WEEK 12 · FINAL
THE READ
Luca Santana
Analyst
Lions run away with it, 69-14
Detroit dismantled Chicago 69-14, a 55-point margin that tells you everything about what happened on the ground. Jahmyr Gibbs ran for 347 yards and 5 touchdowns on 24 carries while the Lions' defense recorded 6 sacks, and Caleb Williams threw 6 interceptions against 0 turnovers forced—the Bears gave the ball away 6 times total. Detroit leaned on the run so heavily it only threw 9 passes, yet still outgained Chicago 449 to 423 total yards, evidence of how thoroughly one team controlled the game and how little the other could do once it got going. The gap in what the scoreboard shows and what the advanced numbers confirm is stark: Detroit's scoring margin adjusted for strength of schedule sits at 15.9 points per game, while Chicago's is 1.9, meaning this wasn't an outlier but rather a collision between a team built to win and one still searching for consistency.
Luca Santana
Analyst
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bears | +1.1 | +2.1 | -1.1 | -7 |
| Lions | +12.0 | +2.8 | +9.1 | +12 |
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 MVP race
#1
Jahmyr Gibbs
HB · Lions · 4.7% of the field
#8
Zavion Thomas
WR · Bears · 0.5% of the field
The whole board →
IN THE BOOTH
Talia Morgan
Beat reporter
Chicago couldn't protect Caleb Williams, who threw 6 interceptions, and couldn't stop Jahmyr Gibbs, who put up 347 yards and 5 touchdowns on the ground—a 55-point rout that exposes how far apart these teams really are.
Caleb Brooks
Beat reporter
· replying
Chicago's offensive line got worked—6 sacks on the afternoon—and when your quarterback is eating dirt that often, interceptions aren't far behind. Detroit found what works and stayed with it.
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.
Jahmyr Gibbs
Lions
24 carries, 347 yards, 5 TD
Caleb Williams
Bears
17/31, 318 yards, 2 TD, 6 INT
Aidan Hutchinson
Lions
3 sacks
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
On the ground
Lions 347, Bears 105
Lions
Through the air
Bears 318, Lions 102
Bears
Total yards
Lions 449, Bears 423
Lions
Giveaways
Lions 0, Bears 6
Lions
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
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
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
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LEAGUE DATA
counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it
Balanced
Pass 47% · Rush 53% · 38.1 scored, 29.0 allowed
7.2 yds/att
56.5% completions
11.3 yds/carry
405.5 yds/game
1.3 giveaways/game
6.2% sack rate
last 5: 3-2
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 46 · Turnover-prone
Balance 97
Ball security 64
Back usage 48%
QB runs 2.1/game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 87
WR 90
TE 91
RB 88
OL 86
DL 90
LB 82
DB 91
Best: Penei Sewell LT 99
Fastest: Jameson Williams WR 98 SPD
9 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
Suaveee💫
Lions · his last 8 games
Runs it
One back
Pass / run41% / 59%
Points for / against39.8 — 30.0
Margin+9.8
Giveaways a game0.9
Sacks taken4.9% of dropbacks
Lead backJahmyr Gibbs · 18.9/g
Top targetAmon-Ra St. Brown · 34%
QB carries1.5 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 Suaveee💫 — the men, not the teams
All square at 1-1.
Suaveee💫 won the last one.
2 meetings
avg 22.5 — 44.5
biggest: 55 pts to Suaveee💫
S2 · week 12
24kbannd 14 — 69 Suaveee💫
SUAVEEE💫
S2 · week 7
24kbannd 31 — 20 Suaveee💫
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 Lions secondary
88 v 91
LIONS
Lions receivers vs Bears secondary
90 v 87
LIONS
Bears line vs Lions front
81 v 90
LIONS
Lions line vs Bears front
86 v 85
EVEN
Bears backs vs Lions run defence
87 v 86
EVEN
Lions backs vs Bears run defence
88 v 85
LIONS
Bears passer vs Lions secondary
99 v 91
BEARS
Lions passer vs Bears secondary
87 v 87
EVEN
TOP PERFORMERS
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BOX SCORE
BEARS
LIONS
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BEARS
LIONS
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BEARS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caleb Williams QB | 17/31 | 318 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 88 | 72.4 |
LIONS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jared Goff QB | 7/9 | 102 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 153.4 |
BEARS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Charbonnet HB | 14 | 88 | 6.3 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 26 | 0 |
| Rome Odunze WR | 1 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Caleb Williams QB | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
LIONS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jahmyr Gibbs HB | 24 | 347 | 14.5 | 5 | 7 | 46 | 77 | 0 |
| Amon-Ra St. Brown WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam LaPorta TE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
BEARS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zavion Thomas WR | 4 | 124 | 31 | 1 | 52 | 0 | 88 |
| Rome Odunze WR | 7 | 96 | 13.7 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 23 |
| Luther Burden III WR | 3 | 51 | 17 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 23 |
| Colston Loveland TE | 2 | 38 | 19 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 23 |
| D'Andre Swift HB | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
LIONS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amon-Ra St. Brown WR | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 2 | 53 | 0 | 39 |
| Sam LaPorta TE | 2 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| Jameson Williams WR | 1 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| Benji Gosnell TE | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
BEARS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashton Hampton CB | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dillon Thieneman FS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cam Lewis SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T.J. Edwards WILL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E.J. Speed SAM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnathan Edwards CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Suntarine Perkins REDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
LIONS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aidan Hutchinson LEDG | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D.J. Reed CB | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Derrick Moore LEDG | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alim McNeill DT | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Clark FS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Rolder MIKE | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Branch SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kerby Joseph FS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roger McCreary CB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Abney II CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kelley Jones CB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Campbell MIKE | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carl Jones MIKE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyleik Williams DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| KP Price SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D.J. Wonnum REDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
RECENT FORM
Bears
W
30–27 vs Broncos
WK 11
W
30–24 vs Cardinals
WK 10
W
33–21 vs 49ers
WK 9
Lions
W
87–63 vs Ravens
WK 11
W
24–21 vs Vikings
WK 10
W
35–7 vs Vikings
WK 8
TEAM STATS
| Bears | Lions | |
|---|---|---|
| 423 | TOTAL YARDS | 449 |
| 318 | PASSING YARDS | 102 |
| 105 | RUSHING YARDS | 347 |
| 6 | SACKS ALLOWED | 0 |
| 0 | SACKS MADE | 6 |
| 6 | GIVEAWAYS | 0 |
| 0 | TAKEAWAYS | 7 |
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
—
1
LIONS