat Pittsburgh, they can be considered a legit Super Bowl contender
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