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Week 9

Weekly
Grade
Chicago Bears
5-4 146.98
153.5
 
VS
proj
Cleveland Browns
116.8 4-5
121.96

Chicago Bears beat Cleveland Browns for fourth straight win, 146.98-116.80

Chicago Bears extended their win streak to four games with a hard-fought win over Cleveland Browns, securing a 146.98-116.80 victory. Cleveland Browns grabbed a 30.90-point lead on Thursday behind outstanding showings from Dameon Pierce (13.9 points) and James Bradberry (11). But Chicago Bears held the lead the rest of the way, powered by Cole Kmet, who caught 5 passes for 41 yards and 2 touchdowns for 22 points, and Garrett Wilson, who caught 8 passes for 92 yards (17.9 points). Chicago Bears (5-4) will look to rack up another win against Kansas City Chiefs, while Cleveland Browns (4-5) will try to get back in the win column against Las Vegas Raiders.

Matchup Timeline

  Chicago Bears   Cleveland Browns

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Kmet overachieved for the fifth time this season, scoring 22 points against his 5.41-point projection. During a 35-32 loss to the Dolphins, he caught 5 passes for 41 yards and 2 touchdowns. Kmet will face the Lions next week.
Cole Kmet

Top Player Comparison

Chicago Bears
Points
% of total points 146.98
1
Cole Kmet
TE
22
5.41
15%
2
Garrett Wilson
WR
17.9
11.73
12.2%
3
Darnell Mooney
WR
17.5
10.27
11.9%
4
Jared Goff
QB
16.38
21.39
11.1%
Cleveland Browns
Points
% of total points 116.8
1
Dameon Pierce
RB
13.9
15.25
11.9%
2
Dalvin Cook
RB
13.6
17.16
11.6%
3
Denico Autry
DE
13
5.25
11.1%
4
C.J. Mosley
LB
12.5
8.94
10.7%

Points By Position

  Chicago Bears   Cleveland Browns

What If

Chicago Bears would have beaten six other teams besides Cleveland Browns this week.
Cleveland Browns would have lost to 16 other teams besides Chicago Bears this week.
If Chicago Bears played Cleveland Browns every week this season, they'd be 5-4.
Last week, Chicago Bears would have defeated Cleveland Browns 217.4-154.82.
Chicago Bears would be 3-5 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Cleveland Browns.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Chicago Bears, Cleveland Browns would be 3-5.
If Chicago Bears had played every team in the league each week, they would be 65-106.
If they played every team every week, Cleveland Browns would be 57-114.

Coach Talk

Chicago Bears
Listen Chicago Bears, we're "glass half full" kind of coaches. While others may harp on the fact that our scoring's declined a bit recently, we'll choose to spin this in a positive direction. Averaging 172.08 points through Week 8, our crew has definitely proven that it's even better than the 146.98 we needed for this past week's win!
Cleveland Browns
It's entirely possible that Cleveland Browns would be a better GM in the NFL than in fantasy football. With just two total targets in Week 9, their three wide receivers apparently made the bulk of their contributions by blocking downfield and running decoy routes.