2020 · Week 16

Final

Bears

Chicago

QB Mitch Trubisky

41·17

Jaguars

Jacksonville

QB Mike Glennon

TIAA Bank Stadium · outdoors · grass · 55°F · wind 5mph

Closing spread

CHI -9.5

Total

47

Model margin

-3.7est.

JAX perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Jaguars
  • Bears

How each play moved the game.

Jaguars 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 mapJaguars
  • -0.016EPA / play-0.050
  • 44.0%Success rate42.0%
  • +0.014EPA / dropback-0.034
  • -0.073EPA / rush-0.086
  • 7.5%Explosive rate8.3%
  • +1.28CPOE-0.40
  • 34.8%Third-down rate40.6%
  • 57.4%Red-zone TD rate64.8%
  • 1.97Points / drive1.74
  • 2.0%Turnover rate2.3%

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

CHI lead 5–2 since 1999

CHI have won 2 straight. Meetings average 41.4 points. JAX are 2-5 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2024 · W6JAX @ CHI1635CHI
2016 · W6JAX @ CHI1716JAX
2012 · W5CHI @ JAX413CHI
2008 · W14JAX @ CHI1023CHI
2004 · W14CHI @ JAX322JAX
2001 · W17JAX @ CHI1333CHI

Box score

Individual performances

Bears

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Mitchell Trubisky24/3526521
Nick Foles0/1000

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
David Montgomery23954.11
Artavis Pierce22613.01
Mitchell Trubisky2105.01
Darnell Mooney122.00
Ryan Nall200.00
Nick Foles2-2-1.00
Cole Kmet1-3-3.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Allen Robinson10131030
Jimmy Graham45692
Darnell Mooney47390
David Montgomery22260
Cole Kmet26180
Anthony Miller23100

Jaguars

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Mike Glennon24/3721122

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Dare Ogunbowale14715.10
Craig Reynolds144.00
Devine Ozigbo111.00

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 -9.52.8%3.1%4.9%3.2%7.5%6.7%

Positive margins favour Jaguars; negative favour Bears.

Half-point at risk

1.25%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

39.2%

Expected total

46.8est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-2.99
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment-2.43
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin-3.72