WEEK 9 · FINAL
THE READ
Bears win the turnover battle and the game
Giveaways decided this one. Bears 24, Raiders 13. Fernando Mendoza threw for Raiders — 17/27, 216 yards, 2 TD, 3 INT — in a losing effort. D'Andre Swift did the catching for Bears — 3 catches, 79 yards, 1 TD. D'Andre Swift's high-water mark for the year. On the ground: Bears 133, Raiders 36.
The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raiders | -11.6 | +1.9 | -13.5 | -16 |
| Bears | +6.6 | -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.
Bears —
NFC #7
· 7-3
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IN THE BOOTH
Jaylen Rivers
The insider
Chicago's defense suffocated Las Vegas from start to finish—36 rushing yards is not a football team, it's a cry for help—and that's what an 11-point win looks like when one side simply cannot move the ball and the other one can.
Kayla James
The showman
· replying
Chicago's defense was so suffocating that Las Vegas couldn't breathe—but let's be honest, the Bears got away with a game that could've tightened up fast if the Raiders had simply taken care of the football.
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.
Fernando Mendoza
Raiders
17/27, 216 yards, 2 TD, 3 INT
D'Andre Swift
Bears
3 catches, 79 yards, 1 TD
Jack Bech
Raiders
5 catches, 63 yards
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
On the ground
Bears 133, Raiders 36
Bears
Through the air
Raiders 216, Bears 138
Raiders
Total yards
Bears 271, Raiders 252
Bears
Giveaways
Bears 0, Raiders 3
Bears
THE ROOM
Final. The recap is below.
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 57% · Rush 43% · 18.7 scored, 32.2 allowed
6.8 yds/att
56.7% completions
6.0 yds/carry
317.7 yds/game
2.8 giveaways/game
8.4% sack rate
last 5: 1-4
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 36 · Turnover-prone
Balance 93
Ball security 22
Back usage 36%
QB runs 3.3/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 2.8 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 81
WR 79
TE 94
RB 80
OL 82
DL 82
LB 78
DB 82
Best: Brock Bowers TE 94
Fastest: Tre Tucker WR 95 SPD
6 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK
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LEAGUE DATA
counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it
Balanced
Pass 54% · Rush 46% · 31.9 scored, 25.2 allowed
10.9 yds/att
60.4% completions
6.3 yds/carry
344.9 yds/game
1.7 giveaways/game
2.8% sack rate
last 5: 4-1
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 68 · Aggressive
Balance 96
Ball security 52
Back usage 38%
QB runs 3.0/game
Most exposed: one-man passing game -- Zavion Thomas takes 38% of the receiving yards
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 96
WR 81
TE 85
RB 84
OL 83
DL 79
LB 83
DB 84
Best: Caleb Williams QB 96
Fastest: Zavion Thomas WR 96 SPD
5 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK
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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
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Raiders · his last 8 games
Balanced
Gives it away
Pass / run57% / 43%
Points for / against16.9 — 29.6
Margin-12.8
Giveaways a game2.9
Sacks taken8.0% of dropbacks
Lead backMike Washington Jr. · 13.1/g
Top targetTre Tucker · 33%
QB carries2.4 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
drippin_flash10 against CELTICSPRIDE1 — the men, not the teams
CELTICSPRIDE1 leads it 1-0.
CELTICSPRIDE1 won the last one.
1 meeting
avg 13.0 — 24.0
biggest: 11 pts to CELTICSPRIDE1
S2 · week 9
drippin_flash10 13 — 24 CELTICSPRIDE1
CELTICSPRIDE1
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
Raiders receivers vs Bears secondary
79 v 84
BEARS
Bears receivers vs Raiders secondary
81 v 82
EVEN
Raiders line vs Bears front
82 v 79
RAIDERS
Bears line vs Raiders front
83 v 82
EVEN
Raiders backs vs Bears run defence
80 v 81
EVEN
Bears backs vs Raiders run defence
84 v 81
BEARS
Raiders passer vs Bears secondary
81 v 84
BEARS
Bears passer vs Raiders secondary
96 v 82
BEARS
TOP PERFORMERS
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BOX SCORE
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RAIDERS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fernando Mendoza QB | 17/27 | 216 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 40 | 72.9 |
BEARS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caleb Williams QB | 6/14 | 138 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 102.6 |
RAIDERS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Washington Jr. HB | 8 | 28 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 0 |
| Dylan Laube HB | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Brock Bowers TE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
BEARS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D'Andre Swift HB | 10 | 57 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 19 | 0 |
| Raleek Brown HB | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 0 |
| Caleb Williams QB | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 |
| Zavion Thomas WR | 1 | -6 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RAIDERS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Bech WR | 5 | 63 | 12.6 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 22 |
| Brock Bowers TE | 6 | 62 | 10.3 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 20 |
| Makai Lemon WR | 2 | 50 | 25 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 40 |
| Tre Tucker WR | 2 | 28 | 14 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 20 |
| Jaylin Lane WR | 1 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Dylan Laube HB | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
BEARS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D'Andre Swift HB | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 58 |
| Zavion Thomas WR | 2 | 40 | 20 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 24 |
| Luther Burden III WR | 1 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 19 |
RAIDERS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keyron Crawford REDG | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quay Walker WILL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremy Chinn SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trey Amos CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nakobe Dean MIKE | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonah Laulu DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Bosa DT | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Stokes CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jermod McCoy CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
BEARS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dillon Thieneman SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coby Bryant FS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devin Bush MIKE | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Montez Sweat REDG | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaylon Johnson CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Rodriguez WILL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malik Muhammad CB | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Evan Johnson CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shemar Turner DT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RAIDERS
nothing recorded
BEARS
| PLAYER | FG | XP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dominic Zvada K | 1/2 | 3/3 | 44 |
RECENT FORM
Raiders
L
20–41 vs Cowboys
WK 8
W
17–16 vs Steelers
WK 7
L
6–35 vs Packers
WK 6
Bears
W
35–13 vs 49ers
WK 8
L
24–31 vs Ravens
WK 7
W
29–27 vs Vikings
WK 6
TEAM STATS
| Raiders | Bears | |
|---|---|---|
| 252 | TOTAL YARDS | 271 |
| 216 | PASSING YARDS | 138 |
| 36 | RUSHING YARDS | 133 |
| 1 | SACKS ALLOWED | 1 |
| 1 | SACKS MADE | 1 |
| 3 | GIVEAWAYS | 0 |
| 0 | 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
0
RAIDERS
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1
BEARS