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2009 Week 17 · Sun, Jan 3, 2010 · Ford Field

Chicago BearsWinner

37

Detroit Lions

23

CHI -4 ✓O 44 ✓Dome

Chicago Bears 37–23.

Pre-2018 game — box score & context only; play-by-play visuals start in 2018

Who moved the needle

Top performers

Passing · CHI

Jay CutlerQB

22/36, 276 yds, 4 TD, 0 INT

13.5 expected points added · +2.5% completion over expected

Passing · DET

Daunte CulpepperQB

23/34, 262 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT

2.0 expected points added · +9.8% completion over expected

Rushing · CHI

Matt ForteRB

16 att, 101 yds, 0 TD

2.0 expected points added on the ground

Rushing · DET

Maurice MorrisRB

16 att, 65 yds, 0 TD

-3.6 expected points added on the ground

Receiving · CHI

Greg OlsenTE

5/8 for 94 yds, 1 TD

22% of team targets · 8.8 expected points added

Receiving · DET

Calvin JohnsonWR

6/10 for 86 yds, 1 TD

30% of team targets · 5.4 expected points added

Full stat lines

Box score

Chicago Bears

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINTSackedEPA
Jay Cutler22/3627640213.5

Rushing

PlayerAttYdsAvgTDEPA
Matt Forte161016.302.0
Kahlil Bell11444.000.5
Jay Cutler155.00-0.2

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTDTgt shareEPA
Greg Olsen5894122%8.8
Devin Hester3475011%5.9
Devin Aromashodu5846222%5.5
Earl Bennett3627017%-1.6
Matt Forte3723019%-2.9
Desmond Clark22716%0.8
Jason McKie11403%-0.1

Defense (top contributors)

PlayerSoloAstSacksINTPD
Lance Briggs1020.000
Josh Bullocks520.000
Tim Shaw610.000
Hunter Hillenmeyer410.000
Corey Graham320.000
Zack Bowman400.012
Alex Brown301.000
Nick Roach120.000
Anthony Adams210.000
Nathan Vasher110.000

Detroit Lions

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINTSackedEPA
Daunte Culpepper23/342622122.0

Rushing

PlayerAttYdsAvgTDEPA
Maurice Morris16654.10-3.6
Aaron Brown3217.001.1
Daunte Culpepper492.30-1.2
Calvin Johnson144.000.0
Kalvin Pearson111.00-2.8

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTDTgt shareEPA
Calvin Johnson61086130%5.4
Bryant Johnson4642118%1.7
Maurice Morris5641018%1.2
Jerome Felton223706%2.3
Will Heller233009%-3.2
Aaron Brown331909%-1.1
Dennis Northcutt13709%-0.7

Defense (top contributors)

PlayerSoloAstSacksINTPD
DeAndre Levy740.000
Ernie Sims430.000
Julian Peterson510.000
Cliff Avril231.000
Louis Delmas410.001
William James410.002
Marvin White310.001
Landon Cohen120.000
Dewayne White200.000
Andre Fluellen200.000

Closing number vs result

Betting context

Closing spread
CHI -4
Closing total
44
CHI moneyline
-215
DET moneyline
+189

Bears closed -4 and covered, winning by 14.

Total closed 44; the game landed 60 — over by 16.0.

Conditions and crew

Game environment

Venue
Ford Field
Roof / surface
dome · fieldturf
Kickoff weather
Indoors — weather neutralized
Referee
Jerome Boger
Rest
CHI 6 days · DET 7 days
Coaches
Lovie Smith vs Jim Schwartz

Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.