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THE WIRE
WK 11 FINAL Falcons 27, Panthers 52 MOVE Kyle Hamilton traded to Colts MOVE Craig Woodson dev trait up Star to X-Factor MOVE Bray Hubbard dev trait up Star to X-Factor WK 11 FINAL Buccaneers 21, Colts 10 WK 11 FINAL Commanders 7, Vikings 17 ON THE BLOCK Jack Jones (CB 77) ON THE BLOCK Dre Greenlaw (WILL 88)
pfl2k27 🏟️ Madden
WEEK 1 · FINAL
CARDINALS 8-1 · 35.0 PPG 58 – 35 BEARS 7-3 · 31.0 PPG
THE READ
Cardinals run away with it, 58-35

A long afternoon for Bears. Cardinals by 23. Caleb Williams threw for Bears — 19/32, 346 yards, 5 TD, 2 INT — in a losing effort. Dante Moore was steady for Cardinals — 12/20, 250 yards, 4 TD, 2 INT. Through the air: Bears 346, Cardinals 250.

The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Cardinals +12.4 +1.1 +11.2 +13
Bears +6.8 +0.1 +6.7 +6
SRS is how many points a side beats an average team by once you account for who they played — beat a good team by 3 and it counts for more than beating a bad one by 20. SOS is how hard that schedule has been. Full table.
Cardinals — NFC #3 · division · 8-1 Bears — NFC #7 · 7-3 Playoff picture →
In the MVP race
#6 Dante Moore QB · Cardinals · 0.8% of the field
#8 Jeremiyah Love HB · Cardinals · 0.8% of the field
The whole board →
IN THE BOOTH
Zoe Bell The contrarian
Chicago threw it 32 times and got 5 touchdowns out of Caleb Williams—spectacular work—but Arizona ran for 149 yards and scored 58 points anyway, which tells you everything about where this game actually got decided.
Nicole Santos Beat reporter · replying
Dante Moore threw 4 touchdown passes in a 23-point rout without needing to carry the load—Arizona's ground game did that work, and Moore's efficiency (12/20, 250 yards) suggests he's the kind of game manager who doesn't need volume to win decisively.
They only ever read the box score and this league's own numbers — none of them has a source, and none of them can report anything that did not happen.
Caleb Williams
Bears
19/32, 346 yards, 5 TD, 2 INT
Dante Moore
Cardinals
12/20, 250 yards, 4 TD, 2 INT
Charlie Becker
Bears
7 catches, 131 yards, 3 TD
WHAT DECIDED IT
Through the air Bears 346, Cardinals 250 Bears
On the ground Cardinals 149, Bears 65 Cardinals
Total yards Bears 411, Cardinals 399 Bears
Pressure Bears 2 sacks, Cardinals 1 Bears
THE ROOM Final. The recap is below.
📺 THE WEEK 1 SHOW this game is in the week's show ▶ Watch the show
THE MATCHUP SCOUT every number below is counted from the export or read off the roster — nothing is inferred about playcalling
LEAGUE DATA counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it
Balanced Pass 55% · Rush 45% · 35.3 scored, 24.1 allowed
11.2 yds/att 62.8% completions 7.3 yds/carry 346.2 yds/game 0.8 giveaways/game 5.2% sack rate last 5: 4-1
Primary weapon: Nyziah Hunter WR — 29% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY MODERATE
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 75 · Efficient Balance 95 Ball security 78 Back usage 38% QB runs 2.3/game
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 83 WR 78 TE 99 RB 86 OL 79 DL 82 LB 76 DB 82
Best: Trey McBride TE 99 Fastest: Nyziah Hunter WR 95 SPD 6 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK what you wrote about them — private, and never a Sapphire statistic
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HOW THEY PLAY the man, not the franchise — only weeks the record attributes to him, this season
CELTICSPRIDE1
Bears · his last 8 games
Runs it One target
Pass / run53% / 47% Points for / against31.1 — 22.5 Margin+8.6 Giveaways a game1.8 Sacks taken2.3% of dropbacks Lead backD'Andre Swift · 10.8/g Top targetZavion Thomas · 42% QB carries3.0 a game
yungbav234
Cardinals · his last 8 games
Runs it Protects it One back
Pass / run55% / 45% Points for / against32.5 — 22.8 Margin+9.8 Giveaways a game0.6 Sacks taken4.7% of dropbacks Lead backJeremiyah Love · 12.4/g Top targetNyziah Hunter · 28% QB carries2.5 a game
Counted from the weeks each man actually held his team — so a franchise that changed hands is not credited to whoever has it now. Nothing above is a playcall: the export does not carry those, and neither does this.
THE SERIES yungbav234 against CELTICSPRIDE1 — the men, not the teams
yungbav234 leads it 1-0. yungbav234 won the last one.
1 meeting avg 58.0 — 35.0 biggest: 23 pts to yungbav234
S2 · week 1 yungbav234 58 — 35 CELTICSPRIDE1 YUNGBAV234
Only meetings Sapphire can attribute to both men are counted — a Madden export never says who owned a team last season, so the series starts where the record does.
MATCHUP ADVANTAGES unit averages against each other — inside three points is a push
Cardinals receivers vs Bears secondary 78 v 84 BEARS
Bears receivers vs Cardinals secondary 81 v 82 EVEN
Cardinals line vs Bears front 79 v 79 EVEN
Bears line vs Cardinals front 83 v 82 EVEN
Cardinals backs vs Bears run defence 86 v 81 CARDINALS
Bears backs vs Cardinals run defence 84 v 81 BEARS
Cardinals passer vs Bears secondary 83 v 84 EVEN
Bears passer vs Cardinals secondary 96 v 82 BEARS
TOP PERFORMERS
Caleb Williams QB Bears 346 pass yds
Dante Moore QB Cardinals 250 pass yds
Jeremiyah Love HB Cardinals 143 rush yds
Charlie Becker WR Bears 131 rec yds
Zavion Thomas WR Bears 118 rec yds
Nyziah Hunter WR Cardinals 87 rec yds
Trey McBride TE Cardinals 76 rec yds
Princewill Umanmielen LEDG Bears 2 sacks
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson FS Cardinals 1 INTs
Budda Baker SS Cardinals 1 INTs
🎬 The Game Recap
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BOX SCORE
CARDINALS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Dante Moore QB 12/2025042250104.1
BEARS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Caleb Williams QB 19/3234652154110.1
RECENT FORM
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TEAM STATS
Cardinals Bears
399 TOTAL YARDS 411
250 PASSING YARDS 346
149 RUSHING YARDS 65
2 SACKS ALLOWED 1
1 SACKS MADE 2
2 GIVEAWAYS 2
2 TAKEAWAYS 3

Bold is the side that won that line. Giveaways come off a team's own offensive rows and takeaways off its own defensive rows — two separate payloads, so they need not tie out against each other.

ALL-TIME HEAD-TO-HEAD
1 CARDINALS — 0 BEARS
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