{"id":462858,"date":"2025-12-21T20:17:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T20:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/462858\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T20:17:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T20:17:15","slug":"bears-vs-packers-inside-the-snap-counts-stats-and-did-that-really-happen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/462858\/","title":{"rendered":"Bears vs Packers: Inside the Snap Counts, Stats, and did that really happen?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Chicago Bears did it again. For the sixth time this season, they battled back to win a game, this time coming from 10 down with less than five minutes to play against the Green Bay Packers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">In three minutes and four seconds, they went on an 11-play 43-yard drive that ended in a field goal, cutting the lead to 16-9 with 1:59 left on the clock.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">At this point, the Packers had a 99.5% probability of winning the game, according to Next Gen Stats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">But Chicago recovered the onside kick, which allowed them to march 53 yards in 8 plays in just 1:35 for the touchdown and extra point to tie it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">In overtime, the Packers fumbled the ball and failed on a fourth-and-one, and then the Bears went 64 yards in 4 plays to walk off with a win and a game-and-a-half lead in the NFC North.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">It wasn\u2019t the prettiest of games for the Bears, as they had 10 penalties for 105 yards, to just 4 for 40 for Green Bay, but the never-say-die Bears found a way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Chicago had more total yards (400 to 384), but Green Bay had more first downs (24 to 20) and the time of posession edge (38:57 to 26:13). The Packers also were better on third downs, going 6-12 (50%) to 2-11 (18.2%) for the Bears, but the Bears were 2-3 on fourth downs to the Packers 1-2.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><strong>Let\u2019s look at the Bears\u2019 playing time breakdowns and a few individual stats from the game.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"_1eezmj01\" href=\"https:\/\/platform.windycitygridiron.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/180\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-21-at-10.00.47%E2%80%AFAM.png?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" data-pswp-height=\"818\" data-pswp-width=\"812\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img alt=\"\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"w91vxg0\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'\/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'\/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'\/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'\/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3C\/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mN8+R8AAtcB6oaHtZcAAAAASUVORK5CYII='\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;)\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-21-at-10.00.47\u202fAM.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Caleb Williams was only 5 of 9 for 65 yards in the first half as the Packers nearly doubled Chicago\u2019s time of possession (19:57 to 10:03) and plays (39 to 20). But the Iceman came through in the end with his sixth comeback win this season, going 11 of 21 for 143 yards in the fourth quarter and OT.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">DJ Moore caught the game-winner, but let\u2019s not overlook the Williams to Jahdae Walker touchdown on a fourth and 4 with just 24 seconds left in regulation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Caleb also wasn\u2019t sacked, and he didn\u2019t turn the ball over.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"_1eezmj01\" href=\"https:\/\/platform.windycitygridiron.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/180\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-21-at-2.09.59%E2%80%AFAM.png?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" data-pswp-height=\"966\" data-pswp-width=\"844\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img alt=\"\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"w91vxg0\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'\/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'\/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'\/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'\/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3C\/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mN8+R8AAtcB6oaHtZcAAAAASUVORK5CYII='\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;)\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-21-at-2.09.59\u202fAM.png\"\/><\/a><a class=\"_1eezmj01\" href=\"https:\/\/platform.windycitygridiron.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/180\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-21-at-10.00.30%E2%80%AFAM.png?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" data-pswp-height=\"694\" data-pswp-width=\"806\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img alt=\"\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"w91vxg0\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'\/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'\/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'\/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'\/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3C\/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mN8+R8AAtcB6oaHtZcAAAAASUVORK5CYII='\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;)\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-21-at-10.00.30\u202fAM.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">T.J. Edwards led the Bears with 10 tackles, and he had a half-sack.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Austin Booker had the other half sack to go along with 7 tackles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Montez Sweat had 5 tackles, a tackle for loss, and a sack.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Kevin Byard had 9 tackles, and Jaquan Brisker had 8.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Grady Jarrett had 7 tackles, a QB hit, and a pass defended.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Nahshon Wright had 8 tackles and a forced fumble.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Tremaine Edmunds had 6 tackles and a fumble recovery.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"_1eezmj01\" href=\"https:\/\/platform.windycitygridiron.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/180\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-21-at-10.00.15%E2%80%AFAM.png?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" data-pswp-height=\"876\" data-pswp-width=\"816\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img alt=\"\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"w91vxg0\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'\/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'\/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'\/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'\/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3C\/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mN8+R8AAtcB6oaHtZcAAAAASUVORK5CYII='\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;)\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-21-at-10.00.15\u202fAM.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>*The above image has players who only played in the third phase.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Cairo Santos hit all 3 field goals and his only extra point.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Tory Taylor punted 3 times for a 41.7 average and 2 punts inside the twenty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Devin Duvernay had a 35-yard kickoff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Josh Blackwell recovered Santos\u2019 onside kick and had 69 yards on 3 kickoffs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><strong>To check out the complete Bears vs. Packers box score, I find <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/boxscore\/_\/gameId\/401772613\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>ESPN\u2019<\/strong><\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/boxscore\/_\/gameId\/401772613\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">s site<\/a> is easy to navigate.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">All statistics and snap counts, as well as the accompanying pictures, are taken directly from the NFL\u2019s Game Statistic and Information System.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Chicago Bears did it again. For the sixth time this season, they battled back to win a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":462859,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,193211,138061,194371,37272,43642,5386,1818,210995],"class_list":{"0":"post-462858","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-chicago","9":"tag-chicago-bears-analysis","10":"tag-chicago-bears-game-information","11":"tag-chicago-bears-scores-and-results","12":"tag-chicago-bears-news","13":"tag-chicago-bears-roster","14":"tag-il","15":"tag-illinois","16":"tag-inside-the-numbers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115759406105099787","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}