Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2024 · Week 1

Final

Titans

Tennessee

QB Will Levis

17·24

Bears

Chicago

QB Caleb Williams

Soldier Field · outdoors · grass · 67°F · wind 8mph

Closing spread

CHI -4

Total

43

Model margin

+1.9est.

CHI perspective

Push chance

2.5%est.

the line sits on a key number

Win probability

  • Bears
  • Titans

How each play moved the game.

Bears winsTitans wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Titansedge mapBears
  • -0.104EPA / play-0.072
  • 40.4%Success rate40.1%
  • -0.056EPA / dropback-0.036
  • -0.175EPA / rush-0.142
  • 8.3%Explosive rate5.9%
  • +0.11CPOE-0.22
  • 38.0%Third-down rate33.1%
  • 58.5%Red-zone TD rate61.1%
  • 1.35Points / drive1.65
  • 3.0%Turnover rate1.3%

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

All square 3–3 since 1999

Meetings average 45.3 points. CHI are 4-2 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2020 · W9CHI @ TEN1724TEN
2016 · W12TEN @ CHI2721TEN
2012 · W9CHI @ TEN5120CHI
2008 · W10TEN @ CHI2114TEN
2004 · W10CHI @ TEN1917CHI

Box score

Individual performances

Titans

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Will Levis19/3212712

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Tony Pollard16825.11
Will Levis4369.00
Tyjae Spears4215.30
Treylon Burks210.50

Bears

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Caleb Williams14/299300

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
D'Andre Swift10303.00
Caleb Williams5153.00
DJ Moore11414.00
Velus Jones Jr.2115.50
Travis Homer2105.00
Khalil Herbert242.00

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 +44.1%2.7%7.1%7.5%3.1%4.7%2.9%

Positive margins favour Bears; negative favour Titans.

Half-point at risk

2.52%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

54.1%

Expected total

43.4est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+0.16
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+1.87