2017 Week 8 · Sun, Oct 29, 2017 · Mercedes-Benz Superdome
Chicago Bears
12
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New Orleans SaintsWinner
20
NO -7.5 ✓U 46 ✓Dome
New Orleans Saints 20–12.
Pre-2018 game — box score & context only; play-by-play visuals start in 2018
Who moved the needle
Top performers
Passing · NO
23/28, 299 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT
6.1 expected points added · +12.2% completion over expected
Passing · CHI
14/32, 164 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT
-9.9 expected points added · -17.5% completion over expected
Full stat lines
Box score
Chicago Bears
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell Trubisky | 14/32 | 164 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -9.9 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Howard | 23 | 102 | 4.4 | 0 | -0.4 |
| Mitchell Trubisky | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 0 | 3.6 |
| Tarik Cohen | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 1 | -1.2 |
| Benny Cunningham | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | -0.9 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tre McBride | 3 | 5 | 92 | 0 | 16% | 4.5 |
| Kendall Wright | 2 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 25% | -6.3 |
| Jordan Howard | 3 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 16% | -1.4 |
| Dion Sims | 3 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 16% | 1.3 |
| Daniel Brown | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 3% | 0.2 |
| Tarik Cohen | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 9% | -1.3 |
| Benny Cunningham | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3% | -0.5 |
| Tanner Gentry | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3% | -0.5 |
| Adam Shaheen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3% | -1.1 |
| Zach Miller | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6% | -1.5 |
Defense (top contributors)
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Trevathan | 9 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Jones | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adrian Amos | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Fuller | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitch Unrein | 4 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Acho | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeAndre Houston-Carson | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Bullard | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Akiem Hicks | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leonard Floyd | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
New Orleans Saints
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 23/28 | 299 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6.1 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Ingram | 18 | 75 | 4.2 | 1 | -8.9 |
| Alvin Kamara | 8 | 28 | 3.5 | 1 | -0.2 |
| Drew Brees | 4 | -2 | -0.5 | 0 | -3.7 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Thomas | 7 | 8 | 77 | 0 | 30% | 4.9 |
| Ted Ginn | 2 | 4 | 68 | 0 | 15% | 1.7 |
| Brandon Coleman | 1 | 1 | 54 | 0 | 4% | 3.6 |
| Alvin Kamara | 3 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 11% | 2.9 |
| Josh Hill | 3 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 15% | 0.3 |
| Mark Ingram | 6 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 22% | -1.4 |
| Coby Fleener | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 4% | -0.9 |
Defense (top contributors)
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenny Vaccaro | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Craig Robertson | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vonn Bell | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Onyemata | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Manti Te'o | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| A.J. Klein | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alex Okafor | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cameron Jordan | 2 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Williams | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Crawley | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
Closing number vs result
Betting context
- Closing spread
- NO -7.5
- Closing total
- 46
- CHI moneyline
- +305
- NO moneyline
- -350
Saints closed -7.5 and covered, winning by 8.
Total closed 46; the game landed 32 — under by 14.0.
Conditions and crew
Game environment
- Venue
- Mercedes-Benz Superdome
- Roof / surface
- dome · sportturf
- Kickoff weather
- Indoors — weather neutralized
- Referee
- Carl Cheffers
- Rest
- CHI 7 days · NO 7 days
- Coaches
- John Fox vs Sean Payton