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Alyssa Barbieri

Statistical Breakdown: How the Bears and Broncos stack up before Week 4 game

The Chicago Bears will face the Denver Broncos on Sunday, where Chicago is looking to rebound following an embarrassing loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 3.

Chicago is coming off a 41-10 blowout loss to Kansas City, in a game that wasn’t as close as the final score indicated. The offense continued to struggle, the defense couldn’t do anything against Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs and the coaches didn’t have their team prepared for a third straight game.

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The good news? The Bears will face a winless Broncos team that lost by 50 points last week.

Here’s how the Bears and Broncos stack up statistically ahead of Sunday’s matchup:

Stats courtesy of Team Rankings, The Football Database and Stat Muse

Scoring Offense

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Bears: 27th, 15.7 PPG

Broncos: 15th, 23.0 PPG

Passing Offense

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Bears: 31st, 148.3 passing YPG

Broncos: 8th, 245.7 passing YPG

Rushing Offense

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Bears: 17th, 101.7 rushing YPG

Broncos: 20th, 95.0 rushing YPG

Total Offense

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Bears: 29th, 250.0 total YPG

Broncos: 15th, 340.7 total YPG

First Downs

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Bears: 26th, 47 first downs

Broncos: 17th, 59 first downs

Penalties

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Bears: 9th, 40.3 penalty YPG

Broncos: 25th, 62.3 penalty YPG

Sacks Allowed

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Bears: T-30th, 13 sacks allowed this season

Broncos: 24th, 10 sacks allowed this season

Turnover Margin

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Bears: T-27th, -4 TO margin

Broncos: T-27th, -4 TO margin

Scoring Defense

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Bears: 31st, 35.3 points allowed per game

Broncos: 32nd, 40.7 points allowed per game

Passing Defense

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Bears: 30th, 285.7 YPG allowed

Broncos: 29th, 280.7 YPG allowed

Rushing Defense

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Bears: 20th, 121.7 YPG allowed

Broncos: 32nd, 177.7 YPG allowed

Total Defense

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Bears: 29th, 407.3 total YPG allowed

Broncos: 32nd, 458.3 total YPG allowed

Sacks

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Bears: 32nd, 1 sack this season

Broncos: 28th, 2 sacks this season

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