2017 · Week 6

Final / OT

Bears

Chicago

QB Mitch Trubisky

27·24

Ravens

Baltimore

QB Joe Flacco

M&T Bank Stadium · outdoors · grass · 69°F · wind 7mph

Closing spread

BAL -5.5

Total

39.5

Model margin

+4.1est.

BAL perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Ravens
  • Bears

How each play moved the game.

Ravens winsBears wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

Season-long league percentiles for both sides, mirrored. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge.

Bearsedge mapRavens
  • -0.112EPA / play-0.052
  • 38.5%Success rate42.5%
  • -0.099EPA / dropback-0.054
  • -0.130EPA / rush-0.050
  • 7.7%Explosive rate7.2%
  • -3.10CPOE-1.33
  • 34.8%Third-down rate35.3%
  • 61.2%Red-zone TD rate63.2%
  • 1.22Points / drive1.79
  • 2.1%Turnover rate1.6%

Bar length is league percentile, already oriented so longer is better. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge; rows within ~12 points are washed as even.

The rivalry

BAL lead 4–3 since 1999

BAL have won 2 straight. Meetings average 35.1 points. BAL are 4-3 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W8CHI @ BAL1630BAL
2021 · W11BAL @ CHI1613BAL
2013 · W11BAL @ CHI2023CHI
2009 · W15CHI @ BAL731BAL
2005 · W7BAL @ CHI610CHI
2001 · W1CHI @ BAL617BAL

Box score

Individual performances

Bears

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Mitchell Trubisky8/1611310
Tarik Cohen1/12110

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Jordan Howard361674.60
Tarik Cohen14322.30
Mitchell Trubisky4328.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Dion Sims24421
Kendall Wright23360
Zach Miller23251
Tarik Cohen13140
Jordan Howard1190
Tanner Gentry0100

Ravens

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Joe Flacco24/4118002

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Alex Collins15744.90
Javorius Allen10494.90
Joe Flacco122.00

Where this game is likely to land

  • Model
  • Smooth (normal)
  • Betting line

Probability of each final margin. Football scoring clusters — the spikes at 3 and 7 are real, and a smooth model misses them.

line +5.53.7%6.7%7.5%3.2%4.9%3.2%2.9%

Positive margins favour Ravens; negative favour Bears.

Half-point at risk

3.17%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

59.9%

Expected total

43.5est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+2.24
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential+0.08
  • Expected margin+4.06