The Chicago Bears will battle the Seattle Seahawks on Monday Night Football, where Chicago is looking to improve to 6-2 in their second of three consecutive prime-time games.
The Bears are coming off a statement 30-24 win over the New England Patriots. It was ugly at times, where penalties were once again an issue, as well as some drops, the pass defense struggled, the defensive line struggled to take advantage of a banged-up Patriots offensive line, tight end Cole Kmet suffered a knee injury that was a brutal blow for the offense and Cairo Santos' single doink nearly cost them the game -- until he kicked them to victory. Now, with the addition of All-Pro defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons, there's more excitement for this Chicago defense.
Here’s
how the Bears and Seahawks stack up statistically ahead of Monday night's matchup.
Stats courtesy of Team Rankings, The Football Database, ESPN and PickWatch.
Scoring Offense
Bears: 25.7 PPG (8th)
Seahawks: 24.0 PPG (13th)
Passing Offense
Bears: 236.4 YPG (13th)
Seahawks: 229.6 YPG (16th)
Rushing Offense
Bears: 154.3 YPG (1st)
Seahawks: 113.7 YPG (17th)
Total Offense
Bears: 390.7 YPG (3rd)
Seahawks: 343.3 YPG (15th)
Penalties
Bears: 58.7 penalty YPG (14th)
Seahawks: 66.9 penalty YPG (23rd)
Sacks Allowed
Bears: 18 (T-22nd)
Seahawks: 16 (T-18th)
Turnover Margin
Bears: -1 (T-18th)
Seahawks: -1 (T-18th)
Scoring Defense
Bears: 20.4 PPG (9th)
Seahawks: 17.9 PPG (4th)
Passing Defense
Bears: 225.9 YPG (18th)
Seahawks: 144.4 YPG (1st)
Rushing Defense
Bears: 87.6 YPG (3rd)
Seahawks: 89.4 YPG (6th)
Total Defense
Bears: 313.4 YPG (8th)
Seahawks: 233.9 YPG (1st)
Sacks
Bears: 19 (T-7th)
Seahawks: 17 (T-12th)
This article originally appeared on Bears Wire: Statistical Breakdown: How Bears and Seahawks stack up before Week 8
