Game Preview - Week 17: New Orleans Saints at Chicago Bears

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Playoffs:	Wild-Card \| Divisional Playoffs \| Conference Championships \| Super Bowl

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Krueger's Rankings/Projections

New Orleans Saints
Rank	Player	Projections
QB 2	Drew Brees	Pass: 270, 3 Rush: 0, 0
RB 24	Pierre Thomas	Rush: 60, 0 Rec: 2-15, 0
RB 53	Aaron Stecker	Rush: 25, 0 Rec: 1-5, 0
WR 13	David Patten	Rec: 7-85, 1
WR 19	Marques Colston	Rec: 5-70, 1
WR 43	Devery Henderson	Rec: 3-50, 0
TE 26	Billy Miller	Rec: 2-20, 0

Chicago Bears
Rank	Player	Projections
QB 21	Kyle Orton	Pass: 200, 1 Rush: 0, 0
RB 18	Adrian Peterson	Rush: 85, 1 Rec: 2-10, 0
RB 33	Garrett Wolfe	Rush: 40, 1 Rec: 2-10, 0
WR 16	Bernard Berrian	Rec: 6-95, 1
WR 60	Muhsin Muhammad	Rec: 4-40, 0
TE 17	Desmond Clark	Rec: 2-20, 0
TE 24	Greg Olsen	Rec: 2-20, 0

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Past Results and Remaining Schedule

New Orleans Saints
Week	Date	Opp	H/A	Score	Dif
1	2007-09-06	IND	A	L 10-41	-31
2	2007-09-16	TB	A	L 14-31	-17
3	2007-09-24	TEN	H	L 14-31	-17
4		Bye
5	2007-10-07	CAR	H	L 13-16	-3
6	2007-10-14	SEA	A	W 28-17	+11
7	2007-10-21	ATL	H	W 22-16	+6
8	2007-10-28	SF	A	W 31-10	+21
9	2007-11-04	JAC	H	W 41-24	+17
10	2007-11-11	STL	H	L 29-37	-8
11	2007-11-18	HOU	A	L 10-23	-13
12	2007-11-25	CAR	A	W 31-6	+25
13	2007-12-02	TB	H	L 23-27	-4
14	2007-12-10	ATL	A	W 34-14	+20
15	2007-12-16	ARI	H	W 31-24	+7
16	2007-12-23	PHI	H	L 23-38	-15
17	2007-12-30	CHI	A	L 25-33	-8

Chicago Bears
Week	Date	Opp	H/A	Score	Dif
1	2007-09-09	SD	A	L 3-14	-11
2	2007-09-16	KC	H	W 20-10	+10
3	2007-09-23	DAL	H	L 10-34	-24
4	2007-09-30	DET	A	L 27-37	-10
5	2007-10-07	GB	A	W 27-20	+7
6	2007-10-14	MIN	H	L 31-34	-3
7	2007-10-21	PHI	A	W 19-16	+3
8	2007-10-28	DET	H	L 7-16	-9
9		Bye
10	2007-11-11	OAK	A	W 17-6	+11
11	2007-11-18	SEA	A	L 23-30	-7
12	2007-11-25	DEN	H	W 37-34	+3
13	2007-12-02	NYG	H	L 16-21	-5
14	2007-12-06	WAS	A	L 16-24	-8
15	2007-12-17	MIN	A	L 13-20	-7
16	2007-12-23	GB	H	W 35-7	+28
17	2007-12-30	NO	H	W 33-25	+8

Offense Stats Comparison

	NO Offense	CHI Offense	NFL Average
Points for	27.0	22.5	21.9
Rushing yards	94.0	89.3	111.5
Rushing yards per attempt	3.64	3.24	4.10
Completion %	70.5%	57.1%	60.3%
Passing yards	282.0	207.5	214.8
Passing yards per completion	10.24	9.82	10.51
Passing yards per attempt	7.22	5.60	6.33
Interceptions	0.5	0.5	1.1
Fumbles lost	0.8	0.3	0.7
Sacked	0.8	2.8	2.2

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 11 to 16 of the 2007 season after deducting the best and worst value from the data set. The exception is yards per rush attempt, completion %, yards per pass completion, yards per pass attempt and the NFL averages, which are each calculated based on totals through Weeks 11 to 16 with no adjustment.

Defense Stats Comparison

	NO Defense	CHI Defense	NFL Average
Points against	22.0	23.8	21.9
Rushing yards	105.3	125.5	111.5
Rushing yards per attempt	4.76	4.02	4.10
Completion %	63.5%	61.8%	60.3%
Passing yards	259.5	255.8	214.8
Passing yards per completion	11.07	12.15	10.51
Passing yards per attempt	7.03	7.51	6.33
INT return	0.8	1.3	1.1
Fumble recoveries	0.8	1.0	0.7
Sacks	2.3	1.8	2.2

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Team vs. Team History

New Orleans Saints vs. Chicago Bears
Season	Week	Date	Vis	Home	Score	Winner
2000	6	2000-10-08	NO	CHI	31-10	NO
2002	3	2002-09-22	NO	CHI	29-23	NO
2003	6	2003-10-12	CHI	NO	13-20	NO
2005	9	2005-11-06	CHI	NO	20-17	CHI
2006	CF	2007-01-21	NO	CHI	14-39	CHI

Note: Only playoff games from the 2004 to 2006 seasons are included in the team vs. team history. Playoff games from seasons prior to 2004 are not currently included in the database.

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