Bears @ Rams · Week 1 — SapphireSportz

WEEK 1 · FINAL

THE READ

Rams beat Bears, 35-21

THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Bears	+1.1	+2.1	-1.1	-7
Rams	+2.7	+5.5	-2.7	-4

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 #5 · 10-4 Rams — NFC #7 · 8-6 Playoff picture →

In the MVP race

#8 Zavion Thomas WR · Bears · 0.5% of the field

The whole board →

Justin Fields

Rams

24/31, 367 yards, 4 TD

Caleb Williams

Bears

15/30, 226 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT

Puka Nacua

Rams

5 catches, 144 yards, 2 TD

THE STORY SO FAR

💎 Justin Fields is 74 overall and sits 4 in the league in passing yards.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Total yards Rams 478, Bears 310 Rams

Through the air Rams 367, Bears 226 Rams

On the ground Rams 111, Bears 84 Rams

Pressure Rams 6 sacks, Bears 4 Rams

THE ROOM Final. The recap is below.

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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

Pass-heavy Pass 62% · Rush 38% · 33.9 scored, 35.0 allowed

9.1 yds/att 65.3% completions 4.9 yds/carry 434.9 yds/game 1.8 giveaways/game 8.2% sack rate last 5: 3-2

Primary weapon: Zavion Thomas WR — 33% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH

SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 71 · Aggressive Balance 88 Ball security 50 Back usage 29% QB runs 5.6/game

Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 8.2% of dropbacks

PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only

QB 99 WR 88 TE 92 RB 87 OL 81 DL 85 LB 82 DB 87

Best: Caleb Williams QB 99 Fastest: Zavion Thomas WR 96 SPD 6 at star dev or better

YOUR NOTEBOOK what you wrote about them — private, and never a Sapphire statistic

HOW THEY PLAY the man, not the franchise — only weeks the record attributes to him, this season

glk_taza18

Rams · his last 8 games

Runs it Runs the quarterback

Pass / run55% / 45% Points for / against26.1 — 32.4 Margin-6.2 Giveaways a game1.9 Sacks taken4.8% of dropbacks Lead backIsaac Brown · 11.4/g Top targetPuka Nacua · 36% QB carries5.0 a game

24kbannd

Bears · his last 8 games

Balanced Runs the quarterback

Pass / run60% / 40% Points for / against31.8 — 36.2 Margin-4.5 Giveaways a game1.8 Sacks taken7.5% of dropbacks Lead backZach Charbonnet · 13.1/g Top targetZavion Thomas · 32% QB carries5.4 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 24kbannd against glk_taza18 — the men, not the teams

glk_taza18 leads it 1-0. glk_taza18 won the last one.

1 meeting avg 21.0 — 35.0 biggest: 14 pts to glk_taza18

S2 · week 1 24kbannd 21 — 35 glk_taza18 GLK_TAZA18

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 Rams secondary 88 v 89 EVEN

Rams receivers vs Bears secondary 87 v 87 EVEN

Bears line vs Rams front 81 v 92 RAMS

Rams line vs Bears front 84 v 85 EVEN

Bears backs vs Rams run defence 87 v 89 EVEN

Rams backs vs Bears run defence 90 v 85 RAMS

Bears passer vs Rams secondary 99 v 89 BEARS

Rams passer vs Bears secondary 93 v 87 RAMS

TOP PERFORMERS

Justin Fields QB Rams 367 pass yds

Caleb Williams QB Bears 226 pass yds

Rome Odunze WR Bears 146 rec yds

Puka Nacua WR Rams 144 rec yds

A.T. Perry WR Rams 102 rec yds

Isaac Brown HB Rams 70 rush yds

Zavion Thomas WR Bears 51 rec yds

Byron Young REDG Rams 2 sacks

Dexter Lawrence II DT Rams 2 sacks

Jaylen Watson CB Rams 1 INTs

🎬 The Game Recap
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BOX SCORE

BEARS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Caleb Williams QB	15/30	226	2	1	4	91	83.4

