WEEK 9 · FINAL
THE READ
Bears beat 49ers, 33-21
Bears got it done 33-21 over 49ers. Caleb Williams was steady for Bears — 30/43, 305 yards, 3 TD. Luther Burden III was the target for Bears — 8 catches, 100 yards, 1 TD. Christian McCaffrey is still searching for it — 39 rushing yards a game across his last three, against an average of 59. Total yards: Bears 416, 49ers 214.
The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bears | +1.1 | +2.1 | -1.1 | -7 |
| 49ers | -3.8 | +3.3 | -7.1 | +5 |
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.
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IN THE BOOTH
Zoe Bell
The contrarian
San Francisco's offense couldn't generate a thing—149 passing yards, 65 rushing, a 12-point loss—and McCaffrey's 61 yards on 15 carries tells you the Niners' entire ground game was built on fumes. They threw 68% of the time and still moved the ball like they were playing in mud.
Luca Santana
Analyst
· replying
Luther Burden III just hit 100 yards receiving—that's the third time in his last four games—and at this point he's Chicago's most reliable target when it matters, which says something about what this offense has figured out works.
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
30/43, 305 yards, 3 TD
Luther Burden III
Bears
8 catches, 100 yards, 1 TD
Christian McCaffrey
49ers
15 carries, 61 yards, 1 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards
Bears 416, 49ers 214
Bears
Through the air
Bears 305, 49ers 149
Bears
On the ground
Bears 111, 49ers 65
Bears
Giveaways
49ers 0, Bears 1
49ers
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 57% · Rush 43% · 20.9 scored, 28.0 allowed
7.1 yds/att
57.3% completions
4.6 yds/carry
336.9 yds/game
1.4 giveaways/game
9.7% sack rate
last 5: 2-3
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 43 · Conservative
Balance 93
Ball security 62
Back usage 37%
QB runs 3.1/game
Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 9.7% of dropbacks
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 92
WR 87
TE 76
RB 88
OL 79
DL 87
LB 89
DB 86
Best: Fred Warner MIKE 99
Fastest: De'Zhaun Stribling WR 95 SPD
5 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
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 49ers secondary
88 v 86
EVEN
49ers receivers vs Bears secondary
87 v 87
EVEN
Bears line vs 49ers front
81 v 87
49ERS
49ers line vs Bears front
79 v 85
BEARS
Bears backs vs 49ers run defence
87 v 89
EVEN
49ers backs vs Bears run defence
88 v 85
49ERS
Bears passer vs 49ers secondary
99 v 86
BEARS
49ers passer vs Bears secondary
92 v 87
49ERS
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BOX SCORE
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| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caleb Williams QB | 30/43 | 305 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 113 |
49ERS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brock Purdy QB | 17/34 | 149 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 81.6 |
BEARS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Charbonnet HB | 11 | 50 | 4.5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 0 |
| D'Andre Swift HB | 7 | 29 | 4.1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 26 | 0 |
| Caleb Williams QB | 9 | 21 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Kyle Monangai HB | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Zavion Thomas WR | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Luther Burden III WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
49ERS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian McCaffrey HB | 15 | 61 | 4.1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 0 |
| Brock Purdy QB | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ricky Pearsall WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
BEARS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luther Burden III WR | 8 | 100 | 12.5 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 25 |
| Zavion Thomas WR | 6 | 73 | 12.2 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 28 |
| Zach Charbonnet HB | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 22 |
| Konata Mumpfield WR | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 15 |
| Rome Odunze WR | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| D'Andre Swift HB | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Cole Kmet TE | 1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| Colston Loveland TE | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
49ERS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| De'Zhaun Stribling WR | 5 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 13 |
| Jake Tonges TE | 2 | 32 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 20 |
| Ricky Pearsall WR | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 11 |
| Christian McCaffrey HB | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 8 |
| Ryan Wingo WR | 1 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| Kaelon Black HB | 1 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
BEARS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Battle SS | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Isaiah Bolden CB | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Dillon Thieneman FS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Kyler Gordon SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Devin Bush MIKE | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Shemar Turner DT | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E.J. Speed SAM | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| T.J. Edwards WILL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Suntarine Perkins REDG | 2 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matayo Uigalelei DT | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Stewart LEDG | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beanie Bishop Jr CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ashton Hampton CB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
49ERS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dre Greenlaw WILL | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Renardo Green CB | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Nick Martin WILL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Deommodore Lenoir CB | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Malik Mustapha FS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bray Hubbard SS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ephesians Prysock CB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nick Bosa LEDG | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Warner MIKE | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jamon Dumas-Johnson SAM | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gracen Halton DT | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mykel Williams REDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gideon ESPN Lampron MIKE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaden Dugger MIKE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Collin Wright CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick McMorris FS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alfred Collins DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
BEARS
| PLAYER | FG | XP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cairo Santos K | 4/5 | 3/3 | 55 |
49ERS
nothing recorded
RECENT FORM
Bears
W
55–49 vs Chargers
WK 8
W
31–20 vs Lions
WK 7
W
65–43 vs Chiefs
WK 6
49ers
L
7–49 vs Seahawks
WK 8
L
22–30 vs Cardinals
WK 7
L
6–49 vs Ravens
WK 6
TEAM STATS
| Bears | 49ers | |
|---|---|---|
| 416 | TOTAL YARDS | 214 |
| 305 | PASSING YARDS | 149 |
| 111 | RUSHING YARDS | 65 |
| 2 | SACKS ALLOWED | 3 |
| 3 | SACKS MADE | 2 |
| 1 | GIVEAWAYS | 0 |
| 0 | 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.