Lions-Bears Capsule

By AP
Published

DETROIT (5-4) at CHICAGO (3-6)

Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, Fox

OPENING LINE - Lions by 2+

RECORD VS. SPREAD - Lions 5-4, Bears 6-3

SERIES RECORD - Bears lead 97-72-5

LAST MEETING - Lions beat Bears 20-17, Dec. 11, 2016

LAST WEEK - Lions beat Browns 38-24; Bears lost to Packers 23-16

AP PRO32 RANKING - Lions No. 13, Bears No. 27

LIONS OFFENSE - OVERALL (15), RUSH (29), PASS (8)

LIONS DEFENSE - OVERALL (22), RUSH (10), PASS (25)

BEARS OFFENSE - OVERALL (29), RUSH (9), PASS (31)

BEARS DEFENSE - OVERALL (9), RUSH (15), PASS (10)

STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES - Detroit has won seven of eight against Chicago. ... Lions are 2-0 against NFC North, while Bears are 0-3. ... Detroit trails division leader Minnesota by two games, Lions play Vikings on Thanksgiving Day. ... Detroit has won two straight after losing three in row. ... Lions' maligned running game finished with 104 yards on 19 carries against Cleveland team that entered game ranked fourth against run. ... QB Matthew Stafford ranks fourth in NFL with 2,461 yards passing. He's thrown for 1,033 yards, five touchdowns, one interception in past three games. ... Since 2015, Theo Riddick leads NFL RBs with 165 catches, ranks second with 10 TD receptions. ... DE Cornelius Washington - coming off first career two-sack game - played first four seasons with Bears. ... CB Darius Slay ranks third in NFL with four INTs. ... CB Nevin Lawson returned fumble recovery 44 yards for TD last week. ... In third season with Bears, coach John Fox is 12-29. ... Chicago had 55 yards rushing against Green Bay. ... QB Mitchell Trubisky threw for career-high 297 yards in fifth start last week, though he was sacked five times. First-round pick has been sacked 16 times in all. ... RB Jordan Howard ranks fifth in NFL in rushing. ... Fantasy Tip: Lions have struggled to stop run since Haloti Ngata (elbow) went on IR, meaning Howard could be in for rebound game after managing 54 yards last week. Lions have allowed 136.8 yards rushing in past four games without Ngata after holding opponents to 74.6 over first five.

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