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Chicago Bears at Jacksonville Jaguars - Week 5
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Fantasy | Game Notes | Results & Schedule | Injury Report | Stat Comparisons | Weather | Team vs. Team History

ARI
STL		 3
 17
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PHI
PIT		 14
 16
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MIA
CIN		 17
 13
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GB
IND		 27
 30
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CLE
NYG		 27
 41
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BAL
KC		 9
 6
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ATL
WAS		 24
 17
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TEN
MIN		 7
 30
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CHI
JAC		 41
 3
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SEA
CAR		 16
 12
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DEN
NE		 21
 31
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BUF
SF		 3
 45
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SD
NO		 24
 31
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HOU
NYJ		 23
 17
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Playoffs: Wild-Card | Divisional Playoffs | Conference Championships | Super Bowl

Final Score Prediction

Bears 27, Jaguars 13

Fantasy Player Rankings and Projections by Mike Krueger
Chicago Bears
Rank  Player Projections
QB 20 Jay Cutler Pass: 240, 1 TD Rush: 10, 0
RB 6 Matt Forte Rush: 90, 1 TD Rec: 5-30, 0
RB 26 Michael Bush Rush: 40, 1 TD Rec: 1-10, 0
WR 9 Brandon Marshall Rec: 7-90, 1 TD
WR 51 Alshon Jeffery Rec: 2-30, 0 TD
WR 73 Devin Hester Rec: 2-20, 0 TD
TE 30 Kellen Davis Rec: 2-20, 0 TD
K 11 Robbie Gould FG: 2/2 XP: 3/3
DEF 1 Defense / ST  
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Jacksonville Jaguars
Rank  Player Projections
QB 28 Blaine Gabbert Pass: 190, 0 TD Rush: 10, 0
RB 8 Maurice Jones-Drew Rush: 90, 1 TD Rec: 3-20, 0
RB 55 Rashad Jennings Rush: 10, 0 TD Rec: 1-10, 0
WR 43 Justin Blackmon Rec: 5-60, 0 TD
WR 58 Cecil Shorts Rec: 2-30, 0 TD
TE 21 Marcedes Lewis Rec: 4-40, 0 TD
K 28 Josh Scobee FG: 2/2 XP: 1/1
DEF 20 Defense / ST  

Game Notes

Bears QB Jay Cutler completed 18 of 24 (75 pct.) for 275 yards with 2 TDs vs. 0 INTs for 140.1 rating last week. Incl. playoffs, when he has 100+ rating, his teams are 25-0. Is 5-1 in past 6 starts vs. AFC... RB Matt Forte is 1 of 2 players with 4,000+ rush (4,396) & 2,000+ rec. yards (2,071) since 2008 (RAY RICE)... In 2 career meetings, WR BRANDON MARSHALL (Brandon Marshall, Brandon Marshall) (Brandon Marshall, Brandon Marshall) has 16 catches for 231 yards (115.5 per game). Had 7 catches for 138 yards & TD last week. Since 2007, has 497 catches, 3rd most in NFL. WR-KR-PR Devin Hester had 34-yard rec. TD last week. Incl. playoffs, has 19 total return TDs (12 PR, 6 KR, 1 missed FG), tied with HOFer DEION SANDERS for most in NFL history... Bears lead NFL with 14 takeaways, 11 INTs & 3 INT-TDs. LB Lance Briggs (74 yards) & CB Charles Tillman (25) each had INT-TD last week. Tillman is only player in NFL with 25+ INTs (27) & 25+ FFs (27) since 2005. CB Tim Jennings has 5 INTs in past 5. S Major Wright has 3 INTs in past 2, incl. INT-TD. DE Julius Peppers has 7 sacks in past 8 vs. AFC.

Jaguars Club is 24-9 (.727) vs. NFC at home... QB Blaine Gabbert passed for 260 yards with 2 TDs vs. 0 INTs & 96.1 rating in only meeting vs. NFC (Min. on 9/9) in '12... In past 10 vs. NFC, RB Maurice Jones-Drew is averaging 102.4 rush yards per game (216 att., 1,024 yards). Since '09, leads NFL with 4,673 rush yards. Has 80+ rush yards in 5 of past 6 in Oct. Jones-Drew (291) needs 9 catches to join JIMMY SMITH (862) & KEENAN MC CARDELL (499) as only players with 300 rec. in club history... TE Marcedes Lewis had 2nd TD catch of season & 19th of career last week, most TD catches by TE in club history... Rookie WR Justin Blackmon had team-high 6 catches last week. WR Cecil Shorts has 4 catches for 147 yards (36.8 avg.) with 2 TDs (39 & 80 yards) in 4th Q this season... LB Kyle Bosworth had 1st career INT last week... In only meeting vs. Bears (w/ Jets on 12/26/10), S Dwight Lowery had 20-yard INT-TD... CB Rashean Mathis has 11 INTs vs. NFC... DT Tyson Alualu has 2 sacks in past 3 vs. NFC.


