WEEK 3 · FINAL
THE READ
Elise Carter
The insider
77 points between Eagles and Bears
45-32, and neither defence wants to watch it back. Caleb Williams threw for Bears — 12/20, 307 yards, 4 TD, 2 INT. Jalen Hurts was steady for Eagles — 17/31, 227 yards, 1 TD, 3 INT — in a losing effort. That is 3 straight games over 250 for Caleb Williams. Total yards: Bears 452, Eagles 334.
Elise Carter
The insider
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eagles | -1.9 | -4.8 | +2.9 | +12 |
| Bears | +5.5 | +1.4 | +4.1 | +8 |
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.
IN THE BOOTH
Caleb Brooks
Beat reporter
Chicago put on a clinic in this one — Caleb Williams threw 4 touchdown passes and the Bears' offense moved at will for 452 yards, which was more than enough to beat an Eagles team that couldn't stay out of its own way with 3 turnovers. This was a 13-point margin that felt worse than that because Philadelphia never had an answer.
Zoe Bell
The contrarian
· replying
Philadelphia threw 31 times for 227 yards and 3 interceptions—that's not an offense that lost a shootout, that's an offense that broke under pressure. Chicago won because Jalen Hurts had the worst day of his season, not because the Bears were unstoppable.
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
12/20, 307 yards, 4 TD, 2 INT
Jalen Hurts
Eagles
17/31, 227 yards, 1 TD, 3 INT
D'Andre Swift
Bears
4 catches, 95 yards, 2 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards
Bears 452, Eagles 334
Bears
Through the air
Bears 307, Eagles 227
Bears
On the ground
Bears 145, Eagles 107
Bears
Giveaways
Bears 2, Eagles 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 59% · Rush 41% · 31.9 scored, 29.0 allowed
8.5 yds/att
60.3% completions
6.5 yds/carry
391.4 yds/game
0.9 giveaways/game
6.2% sack rate
last 5: 4-1
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 69 · Efficient
Balance 91
Ball security 75
Back usage 33%
QB runs 3.9/game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 87
WR 85
TE 89
RB 86
OL 88
DL 86
LB 81
DB 85
Best: Lane Johnson RT 99
Fastest: Saquon Barkley HB 95 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 61% · Rush 39% · 33.8 scored, 29.7 allowed
10.8 yds/att
61.9% completions
6.4 yds/carry
403.9 yds/game
1.7 giveaways/game
9.0% sack rate
last 5: 2-3
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 65 · Aggressive
Balance 89
Ball security 53
Back usage 26%
QB runs 5.7/game
Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 9.0% of dropbacks
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 92
WR 82
TE 86
RB 82
OL 82
DL 83
LB 80
DB 86
Best: Joe Thuney LG 96
Fastest: Zavion Thomas WR 96 SPD
6 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
Josh 🦅
Bears · his last 8 games
Balanced
Runs the quarterback
Takes sacks
Pass / run61% / 39%
Points for / against30.1 — 29.5
Margin+0.6
Giveaways a game1.8
Sacks taken9.8% of dropbacks
Lead backD'Andre Swift · 10.0/g
Top targetLuther Burden III · 27%
QB carries5.4 a game
darryl4reid
Eagles · his last 8 games
Balanced
Pass / run60% / 40%
Points for / against31.8 — 30.6
Margin+1.1
Giveaways a game1.0
Sacks taken6.6% of dropbacks
Lead backSaquon Barkley · 13.2/g
Top targetDeVonta Smith · 27%
QB carries3.8 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
darryl4reid against Josh 🦅 — the men, not the teams
Josh 🦅 leads it 1-0.
Josh 🦅 won the last one.
1 meeting
avg 32.0 — 45.0
biggest: 13 pts to Josh 🦅
S1 · week 3
darryl4reid 32 — 45 Josh 🦅
JOSH 🦅
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
Eagles receivers vs Bears secondary
85 v 86
EVEN
Bears receivers vs Eagles secondary
82 v 85
EAGLES
Eagles line vs Bears front
88 v 83
EAGLES
Bears line vs Eagles front
82 v 86
EAGLES
Eagles backs vs Bears run defence
86 v 83
EAGLES
Bears backs vs Eagles run defence
82 v 85
EAGLES
Eagles passer vs Bears secondary
87 v 86
EVEN
Bears passer vs Eagles secondary
92 v 85
BEARS
TOP PERFORMERS
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BOX SCORE
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| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jalen Hurts QB | 17/31 | 227 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 49.4 |
BEARS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caleb Williams QB | 12/20 | 307 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 104.1 |
EAGLES
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saquon Barkley HB | 14 | 82 | 5.9 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 33 | 0 |
| Jalen Hurts QB | 4 | 25 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
BEARS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D'Andre Swift HB | 14 | 130 | 9.3 | 1 | 4 | 34 | 42 | 0 |
| Caleb Williams QB | 3 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 |
| Luther Burden III WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Kmet TE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
EAGLES
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saquon Barkley HB | 6 | 89 | 14.8 | 1 | 56 | 0 | 43 |
| DeVonta Smith WR | 4 | 61 | 15.2 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 22 |
| Dallas Goedert TE | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
| Jayden Reed WR | 4 | 37 | 9.2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 22 |
| Makai Lemon WR | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| Tank Bigsby HB | 1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 12 |
| Marquise Brown WR | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
BEARS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D'Andre Swift HB | 4 | 95 | 23.8 | 2 | 82 | 0 | 51 |
| Luther Burden III WR | 3 | 85 | 28.3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 40 |
| Colston Loveland TE | 3 | 57 | 19 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 39 |
| Rome Odunze WR | 1 | 37 | 37 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 37 |
| Cole Kmet TE | 1 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 33 |
EAGLES
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Carter II SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quinyon Mitchell CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jihaad Campbell MIKE | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Davis DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Riq Woolen CB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cooper DeJean CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jalen Carter DT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaiah Bolden SS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
BEARS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devin Bush MIKE | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyrique Stevenson CB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minkah Fitzpatrick SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dillon Thieneman SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Xavier Woods FS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Montez Sweat LEDG | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaylon Johnson CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grady Jarrett DT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Davenport LEDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyler Gordon CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
EAGLES
| PLAYER | FG | XP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Elliott K | 1/1 | 3/3 | 23 |
BEARS
| PLAYER | FG | XP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cairo Santos K | 1/1 | 6/6 | 20 |
RECENT FORM
Eagles
W
47–21 vs Titans
WK 2
W
33–16 vs Commanders
WK 1
Bears
W
31–21 vs Vikings
WK 2
W
63–31 vs Panthers
WK 1
TEAM STATS
| Eagles | Bears | |
|---|---|---|
| 334 | TOTAL YARDS | 452 |
| 227 | PASSING YARDS | 307 |
| 107 | RUSHING YARDS | 145 |
| 0 | SACKS ALLOWED | 0 |
| 0 | SACKS MADE | 0 |
| 3 | 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
EAGLES
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1
BEARS