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Detroit Lions @ Chicago Bears Built from free public data (nflverse schedules + Pro-Football-Reference season stats) · not paid data

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DETROIT LIONS
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CHICAGO BEARS
100 0 100 80 69 VERDICT GRIDEDGE™ SCORES
CHI's offense (5th in rushing) draws DET's #20 rush defense. DET rates the 11-point edge.
Using 2026 season-end stats until 2026 has enough games played.

Rushing Matchup

Offense (Yds/Att) vs. Defense (Yds/Att Allowed)
Off
DET #10  |  CHI #26
Def
Def
DET #20  |  CHI #5
Off

Passing Matchup

Offense (Net Yds/Att) vs. Defense (Net Yds/Att Allowed)
Off
DET #6  |  CHI #28
Def
Def
DET #24  |  CHI #15
Off

O-Line Proxy (Free-Data)

O-Line Score (Rush Y/A + Net Pass Y/A rank blend)
DET 78  |  CHI 72

Last 3 Meetings

2026-01-04
DET 19–CHI 16
2025-09-14
CHI 21–DET 52
2024-12-22
DET 34–CHI 17
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Data sources: team schedules, results & closing spreads from the nflverse nfldata project; season splits and league ranks from Pro-Football-Reference — all free, no paid odds API required.
O-Line Score is a proxy: it blends each team's league rank in Rush Yds/Att and Net Pass Yds/Att, rescaled to 0–100. Offense Edge blends each team's rush + pass ranks against the opponent's matching defensive ranks into one 0–100 favorability score, where 50 is neutral.