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Commanders Vs Bears

Last Season’s Week Eight Matchup Between The Bears And The Commanders Reshaped The Outcome NFC Standing More Than Any Other Game. Jayden Daniels Hail Mary Connection to Wide Receiver Noah Brown Demoralized Chicago, Delivered The First Of E10 Straight Losses For The Bears, Who Sat At 4-2 Before The game. Everything ChicagoBear Took A Plunge, the Defense Dropped From Top Five To Average, Head Coach Matt Eberflus’s Got Fired, and The Bear finished The Season 5-12. Jayden Daniels didn’t play tremendously, But He Delivered His First 300 Yard Game, and He Certainly outshone Caleb Williams. The Win Propelled The Commanders To The Playoff In Their First Season Under Dan Quinn, Where the DC Upset Both The Buccaneers and The Lions Before Losing To the Eagles In The NFC Championship In Daniel's First Season. Caleb Williams has a lot Of Ground To Make Up Compared To what Daniels achieved last Year, and the MVP Candidate Drake Maye Has Looked Like Through Six games this Season. The Bears Essentially Passed On Five Different Starting Quarterbacks, Including Trading Justin Fields To Select Caleb Number One. Williams Had The fewest question Marks and the strongest Highlight Reel Of All The Quarterbacks Who Entered The Draft Last season.n Now He’s The Most Overlooked Of The Bunch. He Turned In His Worst Game This Season In Terms Of EPA per Play (-0.081) Against The Raiders.

Caleb Williams and the Bears avenge last year's “Fail Mary.” This time, the Bears capitalize on a Jayden Daniels mistake and author their own game-winning drive. The Bears Force Three Commanders Turnovers Two On The First Pair Of Drives For The Commanders To Start The Game, An Interception Inside The Chicago 25. Daniels Had Deebo Samuel On A Crossing Pattern, But Got To That Read In The Progression Late, And Jaquan Brisker Picked Off The Pass. After A Bear’s Field Goal, the Commanders' First Play Of The Second Drive, outstanding Rookie Running back Jacory Croskey-Merritt Fumbled After A five-yard gain. The Bears' Offense Capitalized On Both Of These Turnovers, Ultimately Gaining a 13-0 Lead In The Second Quarter. The commanders Offense Issued A Response With an 8-play, 65 Yard Drive, Daniels Hot Chris Moore for A 22 Yard Touchdown. Daniels Suffered A Sack Fumble that Daniels Recovered One Plays Before The Touchdown Play. The Bears' Offense Produced 0.098 EPA Per Play and 6.4 Yards, but struggled To Sustain drives against the Commanders’ Defense That Held the Bears to 3/10 on Third Down. In Key spots, the Commanders' Defense Came Up With Stops, forcing turnovers on Downs And Punts In The Second Quarter To keep Chicago From Expanding Their Early 13-7 Lead as Jayden Daniels And The Commanders worked out The Issues On offense. The Offensive Turnaround Came In The Second Half, After The Commanders Got A Field Goal On The Offense's First Drive Of The Third. Daniels Shook Off His Early Troubles On The Second Drive. Daniels' 18 Yard Scramble Put Him in Position To Luke McCaffrey For a 33 Yard Catch and Run Touchdown. Excluding the sacks and The Fumbles, Daniels produced +0.336 Epa Per Pass Attempted. The Commanders Had Their Best Run On offense after halftime, Scoring On The First Three Drives out Of The break. Two Passing Touchdowns by Jayden Daniels, Multiple Big thirty-yard air Strikes, including a 37-yard Jaylin Lane To set Up A six six-yard touchdown to Zach Ertz. The Commanders Took A 24-16 Lead On a 17-3 Three Run with 11 Minutes Left In The Fourth Quarter. The Commanders Looked In Complete Control As The Bears struggled To Sustain Offensive Drives Despite Promising Field Position. Without Any Of Their Top options on The Outside, Stepping Up As a Player, the Bears needed Someone To Make a Play. Running back D’Andre Swift Has Underwhelmed As A Rusher, and the Bears have Started The Season With The 23rd-worst rushing offense In Football. The Commanders' Front Struggles Against The Run, 19th Worst In EPA Per Play Allowed On The Ground.

Swift, however, ranks eighth among running Backs In EPA per Target and on 3rd and Fourth. In The Fourth Swift Takes A Short Yard Pass From Williams, Runs 50 More Yards For A 55 Yard Touchdown, Which Cut The Commanders Lead To 24-22 After a Failed Two Point Conversion. The Commanders' offense had two opportunities to secure the game in the fourth quarter, but Jayden Daniels and the team fell short. A sack fumble on third and one near midfield put the Bears and Caleb Williams in a prime position to execute a game-winning drive. According to ESPN’s model, the Commanders lost 22.9% of their win probability on that play. Despite Caleb Williams' inefficiency, his third pass to rookie tight end Colston Loveland kept the Bears' final drive alive. D’Andre Swift contributed significantly with 35 yards on the ground, featuring explosive runs of 10 and 15 yards during a 9-play, 36-yard drive. Former 49ers Kicker Jake Moody Knocks In A 38 Yard Field Goal To Secure The Upset Win For Chicago. Not a Breakout Game For Caleb Williams Following His Promising Performance Against The 17/29 For 252 Passing Yards, One Touchdown. He Struggled Down Field, Just Two Completions Over 10 Air Yards, -8.5% Completion Percentage Over Expected, 77.1% Of His Yards Came after The catch, and Williams Took Three Sacks. D’Andre Swift 14 Carries For 108 yards On The Ground whiles Adding 67 Yards Receiving On Two Catches. Williams Added One Touchdown at The Goal Line.

