2017 · Week 12

Final

Bears

Chicago

QB Mitch Trubisky

3·31

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Carson Wentz

Lincoln Financial Field · outdoors · grass · 49°F · wind 17mph

Closing spread

PHI -14

Total

43.5

Model margin

+4.4est.

PHI perspective

Push chance

2.9%est.

the line sits on a key number

Win probability

  • Eagles
  • Bears

How each play moved the game.

Eagles 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 mapEagles
  • -0.112EPA / play+0.051
  • 38.5%Success rate43.3%
  • -0.099EPA / dropback+0.144
  • -0.130EPA / rush-0.093
  • 7.7%Explosive rate8.9%
  • -3.10CPOE+0.38
  • 34.8%Third-down rate42.0%
  • 61.2%Red-zone TD rate63.8%
  • 1.22Points / drive2.12
  • 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

PHI lead 12–5 since 1999

Meetings average 41 points. PHI are 9-8 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W13CHI @ PHI2415CHI
2022 · W15PHI @ CHI2520PHI
2019 · W9CHI @ PHI1422PHI
2018 · playoffsPHI @ CHI1615PHI
2016 · W2PHI @ CHI2914PHI
2013 · W16CHI @ PHI1154PHI
2011 · W9CHI @ PHI3024CHI
2010 · W12PHI @ CHI2631CHI

Box score

Individual performances

Bears

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Mitchell Trubisky17/3314702

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Mitchell Trubisky4123.00
Jordan Howard760.90
Benny Cunningham1-1-1.00
Tarik Cohen2-11-5.50

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Carson Wentz23/3622730
Nick Foles3/32100

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
LeGarrette Blount15976.50
Carson Wentz5295.80
Corey Clement4276.80
Jay Ajayi5265.20
Nick Foles4-3-0.80

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 +147.5%3.2%4.9%3.2%2.9%

Positive margins favour Eagles; negative favour Bears.

Half-point at risk

2.92%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

60.8%

Expected total

42.6est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+2.65
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+4.39