Results and Schedule
Chicago Bears
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2012-09-09 IND H W 41-21 +20
2 2012-09-13 GB A L 10-23 -13
3 2012-09-23 STL H W 23-6 +17
4 2012-10-01 DAL A W 34-18 +16
5 2012-10-07 JAC A W 41-3 +38
6   Bye      
7 2012-10-22 DET H    
8 2012-10-28 CAR H    
9 2012-11-04 TEN A    
10 2012-11-11 HOU H    
11 2012-11-19 SF A    
12 2012-11-25 MIN H    
13 2012-12-02 SEA H    
14 2012-12-09 MIN A    
15 2012-12-16 GB H    
16 2012-12-23 ARI A    
17 2012-12-30 DET A    
   
Jacksonville Jaguars
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2012-09-09 MIN A L 23-26 -3
2 2012-09-16 HOU H L 7-27 -20
3 2012-09-23 IND A W 22-17 +5
4 2012-09-30 CIN H L 10-27 -17
5 2012-10-07 CHI H L 3-41 -38
6   Bye      
7 2012-10-21 OAK A    
8 2012-10-28 GB A    
9 2012-11-04 DET H    
10 2012-11-08 IND H    
11 2012-11-18 HOU A    
12 2012-11-25 TEN H    
13 2012-12-02 BUF A    
14 2012-12-09 NYJ H    
15 2012-12-16 MIA A    
16 2012-12-23 NE H    
17 2012-12-30 TEN A    

Injury Report
Chicago Bears
Out  TE Evan Rodriguez (knee)
Questionable  WR Earl Bennett (hand)
Probable  RB Matt Forte (ankle)
 S Colin Jones (shoulder)
 DE Julius Peppers (ankle)
IR  RB Lorenzo Booker (head, 9/8)
 S Brandon Hardin (neck, 8/25)
PUP  WR Johnny Knox (back)
   
Jacksonville Jaguars
Out  WR Laurent Robinson (concussion)
 SLB Daryl Smith (groin)
IR  WR Taylor Price (foot, 8/27)
PUP  DE John Chick (knee)
 WLB Clint Session (concussion)

Offense Stats Comparison
  CHI
 Offense 		 JAC
 Offense 		 NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Points for 27.0 15.5 23.7 CHI
Rushing yards 101.0 108.0 109.9 JAC
Rushing yards per attempt 3.42 4.41 4.09 JAC
Completion % 57.3% 56.5% 62.2% CHI
Passing yards 206.5 146.3 243.5 CHI
Passing yards per completion 12.33 9.00 11.06 CHI
Passing yards per attempt 7.06 5.09 6.88 CHI
Interceptions 1.5 0.3 0.9 JAC
Fumbles lost 0.3 0.8 0.7 CHI
Sacks allowed 3.3 3.0 2.3 JAC
3rd down conversions 37.7% 29.4% 37.9% CHI
4th down conversions 66.7% 33.3% 60.9% CHI
Time of possession 32:01 27:42 30:18 CHI
  Defense Stats Comparison
  CHI
 Defense 		 JAC
 Defense 		 NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Points against 17.0 24.3 23.7 CHI
Rushing yards 67.3 150.3 109.9 CHI
Rushing yards per attempt 3.64 4.29 4.09 CHI
Completion % 62.7% 63.3% 62.2% CHI
Passing yards 249.5 254.5 243.5 CHI
Passing yards per completion 9.60 11.57 11.06 CHI
Passing yards per attempt 6.01 7.32 6.88 CHI
INT return 2.8 0.5 0.9 CHI
Fumble recoveries 0.8 0.5 0.7 CHI
Sacks 3.8 0.5 2.3 CHI
3rd down conversions 26.1% 38.6% 37.9% CHI
4th down conversions 80.0% 100.0% 60.9% CHI
Time of possession 27:59 33:31 30:18 CHI

Special Teams Stats Comparison
   CHI   JAC  NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Yards per punt return 11.1 6.0 10.6 CHI
Yards per kick return 24.1 23.2 24.7 CHI
Yards allowed per punt return 8.0 10.7 10.6 CHI
Yards allowed per kick return 20.8 27.1 24.7 CHI
  Misc Stats Comparison
   CHI   JAC  NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Penalties 6.3 5.3 6.5 JAC
Penalty yards 45.8 50.0 57.5 CHI

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 1 to 4 of the 2012 season with no adjustment. Once more weeks are played, these stats will tabulate the last 6 weeks results and deduct the best and worst value from the data set.

Weather

Team vs. Team History
Chicago Bears vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
 Season   Week   Date   Vis   Home   Score   Winner 
2001 17 2002-01-06 JAC CHI 13-33 CHI
2004 14 2004-12-12 CHI JAC 3-22 JAC
2008 14 2008-12-07 JAC CHI 10-23 CHI

Note: Only playoff games from the 2004 to 2010 seasons are included in the team vs. team history. Playoff games from seasons prior to 2004 are not currently included in the database.