Seahawks vs Bears Match Player Stats | Week 17 Thursday 2024

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Seahawks vs Bears Match Player Stats | Week 17 Thursday 2024

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Todays Matchup Details

Week 17 Seattle Seahawks at Chicago Bears
Todays Game is on Thursday, December 26th
26/12/24 20:15:00 PM EST Kickoff

Key Match Player Stats to this Game

The Bears are a 3.5-point underdog this week, indicating a passing game script.

The Chicago Bears offensive line ranks as the 3rd-best in the NFL this year in protecting the quarterback, which has a strong impact on all pass game metrics across the board.

The leading projections forecast the Seattle Seahawks to be the 10th-most pass-centric offense in football (in a neutral context) right now with a 62.5% pass rate.

The model projects the Seattle Seahawks offense to be the 8th-quickest paced team in football (context-neutralized) right now, averaging 27.02 seconds per snap.

Noah Fant has run fewer routes this season (67.7% Route Participation Rate in games he has played) than he did last season (52.2%).

The projections expect Noah Fant to accumulate 4.4 targets in this week’s contest, on balance, placing him in the 81st percentile among TEs.

The Bears pass defense has shown poor efficiency versus TEs this year, surrendering 9.27 adjusted yards-per-target to the position: the 2nd-most in the NFL.

In this contest, D’Andre Swift is anticipated by our trusted projection set to slot into the 84th percentile among RBs with 15.8 rush attempts.

After taking on 49.3% of his offense’s run game usage last season, D’Andre Swift has been more involved in the rushing attack this season, now comprising 61.9%.

With a terrific tally of 57.0 adjusted rushing yards per game (78th percentile), D’Andre Swift places as one of the best pure runners in football this year.

This year, the strong Seattle Seahawks run defense has allowed a puny 4.82 adjusted yards-per-carry to the opposing ground game: the 27th-best rate in the league.

The Seahawks defensive tackles grade out as the 2nd-worst group of DTs in football this year with their run defense.

Geno Smith has attempted 36.2 throws per game this year, checking in at the 89th percentile when it comes to QBs.

With a stellar tally of 261.0 adjusted passing yards per game (89th percentile), Geno Smith ranks as one of the best quarterbacks in the league this year.

The Bears pass defense has exhibited weak efficiency this year, surrendering 8.14 adjusted yards-per-target: the 7th-most in the league.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba’s 92.1% Route% this year signifies a significant boost in his passing offense workload over last year’s 73.9% mark.

The model projects Jaxon Smith-Njigba to accumulate 8.4 targets in this contest, on balance, placing him in the 88th percentile when it comes to wideouts.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba has accrued many more adjusted receiving yards per game (75.0) this season than he did last season (38.0).

Our trusted projections expect D.J. Moore to accumulate 8.7 targets in this contest, on average, placing him in the 91st percentile when it comes to wideouts.

D.J. Moore is positioned as one of the top wideouts in football at generating extra yardage, averaging a terrific 5.59 yards-after-the-catch (YAC) this year while ranking in the 81st percentile.

Cole Kmet has been one of the most sure-handed receivers in the league among tight ends, hauling in a terrific 84.6% of balls thrown his way (adjusted for context) this year, ranking in the 88th percentile.

Cole Kmet’s pass-game effectiveness has gotten a boost this season, totaling 9.35 adjusted yards-per-target vs just 8.26 rate last season.

Negative Match Player Stats Trends that should impact this Game

As far as a defense’s effect on pace, at 28.77 seconds per snap, the predictive model expects the Chicago Bears as the 8th-slowest in the league (in a neutral context) at the present time.

Opposing offenses have thrown for the 7th-fewest yards in the NFL (just 219.0 adjusted yards per game) against the Seattle Seahawks defense this year.

This year, the stout Seattle Seahawks defense has conceded the 5th-least adjusted yards-per-target in football to the opposing side: a mere 7.4 yards.

The Seahawks safeties profile as the 5th-best safety corps in the NFL this year in covering receivers.

With a 3.5-point advantage, the Seahawks are favored in this week’s game, indicating more of an emphasis on rushing than their standard approach.

As it relates to protecting the quarterback (and the impact it has on all pass game stats), the offensive line of the Seattle Seahawks ranks as the 5th-worst in football this year.

Noah Fant’s pass-game effectiveness has diminished this year, compiling just 7.43 adjusted yards-per-target vs a 8.94 mark last year.

D’Andre Swift’s running effectiveness (3.75 adjusted yards per carry) has been some of the worst in the league this year (14th percentile among running backs).

With an awful tally of 2.45 yards after contact (9th percentile) this year, D’Andre Swift stands as one of the worst RBs in the NFL.

The Bears defense has surrendered the 3rd-fewest adjusted receiving yards per game in the NFL (just 129.0) vs. wideouts this year.

This year, the imposing Bears defense has given up a feeble 63.3% Adjusted Completion Rate to opposing WRs: the 10th-lowest rate in football.

D.J. Moore has accumulated quite a few less air yards this year (62.0 per game) than he did last year (100.0 per game).

D.J. Moore’s 58.2 WOPR (Weighted Opportunity Rating—an advanced stat that calculates high-value offensive involvement) has been notably lower this season than it was last season at 76.9.

D.J. Moore has put up a lot fewer adjusted receiving yards per game (57.0) this season than he did last season (77.0).

The Seattle Seahawks defense has allowed the 7th-fewest adjusted receiving yards per game in the league (just 133.0) versus wide receivers this year.

Cole Kmet’s 11.3% Target% this season illustrates a substantial drop-off in his passing attack volume over last season’s 20.4% rate.

Cole Kmet has accrued far fewer air yards this season (25.0 per game) than he did last season (32.0 per game).

Cole Kmet’s 40.0 adjusted receiving yards per game this year indicates a meaningful decrease in his pass-catching ability over last year’s 48.0 rate.

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