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Chicago Bears at Tennessee Titans - Week 9
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Fantasy | Game Notes | Results & Schedule | Injury Report | Stat Comparisons | Weather | Team vs. Team History

KC
SD		 13
 31
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ARI
GB		 17
 31
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MIA
IND		 20
 23
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DET
JAC		 31
 14
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DEN
CIN		 31
 23
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CHI
TEN		 51
 20
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CAR
WAS		 21
 13
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BUF
HOU		 9
 21
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BAL
CLE		 25
 15
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MIN
SEA		 20
 30
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TB
OAK		 42
 32
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PIT
NYG		 24
 20
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DAL
ATL		 13
 19
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PHI
NO		 13
 28
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Playoffs: Wild-Card | Divisional Playoffs | Conference Championships | Super Bowl

Final Score Prediction

Bears 27, Titans 13

Fantasy Player Rankings and Projections by Mike Krueger
Chicago Bears
Rank  Player Projections
QB 12 Jay Cutler Pass: 250, 2 TD Rush: 0, 0
RB 2 Matt Forte Rush: 100, 1 TD Rec: 7-40, 0
RB 34 Michael Bush Rush: 20, 0 TD Rec: 1-10, 0
WR 1 Brandon Marshall Rec: 8-100, 1 TD
WR 49 Earl Bennett Rec: 3-40, 0 TD
WR 59 Devin Hester Rec: 2-30, 0 TD
TE 24 Kellen Davis Rec: 3-30, 0 TD
K 10 Robbie Gould FG: 2/2 XP: 3/3
DEF 1 Defense / ST  
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Tennessee Titans
Rank  Player Projections
QB 22 Matt Hasselbeck Pass: 230, 1 TD Rush: 0, 0
RB 23 Chris Johnson Rush: 60, 0 TD Rec: 3-20, 0
RB 50 Jamie Harper Rush: 20, 0 TD Rec: 0-0, 0
WR 32 Nate Washington Rec: 4-60, 1 TD
WR 39 Kenny Britt Rec: 4-60, 0 TD
WR 52 Kendall Wright Rec: 3-40, 0 TD
TE 13 Jared Cook Rec: 4-50, 0 TD
K 13 Rob Bironas FG: 2/2 XP: 1/1
DEF 23 Defense / ST  

Game Notes

Bears In only career meeting (11/19/07 with Den.), QB Jay Cutler passed for 200 yards & 2 TDs for 137 rating. Incl. playoffs, when he has 100+ rating, his teams are 25-0... RB Matt Forte had 126 scrim. yards (72 rush, 54 rec.) & TD catch in last meeting... In past 4, WR Brandon Marshall has 34 catches for 461 yards (115.3 per game) & 3 TDs. Since 2007, has 524 catches, 3rd most in NFL. Incl. playoffs, WR-KR-PR Devin Hester has 19 total return TDs (12 PR, 6 KR, 1 missed FG), tied with HOFer DEION SANDERS for most in history... Defense has 6 INT-TDs, most of any team in NFL history through 7 games. LB Lance Briggs & CB Charles Tillman are 1st teammates to each have INT-TD in consecutive games (Weeks 4 & 5). Tillman (7) & Briggs (5) have most INT-TDs in team history. CB Tim Jennings has 7 INTs in past 8 & had 1st career INT-TD vs. Car. DE Julius Peppers had 2 sacks & FF last week. S Major Wright has 3 INTs, INT-TD & FF in past 5.

Titans Have won 10 past 12 at home vs. NFC... In past 3 starts vs. Bears (incl. postseason), QB Matt Hasselbeck has passed for 837 yards with 6 TDs vs.0 INTs & 96.2 rating. In past 2, Hasselbeck has 2 TDs vs. 0 INTs & 101.6 passer rating... For career, RB Chris Johnson averages 93.3 rush yards per game vs. NFC (1,679 rush yards in 18 games). Since Week 6, Johnson leads NFL with 385 rush yards. Has 4 career rush TDs of 80+ yards, most in NFL history. Has 30 career 100-yard rush games & Titans are 22-8 (.733) in such games. Since '08, Johnson leads NFL with 6,240 rush yards... WR Nate Washington has 100+ rec. yards in 2 of past 3 vs. NFC (130, 112). Washington (295) needs 5 catches to reach 300 career. Has at least 1 reception in 70 consecutive games. WR Kendall Wright leads NFL rookies in rec. (40). Recorded 3rd TD catch of career last week... CB Jason McCourty has INT in 2 of past 3... S Michael Griffin posted 1st INT of season & 18th of career last week... Last week, K Rob Bironas (201) joined AL DEL GRECO (246) as only players in franchise history to make 200+ FGs.


