WEEK 1 · FINAL
THE READ
Saints edge Bears by 3
Saints 31, Bears 28. Nobody watching sat down. Tyler Shough was steady for Saints — 16/23, 441 yards, 4 TD, 2 INT. Caleb Williams threw for Bears — 16/28, 292 yards, 4 TD, 1 INT — in a losing effort. Oscar Delp is 73 overall and sits 3 in the league in receiving yards. Somebody undervalued him. Through the air: Saints 441, Bears 310.
The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bears | -5.6 | +1.9 | -7.5 | +2 |
| Saints | -2.4 | -12.4 | +10.0 | +5 |
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.
Saints —
NFC #1 · division
· 5-0
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IN THE BOOTH
Kayla James
The showman
This was a 59-point slugfest where both quarterbacks showed up swinging—Caleb Williams matched Tyler Shough's 4 touchdown passes, and Shough answered back with 441 yards and Oscar Delp's 215-yard eruption—but New Orleans' offense simply refused to blink, and that's the difference between 2-0 and 0-1.
Priya Hale
The superfan
· replying
Caleb Williams threw 4 touchdown passes in a loss—that's the kind of day that should have won a football game, and Chicago's defense couldn't find the end zone when it mattered.
Zoe Bell
The contrarian
· replying
Chicago had 105 yards on the ground and still lost by 3—that's not a defensive breakdown, that's an offense that couldn't finish when it had the blueprint right there in front of it.
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.
Tyler Shough
Saints
16/23, 441 yards, 4 TD, 2 INT
Caleb Williams
Bears
16/28, 292 yards, 4 TD, 1 INT
Oscar Delp
Saints
5 catches, 215 yards, 1 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Through the air
Saints 441, Bears 310
Saints
On the ground
Bears 105, Saints 27
Bears
Total yards
Saints 468, Bears 415
Saints
Giveaways
Saints 3, Bears 1
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 59% · Rush 41% · 27.8 scored, 35.2 allowed
7.8 yds/att
54.7% completions
5.2 yds/carry
330.5 yds/game
1.0 giveaways/game
4.9% sack rate
last 4: 1-3
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 56 · Efficient
Balance 91
Ball security 72
Back usage 30%
QB runs 5.0/game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 94
WR 84
TE 87
RB 84
OL 83
DL 82
LB 80
DB 86
Best: Joe Thuney LG 98
Fastest: Zavion Thomas WR 96 SPD
12 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK
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LEAGUE DATA
counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it
Pass-heavy
Pass 62% · Rush 38% · 32.5 scored, 22.5 allowed
12.5 yds/att
66.4% completions
5.5 yds/carry
424.0 yds/game
1.0 giveaways/game
8.5% sack rate
last 4: 4-0
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 76 · Efficient
Balance 88
Ball security 72
Back usage 34%
QB runs 1.8/game
Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 8.5% of dropbacks
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 87
WR 86
TE 79
RB 83
OL 83
DL 83
LB 79
DB 83
Best: Erik McCoy C 93
Fastest: Bryce Lance WR 95 SPD
11 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
Kitolito101
Bears · his last 4 games
Balanced
Runs the quarterback
One back
Pass / run59% / 41%
Points for / against27.8 — 35.2
Margin-7.5
Giveaways a game1.0
Sacks taken4.9% of dropbacks
Lead backD'Andre Swift · 14.0/g
Top targetLuther Burden III · 29%
QB carries5.0 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.
MATCHUP ADVANTAGES
unit averages against each other — inside three points is a push
Bears receivers vs Saints secondary
84 v 83
EVEN
Saints receivers vs Bears secondary
86 v 86
EVEN
Bears line vs Saints front
83 v 83
EVEN
Saints line vs Bears front
83 v 82
EVEN
Bears backs vs Saints run defence
84 v 82
EVEN
Saints backs vs Bears run defence
83 v 82
EVEN
Bears passer vs Saints secondary
94 v 83
BEARS
Saints passer vs Bears secondary
87 v 86
EVEN
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BOX SCORE
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| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caleb Williams QB | 16/28 | 292 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 117.8 |
| D'Andre Swift HB | 1/1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 118.7 |
SAINTS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Shough QB | 16/23 | 441 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 77 | 115.4 |
BEARS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D'Andre Swift HB | 17 | 88 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 33 | 0 |
| Caleb Williams QB | 1 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| Zavion Thomas WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colston Loveland TE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
SAINTS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Etienne Jr HB | 9 | 28 | 3.1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 0 |
| Bryce Lance WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tyler Shough QB | 1 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
BEARS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luther Burden III WR | 4 | 101 | 25.2 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 35 |
| Colston Loveland TE | 5 | 79 | 15.8 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 22 |
| Zavion Thomas WR | 2 | 66 | 33 | 2 | 40 | 1 | 41 |
| Rome Odunze WR | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 20 |
| D'Andre Swift HB | 2 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| Jack Westover FB | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
SAINTS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oscar Delp TE | 5 | 215 | 43 | 1 | 190 | 0 | 77 |
| Bryce Lance WR | 5 | 160 | 32 | 2 | 74 | 0 | 69 |
| Travis Etienne Jr HB | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 30 |
| Jordyn Tyson WR | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| Chris Olave WR | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
BEARS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maxwell Hairston CB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephen Griffin FS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dillon Thieneman SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaylon Johnson CB | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Montez Sweat LEDG | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Emmanuel Forbes Jr CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gervon Dexter Sr DT | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devin Bush MIKE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Myles Murphy REDG | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coby Bryant FS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
SAINTS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Peal CB | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Davon Godchaux DT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christen Miller DT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Reid FS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonas Sanker SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Jordan REDG | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kool-Aid McKinstry CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Howden FS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Julian Blackmon SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chase Young LEDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Emerson Jr FS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lorenzo Styles Jr. SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nehemiah Pritchett CB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
BEARS
nothing recorded
SAINTS
| PLAYER | FG | XP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad Ryland K | 1/1 | 4/4 | 49 |
RECENT FORM
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TEAM STATS
| Bears | Saints | |
|---|---|---|
| 415 | TOTAL YARDS | 468 |
| 310 | PASSING YARDS | 441 |
| 105 | RUSHING YARDS | 27 |
| 0 | SACKS ALLOWED | 2 |
| 2 | SACKS MADE | 0 |
| 1 | GIVEAWAYS | 3 |
| 3 | TAKEAWAYS | 1 |
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
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