2025 · Week 2 · Division

Final

Bears

Chicago

QB Caleb Williams

21·52

Lions

Detroit

QB Jared Goff

Ford Field · dome · fieldturf

Closing spread

DET -6

Total

46.5

Model margin

+1.8est.

DET perspective

Push chance

3.1%est.

the line sits on a key number

Win probability

  • Lions
  • Bears

How each play moved the game.

Lions 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 mapLions
  • +0.076EPA / play+0.071
  • 45.7%Success rate45.0%
  • +0.122EPA / dropback+0.167
  • +0.007EPA / rush-0.071
  • 10.1%Explosive rate10.1%
  • -3.48CPOE+1.64
  • 42.0%Third-down rate39.2%
  • 66.8%Red-zone TD rate66.0%
  • 2.32Points / drive2.54
  • 1.0%Turnover rate1.4%

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 28–26 since 1999

DET have won 4 straight. Meetings average 43.4 points. DET are 27-24-3 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W18DET @ CHI1916DET
2024 · W16DET @ CHI3417DET
2024 · W13CHI @ DET2023DET
2023 · W14DET @ CHI1328CHI
2023 · W11CHI @ DET2631DET
2022 · W17CHI @ DET1041DET
2022 · W10DET @ CHI3130DET
2021 · W12CHI @ DET1614CHI

Box score

Individual performances

Bears

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Caleb Williams19/3020721
Tyson Bagent2/32700

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
D'Andre Swift12635.31
Kyle Monangai7284.00
Caleb Williams5275.40
Olamide Zaccheaus199.00
Tyson Bagent273.50

Lions

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Jared Goff23/2833450

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Jahmyr Gibbs12947.81
David Montgomery11575.21
Kalif Raymond199.00
Amon-Ra St. Brown273.50
Jared Goff166.00
Craig Reynolds341.30

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 +64.1%2.7%7.1%7.5%3.1%4.7%2.9%

Positive margins favour Lions; negative favour Bears.

Half-point at risk

3.06%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

54.0%

Expected total

46.1est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+0.04
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential+0.08
  • Expected margin+1.82