WEEK 4
CHICAGO BEARS (2-1) @ NEW YORK GIANTS (2-1)
DATE: Sunday (10/2/22)
STADIUM: MetLife Stadium
TIME: 1:00 PM ET
REFEREE: Carl Cheffers
REGULAR-SEASON SERIES HISTORY
LEADER Bears lead all-time series, 31-21-2
STREAKS Bears have won past 3
LAST GAME 1/2/22: Giants 3 at Bears 29
LAST GAME AT SITE 12/2/18: Giants 30, Bears 27 (OT)
CHICAGO BEARS
LAST WEEK W 23-20 vs. Houston
COACH VS. OPP. Matt Eberflus: 0-0
PTS. FOR 17.3
OFFENSE 265.0
PASSING Justin Fields: 23-45-297-2-4-50.0
RUSHING Khalil Herbert: 33-240-7.3-3
RECEIVING Equanimeous St. Brown: 4-77-19.3-1
PTS. AGAINST 19.0
DEFENSE 358.0
SACKS Trevis Gipson: 2
INTs Eddie Jackson: 2
TAKE/GIVE +1 (5/4)
PUNTING (NET) Trenton Gill (R): 46.9 (40.2)
KICKING Cairo Santos: 16 (4/6 PAT; 4/4 FG)
BEARS NOTES
• QB JUSTIN FIELDS had season-high 47 rush yards last week & has 20+ rush yards in 10 consecutive starts, longest active streak by QB. Has 220+ pass yards & 45+ rush yards in 2 of his past 3 road starts.
• RB DAVID MONTGOMERY has 1,155 scrimmage yards (105 per game) & 6 TDs (5 rush, 1 rec.) in his past 11 on road & aims for his 12th in row on road with 50+ scrimmage yards. Had 2 rush TDs in last meeting & aims for his 3rd in row vs. NYG with TD.
• RB KHALIL HERBERT had career-high 169 scrimmage yards (career-high 157 rush, 12 rec.) & 1st career 2 rush TD game in Week 3. Has 70+ rush yards in each of his 5 career games with 15+ rush atts.
• WR DARNELL MOONEY had 7 catches for 69 yards & rec. TD in last meeting. Has 5+ catches & 50+ rec. yards in 2 of his past 3 on road.
• TE COLE KMET has 45+ rec. yards in 2 of his past 3 on road.
• LB ROBERT QUINN had sack & FF in last meeting & aims for his 3rd in row vs. NYG with sack & FF. Has 6.5 sacks & 6 TFL in his past 6 on road & aims for his 7th in row on road with 0.5+ sacks. Is 1 of 2 active players (Chandler Jones) with 100+ sacks (102) & 30+ FFs (31).
• LB ROQUAN SMITH led team with 16 tackles & had 6th-career INT last week, 1st player with 15+ tackles & INT in single game since 2018 (Lorenzo Alexander). Had 9 tackles & 2 TFL in last meeting & aims for his 4th in row vs. NYG with TFL. Ranks tied-1st in NFL with 36 tackles in 2022.
• DB EDDIE JACKSON had 12th-career INT & 9th-career FF last week. Had 8 tackles & TFL in last meeting.
NEW YORK GIANTS
LAST WEEK L 23-16 vs. Dallas (Mon.)
COACH VS. OPP. Brian Daboll: 0-0
PTS. FOR 18.7
OFFENSE 331.7
PASSING Daniel Jones: 59-92-560-3-2-82.7
RUSHING Saquon Barkley: 53-317-6.0-2
RECEIVING Richie James: 14-146-10.4-0
PTS. AGAINST 19.7
DEFENSE 341.7
SACKS Tomon Fox (R), Julian Love, Oshane Ximines: 1
INTs —
TAKE/GIVE 0 (3/3)
PUNTING (NET) Jamie Gillan: 49.8 (40.7)
KICKING Graham Gano: 24 (3/3 PAT; 7/8 FG)
GIANTS NOTES
• QB DANIEL JONES had 275 total yards (196 pass, 79 rush) in Week 3, his 3rd-career game with 75+ rush yards. Since 2019, ranks 5th among QBs with 1,125 rush yards. Has TD pass vs. 0 INTs in 4 of his past 5 home starts.
• RB SAQUON BARKLEY had 126 scrimmage yards (81 rush, 45 rec.) & 2nd rush TD of season in Week 3. Leads NFL with 408 scrimmage yards (136 per game) & is 1 of 2 (Nick Chubb) with 80+ scrimmage yards in each of 1st 3 weeks. Has 50+ scrimmage yards in 5 of his past 6 at home. Had 102 rush yards in last meeting. Had 146 scrimmage yards (125 rush, 21 rec.) in last home meeting.
• WR RICHIE JAMES aims for his 4th in row in 2022 with 4+ catches.
• WR KENNY GOLLADAY has rec. TD in 2 of his past 3 vs. Chi.
• DE KAYVON THIBODEAUX (rookie) had PD in NFL debut last week.
• DL LEONARD WILLIAMS had 8 tackles in last meeting.
• LB TAE CROWDER had 5 tackles in Week 3 & had 5+ tackles in 8 of his past 9 at home. Had 6 tackles & INT in last meeting.
• LB JIHAD WARD had 6 tackles & 4th-career PD in Week 3.
• LB AZEEZ OJULARI has 5 sacks in 9 career home games.
• S JULIAN LOVE led team with career-high 14 tackles last week, his 3rd-career game with 10+ tackles & tied-2nd most by DB in single game in 2022. Aims for his 3rd in row with 7+ tackles.
• S XAVIER MCKINNEY had TFL & PD in Week 3. Aims for his 3rd in row with PD & 7th in row with 5+ tackles. Had PD in last meeting.
• CB ADOREE’ JACKSON had 7 tackles last week. Has PD in 5 of his past 6 at home.
