Week 8 · Monday 20:15

CHICHI at SEASEA

Lumen Field · outdoors · fieldturf

CHI moneyline+145
SEA moneyline-175
SpreadSEA -3
Total46.5

Chicago Bears at Seattle Seahawks

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Chicago Bears at Seattle Seahawks on Monday night, November 2 at Lumen Field. Starting quarterbacks: Caleb Williams for the Bears and Sam Darnold for the Seahawks.

This is a pre-game analysis page. Every stat above the Final result comes from games played before this one (through Week 7), and Leo’s numbers were frozen before kickoff. Market numbers are the closing line. Nothing here is a wager. Calls are a public test, graded after every game.
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Leo ratings, head to head

Each rating is 0 to 100 against the league this season, built from efficiency rather than record: 50 is average, every 15 points is one standard deviation. They describe the teams; the “Why Leo has” section above says which of them push Leo’s number.

CHI This season SEA
55 QuarterbackEPA, accuracy, giveaways 54
56 Offenseefficiency, explosives, ball security 49
50 DefenseEPA allowed, pressure, takeaways 75
53 Overall 62
QB 53 · OFF 63 · DEF 48 Last season QB 62 · OFF 58 · DEF 69

The turnover battle

Interceptions thrown against interceptions caught, and the same for fumbles. Bold is the better side of each line.

CHI Per game, this season SEA
0.71Interceptions thrown1.14
0.57Interceptions caught1.14
0.86Fumbles lost0.71
0.86Fumbles forced0.43
1.43Takeaways1.57
1.57Giveaways1.86
-0.14Net turnover margin-0.29

Efficiency detail

The inputs behind the ratings above, shown raw so you can check the work.

CHI Offense SEA
+0.124EPA per dropback+0.091
+1.9Completion % over expected+2.8
2.0%Interception rate3.2%
5.7%Sack rate taken6.2%
-0.032Rush EPA per carry-0.133
6.5%Explosive play rate6.1%
CHI Defense SEA
+0.018EPA allowed per play-0.127
6.39Yards allowed per play4.52
4.7%Sack rate4.3%
1.4%Interception rate forced1.9%

Team comparison

Season totals on both sides of the ball. Left column is CHI, right is SEA.

CHI This season SEA
7Games7
254.9Pass yards/g246.6
154.3Rush yards/g113.7
7Passing TD12
5Interceptions thrown8
241.3Pass yards allowed/g158
87.6Rush yards allowed/g89.4
4Interceptions forced8
CHI Last season SEA
242.6Pass yards/g236.8
142.6Rush yards/g124.4
32Passing TD30
12Interceptions thrown15
244.6Pass yards allowed/g221.6
131.4Rush yards allowed/g93.2

This season

Starting quarterback, lead backs and top receivers, by actual usage this season, from games before this one only.

CHI 2026

Quarterback Leo QB55

PlayerGC/ATTComp%YardsY/GTD/INTY/A
Caleb Williams488/124 71%1020255 5 / 18.2

Running back

PlayerGCarYardsY/CTD
D'Andre Swift7116 4764.17
Kyle Monangai460 3245.43

Receivers

PlayerGRec/TgtCatch%YardsY/GTD
Luther Burden III WR17 35/4774.5%491 70.12
Rome Odunze WR27 24/3863.2%381 54.40
Colston Loveland TE7 26/4261.9%244 34.92
SEA 2026

Quarterback Leo QB54

PlayerGC/ATTComp%YardsY/GTD/INTY/A
Sam Darnold6110/177 62.1%1290215 8 / 87.3

Running back

PlayerGCarYardsY/CTD
Emanuel Wilson7111 4033.63
George Holani736 10831

Receivers

PlayerGRec/TgtCatch%YardsY/GTD
Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR17 58/7874.4%867 123.98
Rashid Shaheed WR27 16/3053.3%163 23.30
AJ Barner TE7 19/2965.5%180 25.70

Last season

The same players' full prior season, for a baseline the early-season sample cannot give you.

CHI 2025

Quarterback Leo QB53

PlayerGC/ATTComp%YardsY/GTD/INTY/A
Caleb Williams19377/658 57.3%4560240 31 / 126.9

Running back

PlayerGCarYardsY/CTD
D'Andre Swift18255 12174.810
Kyle Monangai19190 8464.55

Receivers

PlayerGRec/TgtCatch%YardsY/GTD
Rome Odunze WR114 48/10247.1%749 53.56
DJ Moore WR219 61/10061%798 428
Colston Loveland TE18 70/10765.4%906 50.36
SEA 2025

Quarterback Leo QB62

PlayerGC/ATTComp%YardsY/GTD/INTY/A
Sam Darnold20379/568 66.7%4720236 30 / 148.3

Running back

PlayerGCarYardsY/CTD
Kenneth Walker III20286 13404.79
Zach Charbonnet17189 750412

Receivers

PlayerGRec/TgtCatch%YardsY/GTD
Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR120 136/18972%1992 99.612
Cooper Kupp WR219 62/9366.7%750 39.53
AJ Barner TE20 58/7577.3%586 29.37

Touchdown leaders

Top three scrimmage touchdown scorers on each side this season, rushing and receiving.

CHI 2026
  1. D'Andre Swift RB 7 7 rush · 0 rec
  2. Kyle Monangai RB 3 3 rush · 0 rec
  3. Caleb Williams QB 2 2 rush · 0 rec
SEA 2026
  1. Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR 8 0 rush · 8 rec
  2. Emanuel Wilson RB 4 3 rush · 1 rec
  3. Eric Saubert TE 1 0 rush · 1 rec

Player and team statistics from the open nflverse dataset. Roles assigned by actual usage (most attempts, carries and targets), not depth chart.

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