Windy City Gridiron
Here are all the snap counts for the Chicago Bears, a spotlight on some of their individual statistics, and a few team stats from the huge 24 to 22 win against the Packers.
It’s been a long time since the Chicago Bears beat the Green Bay Packers (December 12, 2018) and nearly a decade since they beat them in Lambeau Field (November 26, 2015), so this game meant a lot to the franchise. The win also ensured the Packers would be the seventh seed and face the Eagles on Wildcard weekend, although Washington’s win locked that up.
Some of the numbers in this game favored Green Bay as they had more yards (367 to 224), more first downs (20 to 16), and fewer penalties (5 for 45 yards to 7 for 45 for Chicago).
But the Bears won the turnover battle (2 to 1), they were better on third downs (50.0% to 30.0%), converted their only fourth down try while Green Bay failed on theirs, and the Bears benefitted from a 94-yard punt return touchdown.
Let's look at the Bears' playing time breakdowns and a few individual stats from the game.
Caleb Williams and the Bears were finally rewarded with a victory after their offense managed to get them in position to win the game. There was no poor late-game clock management, no blocked field goal, and no prevent defense called preventing them from winning. It’s good for the players who will return to Chicago in 2025 to close the season by beating the rival Packers.
Interim head coach Thomas Brown got his first win as a head coach, plus the win ensures that Matt Eberflus is the only Chicago head coach never to beat the Packers.
DJ Moore set a new career high with 98 receptions and had the quote of the day.
Groege McCaskey, avert your eyes!
Safety Kevin Byard III led the Bears with 14 tackles (a career-high), and he had a sack and a forced fumble.
Tremaine Edmunds had 9 tackles and a pass defended.
Tyrique Stevenson finished with 8 tackles and a PD.
Jaylon Johnson had 5 tackles, a PD, and a Peanut Punch.
T.J. Edwards had 4 tackles, a sack, and a fumble recovery.
Jonathan Owens had a fumble recovery and 5 tackles.
Gervon Dexter Sr. had 5 tackles and a QB hit.
Byron Cowart had 2 tackles and a sack.
Cairo Santos made all three extra points, plus he nailed the game-winning field goal from 51 yards as time expired.
Tory Taylor punted 6 times with a 42.3 average (36.3 net) and 2 punts inside the twenty.
Adrian Colbert had 2 tackles in the third phase.
Tyler Scott had 4 kickoff returns and a 28.3 average.
Josh Blackwell had a special teams tackle, and he was the recipient of the misdirection punt return play and the 94-yard TD.
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