Bears @ Raiders · Week 14

WEEK 14 · FINAL

THE READ

Raiders run away with it, 74-34

Las Vegas routed Chicago 74-34 in Week 14, with the Raiders' ground game and ball security making the difference in a 40-point blowout. Fernando Mendoza threw 4 touchdowns on just 13 completions while the Raiders ran 26 times for 169 yards, controlling a game where Chicago committed 4 turnovers to Las Vegas's 1. Caleb Williams matched Mendoza with 4 touchdown passes and 376 yards through the air, and Zavion Thomas hauled in 7 catches for 142 yards and 2 touchdowns, but the Bears' 68 percent pass rate left them playing from behind all day. The Raiders improved to 10-3 by doing what they rarely do—leaning on the run and protecting the football—while the Bears fell to 9-4 despite a strong aerial performance.

Ava Collins Beat reporter

THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Bears	+1.1	+2.1	-1.1	-7
Raiders	+13.3	-0.7	+14.0	+21

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.

Raiders — AFC #3 · division · 11-3 Bears — NFC #5 · 10-4 Playoff picture →

In the MVP race

#7 Mike Washington Jr. HB · Raiders · 0.5% of the field

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

The whole board →

IN THE BOOTH

Daniel Keller The numbers guy

Williams threw for 376 yards and 4 touchdowns but coughed it up 3 times; Las Vegas's ground game (169 yards) and Mendoza's efficiency (13/20, 4 TD, 1 INT) left Chicago no room to recover from its own carelessness.

Sierra Vaughn Analyst · replying

Chicago had 474 total yards and Williams still threw 3 interceptions—the issue wasn't production, it was that Las Vegas's ground game and ball security made them a cleaner operation, and at 10-3 the Raiders are proving they don't need to out-talent anybody to win.

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

21/39, 376 yards, 4 TD, 3 INT

Fernando Mendoza

Raiders

13/20, 238 yards, 4 TD, 1 INT

Zavion Thomas

Bears

7 catches, 142 yards, 2 TD

WHAT DECIDED IT

Through the air Bears 376, Raiders 238 Bears

On the ground Raiders 169, Bears 98 Raiders

Total yards Bears 474, Raiders 407 Bears

Giveaways Raiders 1, Bears 4 Raiders

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

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.

MATCHUP ADVANTAGES unit averages against each other — inside three points is a push

Bears receivers vs Raiders secondary 88 v 85 BEARS

Raiders receivers vs Bears secondary 84 v 87 BEARS

Bears line vs Raiders front 81 v 86 RAIDERS

Raiders line vs Bears front 86 v 85 EVEN

Bears backs vs Raiders run defence 87 v 84 BEARS

Raiders backs vs Bears run defence 92 v 85 RAIDERS

Bears passer vs Raiders secondary 99 v 85 BEARS

Raiders passer vs Bears secondary 97 v 87 RAIDERS

TOP PERFORMERS

Caleb Williams QB Bears 376 pass yds

Fernando Mendoza QB Raiders 238 pass yds

Zavion Thomas WR Bears 142 rec yds

Mike Washington Jr. HB Raiders 116 rush yds

Luther Burden III WR Bears 99 rec yds

Zach Charbonnet HB Bears 86 rush yds

Brock Bowers TE Raiders 74 rec yds

Sincere Brown WR Raiders 65 rec yds

Ashton Jeanty HB Raiders 53 rush yds

Rome Odunze WR Bears 52 rec yds

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BOX SCORE

BEARS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Caleb Williams QB	21/39	376	4	3	3	60	89.2

RAIDERS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Fernando Mendoza QB	13/20	238	4	1	1	65	124.5

BEARS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Zach Charbonnet HB	14	86	6.1	1	3	21	24	0
Caleb Williams QB	4	12	3	0	0	2	10	1
Zavion Thomas WR	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Rome Odunze WR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Colston Loveland TE	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

RAIDERS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG
Mike Washington Jr. HB	21	116	5.5	1	5	26	21
Ashton Jeanty HB	5	53	10.6	3	1	13	37
Brock Bowers TE	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

BEARS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	DRP	LNG
Zavion Thomas WR	7	142	20.3	2	22	1	60
Luther Burden III WR	5	99	19.8	1	11	0	51
Rome Odunze WR	3	52	17.3	0	37	1	24
Colston Loveland TE	3	40	13.3	1	8	1	23
Zach Charbonnet HB	2	28	14	0	5	0	23
Cole Kmet TE	1	15	15	0	14	0	15

RAIDERS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Brock Bowers TE	6	74	12.3	2	22	34
Sincere Brown WR	1	65	65	1	26	65
Mike Washington Jr. HB	4	45	11.2	0	32	21
Dont'e Thornton Jr WR	1	34	34	1	1	34
Ryan Coleman-William WR	1	20	20	0	1	20

BEARS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD
Kyler Gordon SS	5	0	0	1
Devin Bush MIKE	3	0	0	1
Dillon Thieneman FS	3	0	1	0
Johnathan Edwards CB	3	0	0	0
Isaiah Bolden CB	2	0	0	0
Shemar Turner DT	1	0	0	0
Dylan Stewart LEDG	1	0	0	0
Matayo Uigalelei DT	1	1	0	0
Jordan Battle SS	1	0	0	0

RAIDERS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD	FF	TD
Eric Stokes CB	3	0	0	0	0	0
Darien Porter CB	3	0	1	0	0	0
Tre Hawkins III SS	3	0	0	2	1	0
Jermod McCoy FS	2	0	1	0	0	1
Treydan Stukes CB	2	0	0	4	0	0
Malcolm Rodriguez MIKE	2	0	0	0	0	0
Will Echoles DT	2	2	0	0	0	0
Channing Tindall MIKE	1	0	0	0	0	0
Keyron Crawford REDG	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jeremy Chinn SS	1	0	1	0	0	0
Quay Walker WILL	1	0.5	0	0	0	0
Maxx Crosby LEDG	0	0.5	0	0	0	0

BEARS

nothing recorded

RAIDERS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Jason Myers K	1/1	9/9	55

RECENT FORM

Bears

L 14–69 vs Lions WK 12

W 30–27 vs Broncos WK 11

W 30–24 vs Cardinals WK 10

Raiders

W 28–0 vs Patriots WK 13

L 28–35 vs Chiefs WK 12

W 20–10 vs Titans WK 11

TEAM STATS

Bears		Raiders
474	TOTAL YARDS	407
376	PASSING YARDS	238
98	RUSHING YARDS	169
3	SACKS ALLOWED	1
1	SACKS MADE	3
4	GIVEAWAYS	1
1	TAKEAWAYS	4

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 RAIDERS

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