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THE WIRE
WK 2 FINAL Vikings 51, Bears 21 WK 2 FINAL Panthers 40, Falcons 26 THE WIRE someone: Bengals beat Buccaneers, 31-20 THE WIRE someone: Lions edge Saints by 3 THE WIRE someone: 68 points between Jets and Titans IN THE BOOTH Sierra Vaughn: Cincinnati's point differential is real—73.9% expected win rate means this wasn't luck—but they drew the softest schedule in the league to start, so… IN THE BOOTH Ethan Price: Tampa Bay had more of everything and still lost by 11—Mayfield outgained Burrow 279 to 209, the Bucs ran for more yards, and they weren't killed by… IN THE BOOTH Jaylen Rivers: Tennessee's receiver put up 223 yards in a losing effort—a reminder that one guy eating all the targets doesn't move mountains when nobody else can…
WEEK 1 · FINAL
BEARS 0-2 · 24.0 PPG 27 – 31 PANTHERS 2-0 · 35.0 PPG
THE READ
Panthers beat Bears, 31-27

31-27 to Panthers, and it went about how it looked. Caleb Williams threw for Bears — 13/28, 204 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT — in a losing effort. Chuba Hubbard ran it for Panthers — 28 carries, 237 yards, 2 TD. On the ground: Panthers 296, Bears 155.

The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
Panthers — NFC #4 · division · 2-0 Playoff picture →
Caleb Williams
Bears
13/28, 204 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT
Chuba Hubbard
Panthers
28 carries, 237 yards, 2 TD
Jaelan Phillips
Panthers
2 sacks
WHAT DECIDED IT
On the ground Panthers 296, Bears 155 Panthers
Total yards Panthers 445, Bears 359 Panthers
Through the air Bears 204, Panthers 149 Bears
Pressure Panthers 3 sacks, Bears 0 Panthers
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 59% · Rush 41% · 24.0 scored, 41.0 allowed
7.9 yds/att 43.8% completions 6.8 yds/carry 304.0 yds/game 3.0 giveaways/game 11.1% sack rate last 2: 0-2
Primary weapon: Luther Burden III WR — 51% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY VERY HIGH
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 42 · Aggressive Balance 66 Ball security 16 Back usage 32% QB runs 4.0/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 3.0 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 92 WR 79 TE 83 RB 84 OL 85 DL 78 LB 80 DB 83
Best: Joe Thuney LG 96 Fastest: Zavion Thomas WR 96 SPD 3 at star dev or better
Out: Neville Gallimore DT 71 · 5wk
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
trev
Panthers · his last 2 games
trev has 2 games on the record so far — not enough to call it a tendency.
Cell
Bears · his last 2 games
Cell has 2 games on the record so far — not enough to call it a tendency.
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 Cell against trev — the men, not the teams
trev leads it 1-0. trev won the last one.
1 meeting avg 27.0 — 31.0 biggest: 4 pts to trev
S1 · week 1 Cell 27 — 31 trev TREV
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
Bears receivers vs Panthers secondary 79 v 83 PANTHERS
Panthers receivers vs Bears secondary 80 v 83 BEARS
Bears line vs Panthers front 85 v 82 BEARS
Panthers line vs Bears front 83 v 78 PANTHERS
Bears backs vs Panthers run defence 84 v 83 EVEN
Panthers backs vs Bears run defence 82 v 79 PANTHERS
Bears passer vs Panthers secondary 92 v 83 BEARS
Panthers passer vs Bears secondary 80 v 83 BEARS
TOP PERFORMERS
Chuba Hubbard HB Panthers 237 rush yds
Caleb Williams QB Bears 204 pass yds
Bryce Young QB Panthers 149 pass yds
D'Andre Swift HB Bears 129 rush yds
Rome Odunze WR Bears 78 rec yds
Colston Loveland TE Bears 77 rec yds
Luther Burden III WR Bears 50 rec yds
Jaelan Phillips REDG Panthers 2 sacks
Devin Bush MIKE Bears 1 INTs
Mike Jackson CB Panthers 2 INTs
🎬 The Game Recap
this game as an episode -- the score, the stars, the numbers that decided it -- and a video you can post ›
BOX SCORE
BEARS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Caleb Williams QB 13/282043234377
PANTHERS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Bryce Young QB 18/331492202261.3
RECENT FORM
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TEAM STATS
Bears Panthers
359 TOTAL YARDS 445
204 PASSING YARDS 149
155 RUSHING YARDS 296
3 SACKS ALLOWED 0
0 SACKS MADE 3
2 GIVEAWAYS 2
2 TAKEAWAYS 2

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 BEARS — 1 PANTHERS
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