The Chicago Bears will leap again into division play Sunday, dealing with the red-hot Detroit Lions at Ford Field.
Both groups are coming off three-point victories in Week 10, and they’ll meet for the primary time since final season’s New Year’s Day recreation in Detroit, which the Lions received 41-10.
As kickoff approaches, listed below are a dozen attention-grabbing numbers and nuggets.
13-4
Lions document over the past 17 video games, solidifying them as among the finest groups within the NFL. Only the Kansas City Chiefs, Philadelphia Eagles and San Francisco 49ers — all 14-3 — have been higher over their final 17 video games.
3-14
Bears document over the past 17 video games. That ranks thirty first within the league; solely the Arizona Cardinals (2-15) have been worse. Compounding the frustration for the Bears, they’ve misplaced their final 11 NFC North video games courting to 2021.
67
Length of Justin Fields’ Week 10 landing run towards the Lions final season at Soldier Field, the longest of his profession. Fields — who is predicted to return Sunday from a four-game absence — had 10 runs of a minimum of 20 yards in 2022, with 4 coming towards the Lions. After threatening the league’s single-season dashing document by a quarterback final season with 1,143 yards, Fields has 237 dashing yards in six begins this season to rank sixth at his place behind Lamar Jackson (481), Joshua Dobbs (368), Jalen Hurts (316), Patrick Mahomes (258) and Josh Allen (246).
79.7
Fields’ profession passer score in NFC North video games. In 11 begins inside the division, he has posted a mean stat line of 15-for-24 for 176 yards with one landing and one interception. He received his first division begin in Week 4 of 2021, serving to the Bears down the Lions 24-14. But he has since misplaced 10 consecutive NFC North begins.
100
Fourth-down makes an attempt by the Lions offense throughout coach Dan Campbell’s three seasons (43 video games). The Lions set a single-season league document for fourth-down makes an attempt in 2021 with 41. This season they’re 12-for-22 on fourth down and on tempo for a document 42 makes an attempt. Their conversion proportion (.545) this season ranks eleventh. They have been profitable on 53% of their makes an attempt general underneath Campbell.
76.0
Rushing yards per recreation the Bears have allowed this season, second within the NFL behind the Eagles (66.3 ypg). That’s a meteoric rise for a Bears protection that allowed 157.3 dashing yards per recreation final season — second-worst within the NFL. The Bears held their final six opponents to a mean of 49.7 dashing yards. They have allowed solely 5 runs for 15 yards or extra this season and none since Week 4.
200
Rushing yards by the Lions in Sunday’s 41-38 victory over the Los Angeles Chargers, their third outing this season with a minimum of 200. They put up 177 of these dashing yards earlier than halftime. Former Bear David Montgomery led the Lions with 116 dashing yards, together with a 75-yard landing burst. Rookie Jahmyr Gibbs chipped in with 77 yards and a pair of 1-yard TD runs. The Lions rank fourth within the NFL in dashing, averaging 139 yards, simply forward of the Bears, who common 135.1.
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Starting offensive line mixtures the Bears have utilized in 10 video games. That complete figures to tick as much as eight Sunday with Nate Davis returning and prone to begin at proper guard between heart Lucas Patrick and rookie proper deal with Darnell Wright. Tackle Braxton Jones and guard Teven Jenkins are anticipated to start out on the left aspect. Over the final two seasons, the Bears have used 16 beginning offensive line mixtures in 27 video games.
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Games through the Matt Eberflus period — out of 27 — during which the Bears misplaced the turnover battle. They are 0-12 in these video games, versus a 4-3 mark once they have received the turnover battle. They are 2-6 once they tied their opponent in takeaways, together with final week’s 16-13 win over the Carolina Panthers during which neither workforce created a takeaway.
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Consecutive 100-yard receiving outings by Lions standout Amon-Ra St. Brown, who shredded the Chargers for eight grabs and 156 yards. St. Brown, who had a 20-yard landing reception Sunday, is tied for the league lead with the Eagles’ A.J. Brown with six 100-yard receiving video games this season and has 12 such video games in his profession. He has recorded a minimum of 5 catches and 50 yards in all eight video games he has performed this season.
41
Completions of 20 yards or longer by Lions quarterback Jared Goff this season, rating second leaguewide behind Houston Texans rookie C.J. Stroud. The Bears, by comparability, have 24 completions of 20 yards or extra — 21 by Fields and three from Tyson Bagent. Goff has 379 profession completions of a minimum of 20 yards, the best complete of any quarterback because the 2017 season started.
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NFL video games in Week 10 that had been received with walk-off discipline objectives. The Lions used Riley Patterson’s 41-yard kick as time expired to beat the Chargers. Other groups that made game-winning kicks on the ultimate snap had been the Browns, Texans, Cardinals, Seahawks and Broncos.
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