Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2025 · Week 6

Final

Bears

Chicago

QB Caleb Williams

25·24

Commanders

Washington

QB Jayden Daniels

FedExField · outdoors · grass · 59°F · wind 12mph

Closing spread

WAS -5.5

Total

49.5

Model margin

-1.1est.

WAS perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Commanders
  • Bears

How each play moved the game.

Commanders 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 mapCommanders
  • +0.076EPA / play+0.035
  • 45.7%Success rate46.4%
  • +0.122EPA / dropback+0.084
  • +0.007EPA / rush-0.039
  • 10.1%Explosive rate8.6%
  • -3.48CPOE+0.67
  • 42.0%Third-down rate37.2%
  • 66.8%Red-zone TD rate72.8%
  • 2.32Points / drive2.03
  • 1.0%Turnover rate2.0%

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

WAS lead 10–5 since 1999

Meetings average 44.4 points. WAS are 10-5 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2024 · W8CHI @ WAS1518WAS
2023 · W5CHI @ WAS4020CHI
2022 · W6WAS @ CHI127WAS
2019 · W3CHI @ WAS3115CHI
2016 · W16WAS @ CHI4121WAS
2015 · W14WAS @ CHI2421WAS
2013 · W7CHI @ WAS4145WAS
2010 · W7WAS @ CHI1714WAS

Box score

Individual performances

Bears

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Caleb Williams17/2925210

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
D'Andre Swift141087.70
Kyle Monangai5193.80
DJ Moore2105.00
Roschon Johnson166.00
Olamide Zaccheaus144.00
Caleb Williams430.81

Commanders

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Jayden Daniels19/2621131

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Jacory Croskey-Merritt17613.60
Jayden Daniels10525.20
Jaylin Lane177.00
Jeremy McNichols252.50
Deebo Samuel Sr.1-1-1.00

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 +5.54.6%3.0%7.4%7.2%2.8%4.2%

Positive margins favour Commanders; negative favour Bears.

Half-point at risk

2.82%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

46.2%

Expected total

46.5est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-1.88
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment-0.33
  • Rest differential-0.56
  • Expected margin-1.07