2025 · Week 8

Final

Bears

Chicago

QB Caleb Williams

16·30

Ravens

Baltimore

QB Tyler Huntley

M&T Bank Stadium · outdoors · grass · 60°F · wind 2mph

Closing spread

BAL -2.5

Total

45.5

Model margin

+3.3est.

BAL perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Ravens
  • Bears

How each play moved the game.

Ravens 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 mapRavens
  • +0.076EPA / play+0.037
  • 45.7%Success rate44.6%
  • +0.122EPA / dropback+0.036
  • +0.007EPA / rush+0.038
  • 10.1%Explosive rate10.4%
  • -3.48CPOE+2.86
  • 42.0%Third-down rate41.4%
  • 66.8%Red-zone TD rate57.3%
  • 2.32Points / drive2.30
  • 1.0%Turnover rate2.2%

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

BAL lead 4–3 since 1999

BAL have won 2 straight. Meetings average 35.1 points. BAL are 4-3 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2021 · W11BAL @ CHI1613BAL
2017 · W6CHI @ BAL2724CHI
2013 · W11BAL @ CHI2023CHI
2009 · W15CHI @ BAL731BAL
2005 · W7BAL @ CHI610CHI
2001 · W1CHI @ BAL617BAL

Box score

Individual performances

Bears

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Caleb Williams25/3828501

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
D'Andre Swift11454.11
Caleb Williams3248.00
Kyle Monangai7243.40
DJ Moore231.50

Ravens

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Tyler Huntley17/2218610

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Derrick Henry21713.42
Tyler Huntley8536.60
Keaton Mitchell44310.80
Zay Flowers188.00
Justice Hill122.00

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 +2.53.8%6.8%7.5%3.1%4.8%3.1%2.8%

Positive margins favour Ravens; negative favour Bears.

Half-point at risk

7.52%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

57.8%

Expected total

45.9est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+0.96
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment+0.04
  • Rest differential+0.56
  • Expected margin+3.27