The Bears Finished 1/3 In The Red Zone.

The Commanders Fall To 3-3- and Missed An Opportunity To Nod Their Record With Eagles. Jayden Daniels 19/26 211 Passing Yards, Touchdowns, One Interception, But His Late Fumble Cost The Commanders. Uncharacteristically “Sloppy” Game By Daniels And The Commanders Offense. The Bears' Defense Had A Plan For Daniels On The Ground and Another Plan To Handle the Crossing Route and Hitch Route The Commanders Use Most Frequently.

Bills Vs Falcons

Facing the 4-1 Bills on Monday Night Football, the Atlanta Falcons Offense Hoisted Three First Half Touchdowns Riding The Trails Of Running back Bijan Robinson To A 24-14 Upset Win Over The Buffalo Bills. The Falcons Came Out Their Week Five By Week Soaring, The Offense and Michael Penix Jr Shook Off

The Zero Point Lost To The

Panthers and Score 34 Points Against The Commanders. Bijan Robinson produced a Career Game On The Ground With 181 yards. I thought the Bye week Might Slow The Momentum Down, Facing One Of The League’s Best Teams And The Reigning MVP. Instead, the Falcons get Out Of The Gate With a Touchdown Drive of Five Plays, 69finished Off By A 21-yard Explosive Run By Power Back Tyler Allgeier. The Bills have Quietly Escaped games with Bad run Defense All Year, and Atlanta Decided To Punish The

Bills on Inside Where The Bills Allow +0.554 Per run To The Inside Middle. Buffalo’s Offense Responds With a Touchdown Drive Of Its Own. Josh Allen Connects On His First Pass Of The Game, A 45 Yard Completion To Josh Palmer To Get The Drive Going. Allen Caps off the six-play 73-yard Drive With A 19 Yard Pass To Tight End Dawson Knox That Settled The Atlanta Crowd. After The Two teams split two Punts, the Falcons Put Together a 9 Play Drive, showcasing their Explosive Play Ability. Michael Penix Connects With Drake London For 20 Yards, Followed By a Bijan Robinson That Set A Nine Yard Go Ahead Touchdown From Penix To London. London Catches The Ball Short Of The

Goal Line But His Second Effort Stretch Across Goal Line, but his second effort stretched across the goal line, giving the Falcons Back Their Lead. Penix Finished The Game 20/32 For 250 Yards Passing, Completing Six Passes Of Ten Air Yards or Better, One Touchdown, and A 97.1 Passer Rating. Drake London owns the Buffalo Secondary with 10 Catches For 158 Receiving Yards and one Touchdown. The Game Slowed Down For The Falcons' Offense In The Second Half, but Not Before Bijan Robinson Erupted For an 81 Yard Run, Breaking a Tackle In The Open Field and Streaking Down The Field For A Touchdown. The Falcons Rushed For 210 Yards Total, 170 Belong To Robinson, Who also Got active In The Past Game. Robinson Caught 6 Of 8 Targets For 68 Receiving Yards, 53 Yards After The Catch, All Adding Up To a Monstrous 238 Yards From Scrimmage. The Bills Slowed Robinson down on The Ground In The Fourth Quarter, But Before Robinson Generated +0.277 EPA Per Rush and +0.308 Per Catch On The Game. The Falcons' offense Set The Win Up, But The Defense Finished This Game Off and kept Josh Allen From Bringing The Bills Back In This Game. The Falcons' Pass Rush Pressured Allen 24 Times, Sacking Him Four Times On 35 Dropback, A 44% Pressure Rate. The Falcons' Defense Has the Highest Sack Percentage In The League, And The James Pearce Jr. draft Day Trade Looks Exceptional After The Falcons Faced Criticism Over Trading A Future Round Pick To Move Up In The Draft.

Playing from behind Forced Allen To Take Deep drop-backs and Hold The Ball On long Developing Routes. Allen Finished The Game With An Average Depth Of Target Of 11.8, But -0.43 EPA Per Passing Play, 15/26, 185 Passing, Two Touchdowns, 73.4 Passer Rating, Easily His Worse Game Of

The Season. The Falcons Demonstrated Through Explosive Plays That their Team Can Compete With any Offense In The League, But After halftime.

WHEN The Bills Adjusted The Falcons

Production slowed down. The Falcons Finished With 442 Total Yards Of Offense, but Penix Also Generated A -0.04 EPA per Play, and the Falcons Only Converted 43% Of Their Third Down. Fortunately, The Defense Held The Bills to 2-9 On Third Down, One Failed Fourth Down, and -0.241 EPA per play.

The Falcons haven’t Shown Enough Consistency To Prove They Can Compete With The Bucs In The NFC South. The Bills Drop Their Second Straight Game, and With the Loss, New England Takes Over The Number One Spot In The AFC East For The First Time in Four Years. Buffalo Will Certainly Bounce Back, But The Shroud Of Dominance That Buffalo Held Over The Division Since Tom Brady Left In 2019 Has Dissipated Earlier Than Even The Most Promising Projections.