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 W 13-7 +6
8 2012-10-28 CAR H W 23-22 +1
9 2012-11-04 TEN A W 51-20 +31
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    
   
Tennessee Titans
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2012-09-09 NE H L 13-34 -21
2 2012-09-16 SD A L 10-38 -28
3 2012-09-23 DET H W 44-41 +3
4 2012-09-30 HOU A L 14-38 -24
5 2012-10-07 MIN A L 7-30 -23
6 2012-10-11 PIT H W 26-23 +3
7 2012-10-21 BUF A W 35-34 +1
8 2012-10-28 IND H L 13-19 -6
9 2012-11-04 CHI H L 20-51 -31
10 2012-11-11 MIA A    
11   Bye      
12 2012-11-25 JAC A    
13 2012-12-02 HOU H    
14 2012-12-09 IND A    
15 2012-12-17 NYJ H    
16 2012-12-23 GB A    
17 2012-12-30 JAC H    

Injury Report
Chicago Bears
Out  WR Alshon Jeffery (hand)
Probable  OLB Lance Briggs (toe)
 TE Matt Spaeth (ankle)
IR  RB Lorenzo Booker (head, 9/8)
 S Brandon Hardin (neck, 8/25)
PUP  WR Johnny Knox (back)
   
Tennessee Titans
Out  QB Jake Locker (shoulder)
Questionable  CB Tommie Campbell (ankle)
 WLB Will Witherspoon (hamstring)
Probable  WR Kenny Britt (knee)
 FS Michael Griffin (hip)
 MLB Colin McCarthy (ankle)
 WR Nate Washington (knee)
 DE Kamerion Wimbley (toe)
IR  DE Dave Ball (concussion, 8/31)
 DE Keyunta Dawson (hamstring, 9/26)
 MLB Zac Diles (leg, 10/24)
 DT Leger Douzable (shoulder, 8/31)
 WR Marc Mariani (leg, 8/27)
 SLB Gerald McRath (knee, 8/23)
 RB Javon Ringer (knee, 10/26)
PUP  FS Markelle Martin (knee)

Offense Stats Comparison
  CHI
 Offense 		 TEN
 Offense 		 NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Points for 26.7 22.0 22.3 CHI
Rushing yards 122.3 105.8 114.4 CHI
Rushing yards per attempt 4.52 4.77 4.25 TEN
Completion % 61.0% 64.6% 61.5% TEN
Passing yards 189.7 225.0 239.6 TEN
Passing yards per completion 10.44 10.03 10.84 CHI
Passing yards per attempt 6.37 6.48 6.67 TEN
Interceptions 0.7 0.5 0.9 TEN
Fumbles lost 0.3 0.5 0.7 CHI
Sacks allowed 3.0 2.3 2.3 TEN
3rd down conversions 42.6% 47.1% 38.7% TEN
4th down conversions 100.0% 75.0% 55.2% CHI
Time of possession 32:54 28:59 29:58 CHI
  Defense Stats Comparison
  CHI
 Defense 		 TEN
 Defense 		 NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Points against 10.3 31.3 22.3 CHI
Rushing yards 72.7 143.3 114.4 CHI
Rushing yards per attempt 3.71 4.52 4.25 CHI
Completion % 59.7% 71.4% 61.5% CHI
Passing yards 222.3 279.0 239.6 CHI
Passing yards per completion 9.41 10.67 10.84 CHI
Passing yards per attempt 5.62 7.62 6.67 CHI
INT return 2.0 0.8 0.9 CHI
Fumble recoveries 0.3 0.3 0.7 -
Sacks 2.7 1.0 2.3 CHI
3rd down conversions 39.1% 42.1% 38.7% CHI
4th down conversions 60.0% 50.0% 55.2% TEN
Time of possession 26:46 32:35 29:58 CHI

Special Teams Stats Comparison
   CHI   TEN  NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Yards per punt return 6.1 13.5 8.3 TEN
Yards per kick return 14.6 27.1 24.5 TEN
Yards allowed per punt return 3.4 5.7 8.3 CHI
Yards allowed per kick return 22.6 29.1 24.5 CHI
  Misc Stats Comparison
   CHI   TEN  NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Penalties 6.7 6.5 6.3 TEN
Penalty yards 44.7 53.8 53.6 CHI

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 3 to 8 of the 2012 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, 3rd and 4th down conversions, special teams and the NFL averages, which are each calculated based on totals through Weeks 3 to 8 with no adjustment.

Weather

Team vs. Team History
Chicago Bears vs. Tennessee Titans
 Season   Week   Date   Vis   Home   Score   Winner 
2004 10 2004-11-14 CHI TEN 19-17 CHI
2008 10 2008-11-09 TEN CHI 21-14 TEN

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.