Coming off a 30-12 romp over the Las Vegas Raiders, the Chicago Bears will end off the AFC West portion of their schedule Sunday evening once they journey to Los Angeles to face the Chargers.
Matt Eberflus remains to be trying to win consecutive video games for the primary time as Bears coach. But the Bears have performed significantly better in all three phases this month and can wrap up October on the “Sunday Night Football” stage. As the sport approaches, right here’s a take a look at 12 attention-grabbing info and figures.
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Combined whole of turnovers and sacks taken by Bears quarterback Tyson Bagent in his first NFL begin Sunday. Bagent accomplished 21 of 29 passing makes an attempt for 162 yards and a landing and posted a 97.2 passer ranking. He additionally had three runs for twenty-four yards. Bagent averaged 7.7 yards per completion and didn’t try a cross that traveled greater than 15 yards past the road of scrimmage however nonetheless guided the Bears to a runaway victory. Of the final 10 quarterbacks to make their first NFL begin with the Bears — Bagent, Justin Fields, Mitch Trubisky, Matt Barkley, Caleb Hanie, Kyle Orton, Craig Krenzel, Rex Grossman, Henry Burris and Shane Matthews — Bagent’s first-start ranking ranks second and his passing yardage whole fifth.
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Touchdowns working again D’Onta Foreman scored in Sunday’s win, making him the second Bears participant this season to achieve the top zone thrice in the identical recreation. Receiver DJ Moore had three touchdowns within the Bears’ Week 5 victory in opposition to the Washington Commanders. Other Bears to perform that feat over the previous 20 seasons embrace Taylor Gabriel, Jordan Howard, Brandon Marshall (twice), Matt Forte (twice) and Greg Olsen. Foreman scored on runs of two and three yards and added a 5-yard landing reception from Tyson Bagent. The final time the Bears had a number of gamers rating a minimum of three touchdowns in a recreation throughout the identical season was 1995, when receiver Curtis Conway and working again Rashaan Salaam did so.
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Return yardage by cornerback Jaylon Johnson on his interception return landing in Sunday’s win. Johnson swiped a Brian Hoyer cross supposed for Davante Adams within the fourth quarter and raced untouched into Soldier Field’s north finish zone. It was Johnson’s first NFL landing and first end-zone go to since Nov. 2, 2019, when he returned a Jacob Eason interception for a TD in a 33-28 Utah win in opposition to Washington. That return? Also 39 yards.
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Games, earlier than Johnson’s pick-six Sunday, that had handed because the Bears’ final defensive landing. The Bears hadn’t recorded a defensive TD since Week 9 of 2021, when DeAndre Houston-Carson had a 25-yard fumble-return rating in opposition to the Pittsburgh Steelers on “Monday Night Football.”
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Sacks by San Diego Chargers edge rusher Khalil Mack within the staff’s 24-17 Week 4 win in opposition to the Raiders, probably the most by any NFL participant in a recreation since Falcons defensive lineman Adrian Clayborn had six in opposition to the Cowboys in 2017. Mack, who was one sack shy of Derrick Thomas’ single-game report, has had just one sack within the Chargers’ different 5 video games. He had eight sacks in 2022 after the Bears traded him to the Chargers for a 2022 second-round decide and a 2023 sixth-rounder. The Bears traded the latter choice again to the Chargers in alternate for 2 2022 Round 7 alternatives. Overall, they used the return from the Mack deal to draft safeties Jaquan Brisker and Elijah Hicks and punter Trenton Gill.
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Score of the final assembly between these groups, a Chargers victory in Week 8 of 2019 at Soldier Field. That recreation ended when Bears kicker Eddy Pineiro pulled a possible game-winning 41-yard field-goal try vast left as time expired. Bears quarterback Mitch Trubisky had two pricey fourth-quarter turnovers in that loss and likewise missed a near-certain 58-yard landing cross to Taylor Gabriel late. On the ultimate possession, Matt Nagy selected to kneel down with 43 seconds remaining on first-and-10 from the Chargers 21 relatively than try a run or cross earlier than sending Pineiro out for his kick. Pineiro famous two days later that he would have most popular to aim that last kick from the suitable hash mark relatively than the left. That was the second of 4 consecutive losses for the Bears in a dispirting 8-8 season.
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First-half factors allowed by the Bears over their 4 October video games. The protection has been on the sector for 18 possessions earlier than halftime this month and has allowed solely two touchdowns and 4 subject objectives. The common halftime rating of these contests: Bears 17, Opponents 6.
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Third-down conversion price of Bears opponents the final two video games. The Vikings had been 2-for-13 on third downs in Week 6 at Soldier Field, and the Raiders had been 2-for-9 on Sundasy. Through 5 video games, the Bears protection allowed opponents to transform 58.2% of their third downs, an NFL worst. They have climbed one rung on the ladder above the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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Average passing yards per recreation by Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert, the second highest common in NFL historical past amongst gamers with a minimum of 1,000 passing makes an attempt. The solely quarterback to common extra is Patrick Mahomes (301.8). For comparability’s sake, since Herbert entered the league because the No. 6 decide in 2020, all Bears quarterbacks have averaged 203.6 passing yards per recreation. Herbert’s 1,458 profession completions have already got set the NFL report for many completions by a participant’s first 4 seasons. He alsois credited with 14 game-winning drives by his first 55 begins.
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Receiving yards wanted by Chargers standout Keenan Allen to turn into the 54th participant in NFL historical past to achieve 10,000. Since becoming a member of the Chargers as a third-round decide in 2013, Allen has averaged 80 catches, 929 yards and 5 touchdowns per season. He is on tempo this season for profession highs in catches (130), yards (1,626) and TDs (11).
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Game time the Bears have led — out of 240 minutes — in 4 video games this month. The Bears recorded dominant wire-to-wire victories over the Commanders and Raiders and held a 28-7 lead earlier than shedding to the Denver Broncos. They have trailed for less than 50:34 this month with 43:33 of that coming in a Week 6 loss to the Vikings.
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Consecutive losses by the Bears on “Sunday Night Football,” all by double figures. That contains two defeats in Los Angeles — to the Rams. The common rating of these six losses has been 32-15. The Bears’ final victory on “Sunday Night Football” was a 15-6 defeat of the Rams in 2018. This would be the staff’s solely Sunday evening recreation this season.
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