The Bengals host their third-straight recreation at Paycor Stadium in Week 9 in opposition to the Bears.
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By: Michael Hull
The Bears offense scored a season-low 16 factors in Week 8 after scoring at the least 21 factors in all six prior contests. QB Caleb Williams threw for 285 yards and an interception within the loss. Williams has accomplished 61.9% of his passes, rating thirty third amongst QBs with at the least 25 dropbacks per PFF, and has thrown 9 touchdowns to 4 interceptions on the yr however no touchdowns within the final two video games. PFF has credited the 2024 first general choose from Southern California with 9 turnover-worthy throws this season, tied for the seventh most within the NFL.
Williams’ 2024 draft mate WR Rome Odunze has led the Bears aerial assault. The primary rounder from Washington paces the staff in targets, receptions, yards and touchdowns. Odunze’s 114 yards in opposition to the Ravens rank because the second most in his NFL profession and his fourth 100+-yard efficiency in two professional seasons. His 5 touchdowns are tied for the fifth-most receiving touchdowns within the NFL amongst wideouts, whereas his 15.3 yards per reception rank fifteenth amongst receivers with at the least 20 targets.
WR DJ Moore has been a reliable second choice, recording zero drops in 26 receptions. The Bears additionally drafted TE Colston Loveland out of Michigan within the first spherical, who has 116 receiving yards in six video games performed.
RB D’Andre Swift has scored a landing in 4 straight video games, main the Chicago backfield with 100 carries and averaging 4.6 yards per try. Rookie Kyle Monangai, a seventh-round choose from Rutgers, noticed his most work of the season in Week 7 in opposition to the Saints, carrying the ball 13 instances. He had seven makes an attempt for twenty-four yards within the loss to Baltimore and has 42 makes an attempt on the season. Chicago averages 154.3 speeding yards per recreation since their Week 5 byem the third most within the NFL.
After permitting Williams to be sacked 68 instances in 2024, the Bears offensive line has given up 12 sacks in seven video games to this point this season. Williams additionally has a median time to throw of three.16 seconds, per Subsequent Gen Stats, the longest within the NFL and the third longest since 2016.
Chicago is permitting 26.4 factors and 350.7 yards per recreation, each the eighth most within the NFL. They’ve been opportunistic on that aspect of the ball, nonetheless, main the NFL with 16 takeaways and a +10-turnover differential. They compelled a number of turnovers in every recreation of their four-game successful streak however didn’t drive any within the Week 8 loss to Baltimore.
The Bears have struggled in run protection, permitting the sixth-most speeding yards per recreation within the league (143.3). They simply allowed 5.1 yards per carry to the Ravens, as RB Derrick Henry discovered the top zone twice. On the yr, Chicago has allowed 5.3 yards per carry, the third most within the NFL.
Chicago has generated 14 sacks this season, the eighth fewest within the league. DT Gervon Dexter Sr. leads the staff with 3.5 takedowns from his inside spot, whereas edge rusher Montez Sweat paces the staff with 23 complete pressures.
On the again finish, the Bears have been with out star CB Jaylon Johnson for the reason that begin of the season. Johnson missed all of coaching camp, the preseason and Week 1. He returned briefly in Week 2 however left with a core muscle damage that required surgical procedure. He turned eligible to return from Injured Reserve in Week 8, however no transfer has been made as of now. Chicago was additionally with out nickel nook Kyler Gordon and outdoors nook Tyrique Stevenson, their two-highest graded corners per PFF, within the loss to the Ravens, a recreation through which backup quarterback Tyler Huntley accomplished 17-of-22 passes for 186 yards and a rating. S Kevin Byard III has 4 interceptions this season, tied for essentially the most within the NFL, whereas LB Tremaine Edmunds has three, tied for third.
By: Diego Branda
Cincinnati’s run recreation has exploded over the previous two video games because the Bengals totaled a mixed 323 yards on the bottom in opposition to the Steelers and Jets (161.5 per recreation), the third-most within the league since Week 7. They’ve additionally picked up 20 first downs by way of runs, tied with Kansas Metropolis for essentially the most by any staff over the previous two weeks.
Main the cost is the halfback duo of Chase Brown<\/a> and Samaje Perine<\/a>. Brown notched his second profession 100-yard speeding recreation within the Thursday evening win over Pittsburgh, ending with 108 on simply 11 carries for a career-best 9.8 common. His effort included his two longest runs of the season, a 37-yarder and 27-yarder which each kickstarted Bengals landing drives.
