Bears @ Broncos · Week 11

WEEK 11 · FINAL

THE READ

Bears win the turnover battle and the game

Giveaways decided this one. Bears 30, Broncos 27. Bo Nix threw for Broncos — 24/43, 296 yards, 3 TD, 3 INT — in a losing effort. Caleb Williams threw for Bears — 23/41, 214 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT. Caleb Williams is still searching for it — 239 passing yards a game across his last three, against an average of 325. Total yards: Broncos 438, Bears 307.

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THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Bears	+1.1	+2.1	-1.1	-7
Broncos	-5.7	+3.0	-8.6	-11

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 Playoff picture →

In the MVP race

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

The whole board →

IN THE BOOTH

Nicole Santos Beat reporter

Denver had no business winning this game and didn't—but Bo Nix's 3 turnovers versus Caleb Williams' 1 made it a lot closer than Chicago's dominance deserved. The Bears controlled this one.

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.

Bo Nix

Broncos

24/43, 296 yards, 3 TD, 3 INT

Caleb Williams

Bears

23/41, 214 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT

Jaylen Waddle

Broncos

9 catches, 146 yards, 1 TD

THE STORY SO FAR

📉 Caleb Williams is still searching for it: 239 passing yards a game across his last three, against an average of 325.

📉 Colston Loveland is still searching for it: 25 receiving yards a game across his last three, against an average of 54.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Total yards Broncos 438, Bears 307 Broncos

Through the air Broncos 296, Bears 214 Broncos

On the ground Broncos 142, Bears 93 Broncos

Giveaways Broncos 3, Bears 1 Bears

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

Lions 🦁

Broncos · his last 8 games

Throws it Gives it away One back One target

Pass / run65% / 35% Points for / against20.4 — 31.6 Margin-11.2 Giveaways a game2.0 Sacks taken5.7% of dropbacks Lead backRJ Harvey · 13.8/g Top targetJaylen Waddle · 39% QB carries1.9 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 Lions 🦁 — the men, not the teams

24kbannd leads it 1-0. 24kbannd won the last one.

1 meeting avg 30.0 — 27.0 biggest: 3 pts to 24kbannd

S2 · week 11 24kbannd 30 — 27 Lions 🦁 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

Bears receivers vs Broncos secondary 88 v 89 EVEN

Broncos receivers vs Bears secondary 87 v 87 EVEN

Bears line vs Broncos front 81 v 89 BRONCOS

Broncos line vs Bears front 87 v 85 EVEN

Bears backs vs Broncos run defence 87 v 86 EVEN

Broncos backs vs Bears run defence 84 v 85 EVEN

Bears passer vs Broncos secondary 99 v 89 BEARS

Broncos passer vs Bears secondary 89 v 87 EVEN

TOP PERFORMERS

Bo Nix QB Broncos 296 pass yds

Caleb Williams QB Bears 214 pass yds

Jaylen Waddle WR Broncos 146 rec yds

RJ Harvey HB Broncos 68 rush yds

Zach Charbonnet HB Bears 55 rush yds

Colston Loveland TE Bears 55 rec yds

Courtland Sutton WR Broncos 51 rec yds

Zavion Thomas WR Bears 51 rec yds

Kyler Gordon SS Bears 2 INTs

Talanoa Hufanga SS Broncos 1 INTs

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BOX SCORE

BEARS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Caleb Williams QB	23/41	214	2	1	2	26	76.6

BRONCOS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Bo Nix QB	24/43	296	3	3	1	28	71.4

BEARS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG
Zach Charbonnet HB	15	55	3.7	1	4	28	19
D'Andre Swift HB	5	24	4.8	0	0	0	8
Caleb Williams QB	4	9	2.2	0	0	0	8
Luther Burden III WR	1	5	5	0	0	0	5
Colston Loveland TE	0	0	0	0	2	0	0

BRONCOS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	BTK	YAC	LNG
RJ Harvey HB	15	68	4.5	2	14	11
Ty Chandler HB	7	48	6.9	1	23	25
Bo Nix QB	3	25	8.3	1	13	19
Justin Joly TE	1	1	1	1	0	1
Jaylen Waddle WR	0	0	0	3	0	0
Courtland Sutton WR	0	0	0	3	0	0
Evan Engram TE	0	0	0	3	0	0

BEARS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	DRP	LNG
Colston Loveland TE	5	55	11	1	13	0	26
Zavion Thomas WR	5	51	10.2	0	1	0	18
Rome Odunze WR	3	44	14.7	0	6	0	24
Luther Burden III WR	4	35	8.8	0	10	0	12
D'Andre Swift HB	2	23	11.5	0	14	0	15
Konata Mumpfield WR	1	5	5	0	3	0	5
Zach Charbonnet HB	2	-1	-0.5	0	0	1	1

BRONCOS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	DRP	LNG
Jaylen Waddle WR	9	146	16.2	1	27	0	28
Courtland Sutton WR	3	51	17	1	25	1	18
Evan Engram TE	6	48	8	1	14	0	12
Justin Joly TE	2	27	13.5	0	9	0	17
RJ Harvey HB	2	11	5.5	0	12	0	6
Troy Franklin WR	1	10	10	0	2	1	10
Adam Trautman TE	1	3	3	0	0	0	3

BEARS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD	CMP ALW
Ashton Hampton CB	10	0	1	1	8
Devin Bush MIKE	7	0	0	0	4
Jordan Battle SS	4	0	0	0	1
Johnathan Edwards CB	4	0	0	0	2
Suntarine Perkins REDG	4	0	0	0	0
Shemar Turner DT	4	0	0	0	0
Dillon Thieneman FS	3	0	0	0	2
Matayo Uigalelei DT	3	0.5	0	0	0
Kyler Gordon SS	3	0	2	0	2
Dylan Stewart LEDG	2	0.5	0	0	0
Isaiah Bolden CB	1	0	0	0	1
E.J. Speed SAM	1	0	0	0	1
Cam Lewis SS	1	0	0	0	0
Beanie Bishop Jr CB	0	0	0	0	1

BRONCOS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD	CMP ALW
Talanoa Hufanga SS	6	0	1	0	3
Alex Singleton MIKE	6	0.5	0	0	5
Patrick Surtain II CB	6	0	0	0	4
Ja'Quan McMillian CB	5	0	0	0	3
Red Murdock WILL	5	0.5	0	0	3
Devin White WILL	2	0	0	0	0
Kris Abrams-Draine CB	2	0	0	0	1
Christian Wilkins DT	2	0	0	0	0
Jonathon Cooper LEDG	2	0	0	0	0
Zach Allen DT	2	0	0	0	0
Miles Scott FS	2	0	0	0	2
Jahdae Barron CB	2	0	0	1	2
Nik Bonitto REDG	1	1	0	0	0

BEARS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Cairo Santos K	3/3	3/3	28

BRONCOS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Wil Lutz K	2/2	3/3	55

RECENT FORM

Bears

W 30–24 vs Cardinals WK 10

W 33–21 vs 49ers WK 9

W 55–49 vs Chargers WK 8

Broncos

L 27–30 vs Bengals WK 9

L 13–51 vs Raiders WK 8

L 22–25 vs Steelers WK 7

TEAM STATS

Bears		Broncos
307	TOTAL YARDS	438
214	PASSING YARDS	296
93	RUSHING YARDS	142
2	SACKS ALLOWED	1
1	SACKS MADE	2
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

1 BEARS — 0 BRONCOS

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