WEEK 16
BUFFALO BILLS (11-3) @ CHICAGO BEARS (3-11)
DATE: Saturday (12/24/22)
STADIUM: Soldier Field
TIME: 1:00 PM ET
REFEREE: Carl Cheffers
REGULAR-SEASON SERIES HISTORY
LEADER Bears lead all-time series, 8-5
STREAKS Bears have won 3 of past 4
LAST GAME 11/4/18: Bears 41 at Bills 9
LAST GAME AT SITE 9/7/14: Bills 23, Bears 20 (OT)
BUFFALO BILLS
LAST WEEK: W 32-29 vs. Miami
COACH VS. OPP. Sean McDermott: 0-1
PTS. FOR 27.5
OFFENSE 400.6
PASSING Josh Allen: 325-510-3,857-30-11-97.3
RUSHING Josh Allen (QB): 109-705-6.5-6
RECEIVING Stefon Diggs: 99-1,299-13.1-10
PTS. AGAINST 17.9
DEFENSE 325.4
SACKS Greg Rousseau: 7
INTs Jordan Poyer: 4
TAKE/GIVE +1 (22/21)
PUNTING (NET) Sam Martin: 47.7 (41.3)
KICKING Tyler Bass: 121 (40/41 PAT; 27/30 FG)
BILLS NOTES
• BUFFALO clinched postseason berth for 4th-consecutive season.
• QB JOSH ALLEN passed for 304 yards & 4 TDs vs. 0 INTs with 119.2 rating & rushed for 77 yards last week, his 3rd game this season with 4+ TD passes, tied with Patrick Mahomes for most in NFL. Aims for 4th in row with 0 INTs. Needs 143 pass yards for 3rd-straight season with 4,000+ pass yards. Ranks 3rd in NFL with 30 TD passes.
• RB DEVIN SINGLETARY had 70 scrimmage yards (42 rush, 28 rec.) last week. Has 50+ scrimmage yards in each of 7 road games this season.
• RB JAMES COOK (rookie) had 1st-career TD catch in Week 15.
• WR STEFON DIGGS aims for his 5th in row on road with 75+ rec. yards & 3rd in row with TD catch. Had 7 catches for 108 yards in his last game vs. Chi. (9/29/19 w/ Min.)
& has rec. TD in 3 of his past 4 vs. Chi. Aims for his 3rd in row at Chi. with 100+ rec.
yards. Ranks 3rd in NFL with 99 catches & 1,299 rec. yards & tied-3rd with 10 rec. TDs.
• TE DAWSON KNOX had 6 catches for season-high 98 yards & TD last week. Aims for 3rd in row with TD catch.
• S JORDAN POYER aims for 7th in row with 5+ tackles. Has TFL in 2 of past 3. Is 1 of 2 in NFL (Justin Simmons) with 4+ INTs in each of past 2 seasons.
• CB TRE’DAVIOUS WHITE led team with season-high 3 PD last week. Has PD in 2 of his past 3. Had INT in last meeting.
• LB TREMAINE EDMUNDS aims for 4th in row with 6+ tackles.
• LB MATT MILANO aims for 8th in row with 5+ tackles. Has TFL in 3 of his past 4 on road. Had 2 TFL in last meeting.
• DE SHAQ LAWSON had sack & 1st FF of season last week. Aims for 3rd in row with sack.
CHICAGO BEARS
LAST WEEK L 25-20 vs. Philadelphia
COACH VS. OPP. Matt Eberflus: 0-0
PTS. FOR 20.7
OFFENSE 323.9
PASSING Justin Fields: 170-274-2,048-15-10-88.0
RUSHING Justin Fields (QB): 143-1,000-7.0-8
RECEIVING Cole Kmet (TE): 39-433-11.1-5
PTS. AGAINST 25.6
DEFENSE 355.6
SACKS Jaquan Brisker (R): 3
INTs Kyler Gordon (R): 2
TAKE/GIVE -1 (18/19)
PUNTING (NET) Trenton Gill: 46.3 (39.8)
KICKING Cairo Santos: 78 (24/29 PAT; 18/20 FG)
BEARS NOTES
• QB JUSTIN FIELDS totaled 247 yards (152 pass, 95 rush) & 2 TDs vs. 0 INTs for 119.5 rating in Week 15. Leads all QBs with 1,000 rush yards in 2022 & is 3rd QB ever (Lamar Jackson & Michael Vick) with 1,000+ rush yards in single season. Has 2+ TD passes & 95+ rating in 3 of his past 4 at home. Has 50+ rush yards in 8 straight games & can tie Lamar Jackson (9 straight in 2019) for longest such streak ever by QB.
• RB DAVID MONTGOMERY had 91 scrimmage yards (53 rush, 38 rec.) & 2 TDs (1 rush, 1 rec.) in Week 15, his 1st-career game with both rush & rec. TD. Needs 24 scrimmage yards for 4th-straight 1,000-yard season since entering NFL in 2019. Aims for his 3rd in row at home with rush TD.
• TE COLE KMET led team with 4 receptions last week. Ranks 3rd among NFC TEs with career-high 5 rec. TDs in 2022.
• WR BYRON PRINGLE had 9th-career rec. TD last week & has TD catch in 2 of his past 3. Aims for his 3rd in row vs. Buf., incl. postseason, with TD catch.
• LB NICHOLAS MORROW led team with 11 tackles & had TFL last week. Has TFL in 6 of his past 7 & has career-high 10 TFL in 2022. Has career-high 95 tackles this season & has 5+ tackles in 4 of his past 5 games.
• CB KYLER GORDON (rookie) had 2nd INT of season & 1st-career FR last week.
• DB JAQUAN BRISKER has 5+ tackles in 10 of his past 11 games & ranks 2nd among rookie DBs with 78 tackles.
• DB DEANDRE HOUSTON-CARSON had 1st INT of season last week. Has TFL in 2 of his past 3. Aims for his 4th in row with 5+ tackles.
• DB JAYLON JOHNSON had season-high 3 PD last week.
