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Chicago Bears (4-8) vs Detroit Lions (9-3)
Sunday, December 10th @ Noon (CST)
Solider Field
FOX 32
WBBM 780
Chicago Bears lead series 104-78-5
CHICAGO BEARS ON OFFENSE
The Bears are still leaning on the run game as Justin Fields continues to develop as a passer, they’ve been held below 110 rushing yards just twice all season. That said, their rushing efficiency has been down quite a bit as of late. After rushing for at least 4.2 yards per carry in each of their first seven games, they’ve been held under that number three times in the past five games...including their previous matchup against the Lions. The problem more lies in the traditional running game. Justin Fields is an incredible athlete, and he’s going to get his yardage both on designed running plays and scrambles. But when it comes to turning and handing the ball off, the Bears are truly more of an average rushing attack. Their offensive line ranks ninth in adjusted line yards, 26th in PFF run blocking grade. Still the Bears almost walked out of Detriot with a W by running a TOP hogging ball control offense, don't expect them to stray to far from that plan at home.
CHICAGO BEARS ON DEFENSE
You would think the addition of just one pass rusher couldn’t make that much of a difference, but it has. Chicago possessed one of the worst pass rushes in football early in the season, and Sweat has suddenly turned the entire Bears front into a formidable group. In Chicago’s first eight games, they were averaging just 14.9 pressures per game and had 13 or fewer in five of those games. In the four games with Sweat, the Bears are averaging 19.5 pressures per game, with at least 17 in each game. Impressively, that includes games against solid offensive lines like the Lions and Vikings. The Bears have one of the best run defenses in the league, and it’s been that way mostly all year. That said, in the previous matchup, the Lions were able to move the ball on the ground, particularly in the second half—where Detroit picked up 73 yards on just 10 carries (7.3 YPC). However, the Lions did struggle in the first half (11 rushes, 43 yards, 3.9 YPC). If the Lions can run the ball effectively out of the gate, they could beat the Bears with their own game plan and neutralize the suddenly active Bear pass rush.
Stats for the Chicago Bears and Detriot Lions going into Week 14
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| Bears | Lions |
Total First Downs | 233 | 265 |
1st Downs (Rush-Pass-By Penalty) | 98 - 125 - 10 | 87 - 160 - 18 |
3rd Down Conversions | 71/164 | 71/165 |
4th Down Conversions | 10/19 | 13/27 |
Total Offensive Yds | 3879 | 4807 |
Offense (Plays-Avg Yds) | 776 - 5.0 | 810 - 5.9 |
Total Rushing Yds | 1652 | 1648 |
Rushing (Plays-Avg Yards) | 376 - 4.4 | 358 - 4.6 |
Total Passing Yds | 2446 | 3288 |
Passing (Comp-Att-Int-Avg) | 237 - 365 - 12 - 6.7 | 291 - 430 - 8- 7.6 |
Sacks | 35 | 22 |
Field Goals | 23/25 | 15/17 |
Touchdowns | 25 | 40 |
(Rush-Pass-Ret-Def) | 9 - 15 - 0 - 1 | 19 - 20 - 0 - 1 |
Turnover Ratio | -4 | -3 |
PASSING
Justin Fields
ATT | COMP | YDS | CP% | YPA | TD | INT | LONG | SACK | RATE |
222 | 143 | 1587 | 64.4 | 7.4 | 12 | 6 | 58 | 29 | 92.3 |
RECEIVING
DJ Moore
RECEPTIONS | YARDS | YDS PER REC | LONG | TD |
70 | 1003 | 14.3 | 58 | 6 |
RUSHING
Justin Fields
ATTEMPTS | YARDS | YDS PER ATT | LONG | TD |
77 | 400 | 5.2 | 29 | 1 |
TACKLES
TJ Edwards
COMBINED | SOLO | ASST | TFL | QB HITS |
127 | 73 | 54 | 6 | 6 |
INTERCEPTIONS
Jaylon Johnson
INTS | YARDS | TDS | LONG | PASS DEFLECT |
3 | 58 | 1 | 39 | 8 |
SACKS
Yannick Ngakoue
PLAYER | SACKS |
Yannick Ngakoue | 3.0 |
Montez Sweat | 2.5 |
T.J. Edwards | 2.0 |
Justin Jones | 2.0 |
Rasheem Green | 2.0 |
DeMarcus Walker | 1.5 |
Greg Stroman | 1.0 |
Montez Sweat | 1.0 |
Jack Sanborn | 1.0 |
Jaquan Brisker | 1.0 |
Kyler Gordon | 1.0 |
Zacch Pickens | 0.5 |
Dominique Robinson | 0.5 |
TOTAL TEAM SACKS | 17 |
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PFT | 25 | 
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