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THE WIRE
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WEEK 10 · FINAL
CARDINALS 8-6 · 26.0 PPG 24 – 30 BEARS 10-4 · 33.0 PPG
THE READ
Bears win the turnover battle and the game

Chicago beat Arizona 30-24 behind a clean game and a dominant ground attack, while Sam Darnold put up 411 yards and 3 touchdowns for the Cardinals in a losing effort. The difference came down to turnovers: the Bears committed none while Arizona gave away 2, a margin that proved decisive in a 6-point game. Darnold connected with Michael Wilson for 9 catches and 146 yards, and he's now cleared 250 passing yards in 4 straight games, but Arizona's 49 rushing yards left them one-dimensional against Chicago's 165 on the ground. Suntarine Perkins and the Bears defense generated 3 sacks and bottled up what little run game the Cardinals could muster.

Ava Collins Beat reporter
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Cardinals -1.0 +1.2 -2.2 -9
Bears +1.1 +2.1 -1.1 -7
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 Cardinals — in the hunt · 8-6 Playoff picture →
In the MVP race
#8 Zavion Thomas WR · Bears · 0.5% of the field
The whole board →
IN THE BOOTH
Riley Parker The chaos merchant
Arizona threw 47 times and gained 411 yards through the air, but the Cardinals turned the ball over twice and ran for 49 yards—you cannot beat Chicago that way, not when they're built to run and you gift them possessions.
Nicole Santos Beat reporter · replying
Arizona is headed nowhere fast. Darnold threw for 411 yards and the Cardinals still lost because they can't run the ball (49 yards) and keep giving it away—a -13 turnover differential for the season will bury any team, no matter how clean the passing line looks.
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.
Sam Darnold
Cardinals
28/47, 411 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT
Michael Wilson
Cardinals
9 catches, 146 yards, 1 TD
Suntarine Perkins
Bears
2 sacks
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Through the air Cardinals 411, Bears 197 Cardinals
On the ground Bears 165, Cardinals 49 Bears
Total yards Cardinals 460, Bears 362 Cardinals
Giveaways Bears 0, Cardinals 2 Bears
THE ROOM Final. The recap is below.
📺 THE WEEK 10 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
Pass-heavy Pass 64% · Rush 36% · 26.5 scored, 28.7 allowed
9.1 yds/att 56.0% completions 4.7 yds/carry 383.2 yds/game 2.1 giveaways/game 6.5% sack rate last 5: 4-1
Primary weapon: Marvin Harrison Jr WR — 29% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY MODERATE
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 60 · Aggressive Balance 86 Ball security 40 Back usage 31% QB runs 2.5/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 2.1 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 90 WR 84 TE 99 RB 90 OL 84 DL 85 LB 77 DB 87
Best: Trey McBride TE 99 Fastest: Jeremiyah Love HB 94 SPD 4 at star dev or better
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
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
impaid.w
Cardinals · his last 8 games
Throws it
Pass / run65% / 35% Points for / against28.5 — 30.0 Margin-1.5 Giveaways a game1.6 Sacks taken6.1% of dropbacks Lead backJeremiyah Love · 12.5/g Top targetMarvin Harrison Jr · 29% QB carries2.5 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 impaid.w against 24kbannd — the men, not the teams
24kbannd leads it 1-0. 24kbannd won the last one.
1 meeting avg 24.0 — 30.0 biggest: 6 pts to 24kbannd
S2 · week 10 impaid.w 24 — 30 24kbannd 24KBANND
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
Cardinals receivers vs Bears secondary 84 v 87 BEARS
Bears receivers vs Cardinals secondary 88 v 87 EVEN
Cardinals line vs Bears front 84 v 85 EVEN
Bears line vs Cardinals front 81 v 85 CARDINALS
Cardinals backs vs Bears run defence 90 v 85 CARDINALS
Bears backs vs Cardinals run defence 87 v 82 BEARS
Cardinals passer vs Bears secondary 90 v 87 CARDINALS
Bears passer vs Cardinals secondary 99 v 87 BEARS
TOP PERFORMERS
Sam Darnold QB Cardinals 411 pass yds
Caleb Williams QB Bears 197 pass yds
Michael Wilson WR Cardinals 146 rec yds
Zach Charbonnet HB Bears 132 rush yds
Marvin Harrison Jr WR Cardinals 102 rec yds
Devin Duvernay WR Cardinals 90 rec yds
Suntarine Perkins REDG Bears 2 sacks
Ashton Hampton CB Bears 1 INTs
🎬 The Game Recap
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BOX SCORE
CARDINALS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Sam Darnold QB 28/4741131375100.5
BEARS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Caleb Williams QB 24/3419720524104.6
RECENT FORM
Cardinals
L 36–51 vs Packers WK 9
W 38–36 vs Rams WK 8
W 30–22 vs 49ers WK 7
Bears
W 33–21 vs 49ers WK 9
W 55–49 vs Chargers WK 8
W 31–20 vs Lions WK 7
TEAM STATS
Cardinals Bears
460 TOTAL YARDS 362
411 PASSING YARDS 197
49 RUSHING YARDS 165
3 SACKS ALLOWED 5
5 SACKS MADE 3
2 GIVEAWAYS 0
0 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 CARDINALS — 1 BEARS
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