Coming out of their Week 13 open date, the Chicago Bears will look to win consecutive video games for the primary time since late within the 2021 season whereas trying to string collectively back-to-back NFC North victories for the primary time since 2019. The first-place Detroit Lions will go to Soldier Field on Sunday afternoon. The Bears and Lions met simply three weeks in the past with the Lions scoring 17 unanswered factors within the closing 4 minutes to steal a 31-26 victory.
With this weekend’s sport nearing, right here’s a have a look at a dozen notable numbers and nuggets.
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Receiving yards by 12 video games for Bears standout DJ Moore, making him the thirteenth participant and twelfth receiver in staff historical past to succeed in the 1,000-yard milestone for a season. Moore is ninth within the league in receiving yards and is on tempo to complete with 1,421, which might rank tied for second on the Bears’ all-time single-season listing, matching Alshon Jeffery (2013) and slotting in behind solely Brandon Marshall (1,508 in 2012). Moore has been the Bears’ receiving-yards chief in 9 of 12 video games.
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Interceptions by the Bears over the past two video games, surpassing their complete from the primary 10 contests, after they had six. The seven picks within the final two video games have come from six gamers, with linebacker T.J. Edwards recording two and Tyrique Stevenson, Tremaine Edmunds, Jaylon Johnson, Jaquan Brisker and Kyler Gordon having one every. The Bears haven’t had seven interceptions in a two-game stretch since early within the 2012 season. That protection recorded 5 interceptions off Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo on the Monday night time stage in Week 4 and two extra the subsequent week towards Blaine Gabbert and the Jacksonville Jaguars.
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Interceptions thrown by Lions quarterback Jared Goff in eight begins towards the Bears. That contains three within the groups’ sport final month at Ford Field and 4 in a December 2018 contest when the Bears stifled Goff’s Rams in a 15-6 victory. Goff has a 3.2% profession interception charge towards the Bears and a 1.9% interception charge towards all different opponents. Goff additionally owns a 5-3 document towards the Bears, going 2-1 with the Rams and 3-2 with the Lions.
383
Rushing yards by Justin Fields in his final three video games towards the Lions. That manufacturing has come on 41 makes an attempt and contains two landing runs. Fields has thrown for 411 yards in these three video games. Fields tied a profession excessive with 18 rushes towards the Lions final month and turned these into 104 yards. Fields has 5 profession 100-yard speeding video games — three versus the Lions.
140
Receiving yards for Lions rookie tight finish Sam LaPorta in Sunday’s win towards the New Orleans Saints. LaPorta had 9 catches, together with a 13-yard landing in his staff’s 33-28 victory. He is on tempo for 962 yards. Only two rookie tight ends in NFL historical past have topped 1,000 receiving yards. Bears legend Mike Ditka holds the rookie document on the place, amassing 1,076 yards in a 14-game season in 1961. Kyle Pitts of the Atlanta Falcons had 1,026 yards over 17 video games two years in the past.
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Points per sport allowed by the Lions over the past six video games. The Lions even have allowed a mean of 359 complete yards throughout that point. They have fallen from ninth to twenty third in factors allowed since Week 7 started and from seventh to 14th in complete yards allowed. The Lions additionally suffered a giant blow up entrance this week when the staff positioned defensive sort out Alim McNeill on injured reserve with a knee harm.
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Teams within the NFC, out of 16, which are at .500 or above. That leaves the convention’s postseason door open with the Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers — each at 6-6 — contained in the playoff image. If the playoffs had been to start out right now, the Philadelphia Eagles would earn the NFC’s first-round bye with the San Francisco 49ers, Lions and Atlanta Falcons all internet hosting video games on wild-card weekend. The convention’s No. 5 seed could be the Dallas Cowboys. The Bears are one in all 5 NFC groups at the very least 4 video games beneath .500, joined by the New York Giants (4-8), Washington Commanders (4-8), Arizona Cardinals (3-10) and Carolina Panthers (1-11).
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Playoff video games hosted by the Lions in the course of the Super Bowl period. The most up-to-date got here in January 1994, after they misplaced a wild-card-round sport 28-24 to the Packers on the Pontiac Silverdome. The group’s solely different dwelling playoff sport within the Super Bowl period was a 38-6 blowout of the Dallas Cowboys two seasons earlier within the divisional spherical. That additionally registers because the Lions’ lone playoff win in the course of the Super Bowl period.
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Wins wanted by the Bears over their 5 remaining video games to keep away from ending at or beneath .500 for the twenty first time within the final 30 seasons. After an 0-4 begin, the Bears have break up their final eight video games, giving hope to the concept they might put collectively a December surge to issue into the playoff dialog. More doubtless, although, the Bears will miss out on the postseason celebration for the twenty third time within the final 30 seasons. Draft Kings has the Bears as 25-1 lengthy photographs to make the playoffs.
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Fields targets made this season by Bears kicker Cairo Santos, together with 4 in Sunday’s 12-10 win towards the Minnesota Vikings. Santos hit the game-winner, a 30-yarder with 10 seconds remaining, and was named NFC Special Teams Player of the Month for November. That was the second time Santos has earned the consideration throughout his time with the Bears, additionally successful the award in December 2020. Santos led the league in factors (41) and subject targets made (12) for November and linked on 12 of his 14 field-goal makes an attempt. He is 6-for-6 this season on field-goal makes an attempt of fifty yards or longer, together with the 55-yarder towards the Vikings.
127
Tackles this season by Bears linebacker T.J. Edwards, which ranks tied for third within the NFL behind Jaguars linebacker Foye Oluokon (131) and Colts linebacker Zaire Franklin (130). Edwards downplayed his sort out complete considerably Monday. “With linebackers, the No. 1 job is to be around the ball,” he mentioned. “So whether that’s (defending) the run or pass, it’s trying to get to the ball as best as we can. If the tackle’s there, that’s awesome. I want to make those impact plays to help the team.” Edwards has contributes these affect performs additionally with two interceptions, two sacks, six tackles for a loss, three passes defended, six quarterback hits plus a pressured fumble and a fumble restoration.
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Bears offensive linemen who missed observe Wednesday or had been restricted in any capability, positioning that unit for some refreshing however unfamiliar continuity. The Bears determine to start out Braxton Jones, Teven Jenkins, Lucas Patrick, Nate Davis and Darnell Wright up entrance Sunday, which might give that quintet its third consecutive begin collectively and mark the primary time this season the staff has used the identical beginning line in three consecutive video games. In 2022, the Bears had the identical beginning offensive line for 3 consecutive video games just one time. Jones, Jenkins, Cody Whitehair, Sam Mustipher and Riley Reiff began collectively for consecutive losses to the Jets, Packers and Eagles in late November and early December.
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