2020 · Week 7

Final

Bears

Chicago

QB Nick Foles

10·24

Rams

Los Angeles

QB Jared Goff

SoFi Stadium · dome · matrixturf

Closing spread

LA -6.5

Total

44

Model margin

+7.3est.

LA perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Rams
  • Bears

How each play moved the game.

Rams 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 mapRams
  • -0.016EPA / play-0.013
  • 44.0%Success rate44.6%
  • +0.014EPA / dropback+0.032
  • -0.073EPA / rush-0.081
  • 7.5%Explosive rate9.2%
  • +1.28CPOE+0.37
  • 34.8%Third-down rate44.2%
  • 57.4%Red-zone TD rate59.0%
  • 1.97Points / drive1.76
  • 2.0%Turnover rate2.1%

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

LA lead 8–7 since 1999

Meetings average 40 points. LA are 6-9 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · playoffsLA @ CHI2017RAMS
2024 · W4LA @ CHI1824CHI
2021 · W1CHI @ LA1434RAMS
2019 · W11CHI @ LA717RAMS
2018 · W14LA @ CHI615CHI
2015 · W10CHI @ STL3713CHI
2013 · W12CHI @ STL2142RAMS
2012 · W3STL @ CHI623CHI

Box score

Individual performances

Bears

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Nick Foles28/4026102

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
David Montgomery14483.40
Cordarrelle Patterson310.30

Rams

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Jared Goff23/3322020

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Darrell Henderson15634.20
Malcolm Brown10575.71
Robert Woods4235.80
Cooper Kupp11616.00
Jared Goff410.30

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 +6.53.0%5.8%7.2%3.2%5.0%3.4%3.3%2.6%

Positive margins favour Rams; negative favour Bears.

Half-point at risk

4.99%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

68.1%

Expected total

42.1est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+2.04
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment+3.54
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+7.29