Statistical Breakdown: How Bears and Patriots stack up before Week 7

The Chicago Bears will battle the New England Patriots on Thursday Night Football, where Chicago is looking to improve to 5-2 in their first of three consecutive prime-time games.

The Bears are coming off an impressive 31-23 win over the Atlanta Falcons, where quarterback Caleb Williams and cornerback Kyler Gordon provided a massive boost for the offense and defense with dominant showings. The offense dominated the time of possession (40:08) and went 4-for-5 in the red zone, where their lone miss was Roschon Johnson sliding just short of the end zone at the end of the game to preserve the win. On defense, minus three starters, they managed to hold MVP candidate Bijan Robinson to just 61 rushing yards and the team as a whole totaled three takeaways.

Here’s how the Bears and Patriots stack up statistically ahead of Thursday night’s matchup.

Stats courtesy of Team Rankings, The Football Database, ESPN and PickWatch.

Scoring Offense

Bears: 25.0 PPG (12th)

Patriots: 22.7 PPG (18th)

Passing Offense

Bears: 227.7 YPG (15th)

Patriots: 243.5 YPG (10th)

Rushing Offense

Bears: 160.7 YPG (1st)

Patriots: 130.7 YPG (6th)

Total Offense

Bears: 388.3 YPG (5th)

Patriots: 374.2 YPG (7th)

Penalties

Bears: 57.0 penalty YPG (13th)

Patriots: 59.5 penalty YPG (14th)

Sacks Allowed

Bears: 15 (T-21st)

Patriots: 11 (T-10th)

Turnover Margin

Bears: -2 (T-19th)

Patriots: -6 (30th)

Scoring Defense

Bears: 19.8 PPG (6th)

Patriots: 18.8 PPG (5th)

Passing Defense

Bears: 211.8 YPG (14th)

Patriots: 209.0 YPG (11th)

Rushing Defense

Bears: 90.5 YPG (8th)

Patriots: 91.8 YPG (9th)

Total Defense

Bears: 302.3 YPG (7th)

Patriots: 300.8 YPG (6th)

Sacks

Bears: 17 (T-5th)

Patriots: 14 (T-18th)

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