RAMS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Justin Fields QB	24/31	367	4	0	4	99	155.5

BEARS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	BTK	YAC	LNG
Zach Charbonnet HB	8	41	5.1	2	16	20
D'Andre Swift HB	2	31	15.5	2	18	24
Caleb Williams QB	8	20	2.5	0	0	8
Rome Odunze WR	0	0	0	1	0	0
Kyle Monangai HB	2	-8	-4	0	0	0

RAMS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Isaac Brown HB	19	70	3.7	1	4	38	23	1
Terrance Ferguson TE	1	22	22	0	2	16	22	0
Kyren Williams HB	7	11	1.6	0	0	0	9	0
Justin Fields QB	2	8	4	0	0	0	5	0
Puka Nacua WR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
A.T. Perry WR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Max Klare TE	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

BEARS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	DRP	LNG
Rome Odunze WR	6	146	24.3	1	92	0	91
Zavion Thomas WR	4	51	12.8	1	7	1	23
Colston Loveland TE	1	11	11	0	3	0	11
Cole Kmet TE	1	8	8	0	4	0	8
Luther Burden III WR	1	6	6	0	3	0	6
D'Andre Swift HB	1	5	5	0	4	0	5
Zach Charbonnet HB	1	-1	-1	0	1	1	0

RAMS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Puka Nacua WR	5	144	28.8	2	87	63
A.T. Perry WR	2	102	51	1	90	99
Isaac Brown HB	5	41	8.2	0	11	12
Luke Wysong WR	4	36	9	1	5	16
Max Klare TE	3	23	7.7	0	2	12
Terrance Ferguson TE	4	16	4	0	10	5

BEARS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	PD	FF	CMP ALW
Ashton Hampton CB	9	0	0	0	10
Devin Bush MIKE	6	0	0	0	1
T.J. Edwards WILL	4	0	0	0	2
Jordan Battle SS	4	0	0	0	1
Suntarine Perkins REDG	4	0.5	0	0	0
Johnathan Edwards CB	4	0	0	0	1
Dillon Thieneman FS	3	0.5	0	0	1
Kyler Gordon SS	3	0	2	0	3
Dylan Stewart LEDG	3	1	1	0	0
Matayo Uigalelei DT	2	0.5	0	1	0
Tyrique Stevenson CB	2	0	0	0	2
Malik Muhammad CB	2	0	0	0	0
E.J. Speed SAM	1	0	0	0	2
Shemar Turner DT	1	1	0	0	0
Montez Sweat LEDG	1	0.5	0	0	0
Gervon Dexter Sr DT	1	0	0	0	0

RAMS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD	CMP ALW
Jaylen Watson CB	6	0	1	0	5
Dexter Lawrence II DT	6	2	0	0	0
Omar Speights WILL	4	0.5	0	0	2
Kobie Turner DT	4	0	0	0	0
Nate Landman MIKE	4	1	0	0	4
Byron Young REDG	3	2	0	0	0
Jailin Walker SAM	1	0	0	0	0
Isaiah Pola-Mao FS	1	0	0	1	1
Braden Fiske DT	1	0	0	0	0
Quentin Lake SS	1	0	0	1	1
Zah Frazier CB	1	0	0	0	1
Josaiah Stewart LEDG	1	0	0	0	0
Grant Stuard WILL	1	0	0	0	0
Trent McDuffie CB	1	0	0	0	1
Myles Garrett LEDG	0	0.5	0	0	0

BEARS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Cairo Santos K	2/2	1/1	57

RAMS

nothing recorded

RECENT FORM

Bears

no games yet

Rams

no games yet

TEAM STATS

Bears		Rams
310	TOTAL YARDS	478
226	PASSING YARDS	367
84	RUSHING YARDS	111
4	SACKS ALLOWED	4
4	SACKS MADE	6
1	GIVEAWAYS	1
1	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

0 BEARS — 1 RAMS

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