Perine is coming off a 94-yard effort in opposition to New York, which marked the fifth-most speeding yards in a recreation in his profession and his most since he had 106 yards in Cincinnati’s win over the Chiefs in Week 13 of 2022. His 32-yard landing within the third quarter in opposition to the Jets additionally was the third-longest scoring run of his profession.
Brown, Perine and the Bengals’ offensive line will face a Chicago run protection that has yielded 143.3 speeding yards per recreation this season (twenty seventh in NFL).
Ja\u2019Marr Chase<\/a>, who seemingly finds himself in historic firm on a weekly foundation this season, has an opportunity to place his title alongside one other Corridor of Famer on Sunday. Chase has recorded at the least 10 receptions in every of the previous three video games, and if he reaches double-digits once more versus the Bears, he would be part of Calvin Johnson as the one gamers in NFL historical past to put up 10-plus catches in 4 consecutive contests. Johnson achieved the feat in Weeks 13-16 of the 2012 season.
Chase’s 38 receptions from Weeks 6-8 are tied with former Saints receiver Michael Thomas for essentially the most in a three-game span in NFL historical past. Chase, who at present paces the NFL with 70 complete catches this season, has an opportunity to change into the primary participant to steer the league in receptions in back-to-back years since Thomas did it in 2018 and 2019.
Tee Higgins<\/a> enters Sunday with 4,955 receiving yards in his profession, simply 45 shy of 5,000. Ought to he get there in what might be his 79th regular-season recreation, he would change into the fifth-fastest participant in Bengals historical past to succeed in the 5K milestone. The Cincinnati gamers to perform that feat in fewer video games are Ja’Marr Chase (58 video games), A.J. Inexperienced (63), Chad Johnson (70) and Cris Collinsworth (71).
Higgins’ 44-yard landing final week in opposition to the Jets was his longest scoring reception since Week 16 of the 2023 season, when he had a career-long 80-yarder at Pittsburgh. Two weeks in the past in opposition to the Steelers, he posted season highs in catches (six) and yards (96).
Higgins additionally has an opportunity so as to add to his streak of eight consecutive house video games performed with a receiving landing. It is the longest present streak within the NFL, and the longest such streak in Bengals historical past.
Evan McPherson<\/a> heads into this week having accounted for 497 factors in his profession (common season). With three extra in what might be his seventieth profession recreation on Sunday, he would change into the third-fastest kicker in Bengals historical past to succeed in 500. Solely Shayne Graham and Mike Nugent reached the milestone in fewer video games whereas taking part in for Cincinnati, and each did it of their 68th look in stripes.
For the season, McPherson has transformed 11 of his 13 area aim makes an attempt (84.6 %) and is an ideal 19-for-19 on further factors. After lacking a 56-yard attempt in Week 6 at Inexperienced Bay, he has knocked by way of every of his final 5 area aim kicks.
View a few of the high pictures from Bengals apply at Kettering Well being Observe Fields, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025.
CB DJ Turner throughout apply at Kettering Well being Observe Fields, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025.
TE Noah Fant throughout apply at Kettering Well being Observe Fields, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025.
DE Joseph Ossai throughout apply at Kettering Well being Observe Fields, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025.
G Dalton Risner blocks DT Kris Jenkins Jr. throughout apply at Kettering Well being Observe Fields, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025.
Defensive linemen undergo drills throughout apply at Kettering Well being Observe Fields, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025.
C Ted Karras prepares to snap the ball throughout apply at Kettering Well being Observe Fields, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025.
CB DJ Turner II catches a move throughout apply at Kettering Well being Observe Fields, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025.
QB Joe Flacco throughout apply at Kettering Well being Observe Fields, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025.
CBs DJ Turner II and Dax Hill have a good time a play throughout apply at Kettering Well being Observe Fields, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025.
WR Ja’Marr Chase catches a move throughout apply at Kettering Well being Observe Fields, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025.
Okay Evan McPherson throughout apply at Kettering Well being Observe Fields, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025.
OT Amarius Mims goes by way of a drill throughout apply at Kettering Well being Observe Fields, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025.
DE Shemar Stewart throughout apply at Kettering Well being Observe Fields, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025.
C Ted Karras throughout apply at Kettering Well being Observe Fields, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025.
LB Barrett Carter throughout apply at Kettering Well being Observe Fields, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025.
RB Samaje Perine catches a move throughout apply at Kettering Well being Observe Fields, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025.
WR Andrei Iosivas catches a move throughout apply at Kettering Well being Observe Fields, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025.
LB Demetrius Knight Jr. throughout apply at Kettering Well being Observe Fields, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025.
WR Tee Higgins throughout apply at Kettering Well being Observe Fields, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025.
WR Charlie Jones throughout apply at Kettering Well being Observe Fields, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025.
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