Chiefs @ Bears · Week 6 — SapphireSportz

WEEK 6 · FINAL

THE READ

Bears run away with it, 65-43

The Bears dismantled Kansas City 65-43 in Week 6, with Caleb Williams putting together his best afternoon of the season: 26 of 37 for 508 yards, 7 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, while Zavion Thomas caught 7 passes for 194 yards and 3 scores. Patrick Mahomes had his own strong arm—5 touchdown passes and 371 yards—but 6 interceptions and 7 total giveaways by Kansas City made the difference in a game Chicago controlled with 657 total yards to the Chiefs' 427. Xavier Worthy stayed hot with 189 receiving yards and 3 touchdowns for Kansas City, but it wasn't enough to overcome the turnover margin that ultimately decided a rout. The Bears improve to 5-2 while the Chiefs fall to 3-4.

Ava Collins Beat reporter

THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Chiefs	+2.1	+1.7	+0.4	+10
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.

Chiefs — in the hunt · 8-6 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

Caleb Brooks Beat reporter

Kansas City couldn't stop the bleeding. Mahomes threw 6 interceptions to Williams' none, and when one team hands it away 7 times and the other doesn't, 22 points doesn't cover what actually happened—Chicago simply overpowered them, 657 yards to 427.

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

26/37, 508 yards, 7 TD, 3 INT

Patrick Mahomes

Chiefs

19/34, 371 yards, 5 TD, 6 INT

Zavion Thomas

Bears

7 catches, 194 yards, 3 TD

THE STORY SO FAR

🔥 Patrick Mahomes has now cleared 250 passing yards in 6 straight games.

🔥 Caleb Williams has now cleared 250 passing yards in 5 straight games.

🔥 Xavier Worthy has now cleared 100 receiving yards in 5 straight games.

🔥 Zavion Thomas has now cleared 100 receiving yards in 3 straight games.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Total yards Bears 657, Chiefs 427 Bears

Through the air Bears 508, Chiefs 371 Bears

On the ground Bears 149, Chiefs 56 Bears

Giveaways Bears 3, Chiefs 7 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 68% · Rush 32% · 30.9 scored, 30.6 allowed

8.6 yds/att 59.9% completions 5.1 yds/carry 409.1 yds/game 1.9 giveaways/game 7.0% sack rate last 5: 4-1

Primary weapon: Xavier Worthy WR — 33% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH

SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 60 · Aggressive Balance 82 Ball security 46 Back usage 26% QB runs 3.6/game

Most exposed: ball security -- 1.9 giveaways a game

PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only

QB 96 WR 90 TE 77 RB 88 OL 85 DL 86 LB 85 DB 84

Best: Kenneth Walker HB 97 Fastest: Xavier Worthy WR 99 SPD 7 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

will2nice400

Chiefs · his last 8 games

Throws it

Pass / run62% / 38% Points for / against30.9 — 24.0 Margin+6.9 Giveaways a game0.9 Sacks taken7.9% of dropbacks Lead backKenneth Walker · 13.5/g Top targetXavier Worthy · 27% QB carries2.9 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 will2nice400 against 24kbannd — the men, not the teams

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

1 meeting avg 43.0 — 65.0 biggest: 22 pts to 24kbannd

S2 · week 6 will2nice400 43 — 65 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

Chiefs receivers vs Bears secondary 90 v 87 CHIEFS

Bears receivers vs Chiefs secondary 88 v 84 BEARS

Chiefs line vs Bears front 85 v 85 EVEN

Bears line vs Chiefs front 81 v 86 CHIEFS

Chiefs backs vs Bears run defence 88 v 85 CHIEFS

Bears backs vs Chiefs run defence 87 v 86 EVEN

Chiefs passer vs Bears secondary 96 v 87 CHIEFS

Bears passer vs Chiefs secondary 99 v 84 BEARS

TOP PERFORMERS

Caleb Williams QB Bears 508 pass yds

Patrick Mahomes QB Chiefs 371 pass yds

Zavion Thomas WR Bears 194 rec yds

Xavier Worthy WR Chiefs 189 rec yds

Colston Loveland TE Bears 170 rec yds

T.J. Moore WR Chiefs 136 rec yds

Zach Charbonnet HB Bears 97 rush yds

Rome Odunze WR Bears 59 rec yds

R Mason Thomas LEDG Chiefs 1.5 sacks

L'Jarius Sneed CB Chiefs 1 INTs

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BOX SCORE

CHIEFS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Patrick Mahomes QB	19/34	371	5	6	1	86	94.1

BEARS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Caleb Williams QB	26/37	508	7	3	3	67	118.5

CHIEFS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Patrick Mahomes QB	3	36	12	0	6	17	1
Kenneth Walker HB	3	20	6.7	1	4	9	0
Noah Gray TE	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
T.J. Moore WR	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
Jeff Caldwell WR	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

BEARS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG
Zach Charbonnet HB	13	97	7.5	1	7	51	23
Caleb Williams QB	3	28	9.3	0	0	0	11
D'Andre Swift HB	3	24	8	0	0	4	12

CHIEFS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Xavier Worthy WR	7	189	27	3	67	86
T.J. Moore WR	10	136	13.6	2	74	23
Noah Gray TE	1	35	35	0	10	35
Jeff Caldwell WR	1	11	11	0	8	11

BEARS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Zavion Thomas WR	7	194	27.7	3	76	67
Colston Loveland TE	8	170	21.2	2	40	53
Rome Odunze WR	4	59	14.8	1	28	27
D'Andre Swift HB	2	31	15.5	0	28	23
Zach Charbonnet HB	1	22	22	0	6	22
Luther Burden III WR	3	21	7	1	8	8
Cole Kmet TE	1	11	11	0	3	11

CHIEFS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD
Drue Tranquill WILL	4	0	0	0
Jelani McDonald SS	4	0	2	1
L'Jarius Sneed CB	3	0	1	1
R Mason Thomas LEDG	2	1.5	0	0
Amare Ferrell FS	2	0	0	1
Mansoor Delane CB	2	0	0	1
Nick Bolton MIKE	2	0	0	0
Ashton Gillotte REDG	1	0.5	0	0
Peter Woods DT	1	0	0	0
George Karlaftis LEDG	1	1	0	0
Jeffrey Bassa WILL	1	0	0	0

BEARS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD	FF	TD
Cam Lewis SS	3	0	0	0	0	0
Matayo Uigalelei DT	2	0	0	0	0	0
Johnathan Edwards CB	2	0	0	0	0	0
Suntarine Perkins REDG	1	1	0	0	1	0
Jordan Battle SS	1	0	3	0	0	1
Dillon Thieneman FS	1	0	1	0	0	0
Keyshaun Elliott MIKE	1	0	0	0	0	0
Isaiah Bolden CB	1	0	0	1	0	0
Kyler Gordon SS	1	0	1	0	0	0
Ashton Hampton CB	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dylan Stewart LEDG	0	0	0	1	0	0
Coby Bryant FS	0	0	1	0	0	0

RECENT FORM

Chiefs

L 29–46 vs Bengals WK 5

L 24–35 vs Raiders WK 4

L 28–38 vs Vikings WK 3

Bears

W 25–12 vs Packers WK 5

L 41–66 vs Vikings WK 4

W 35–31 vs Browns WK 3

TEAM STATS

Chiefs		Bears
427	TOTAL YARDS	657
371	PASSING YARDS	508
56	RUSHING YARDS	149
1	SACKS ALLOWED	3
3	SACKS MADE	1
7	GIVEAWAYS	3
3	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

0 CHIEFS — 1 BEARS

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