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Lockdown Index, top 5 through Week 8 (CBs with 35+ coverage snaps per game played):
Pat Surtain II, DEN: 123.5
Targeted 20 times in 192 coverage snaps. 17 yards after the catch allowed on 10 catches. 0.56 yards allowed per coverage snap.
Brandon Stephens, NYJ: 122.2
6 forced incompletions on 32 targets. 1 missed tackle all season.
Renardo Green, SF: 121.5
3 INTs and 3 forced incompletions on 29 targets. Thrown at once every 9.8 coverage snaps.
Travis Hunter, JAX: 119.6
2 INTs and 5 forced incompletions on 29 targets.
Denzel Ward, CLE: 119.1
3 INTs and 4 forced incompletions on 33 targets. 0.42 yards allowed per coverage snap, fewest among qualifiers.
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The Lockdown Index measures how rarely a corner is targeted, how often he plays on the ball, how much YAC he allows and how well he tackles, adjusted for slot role, man coverage and opponent.
A high index doesn't always mean a shutdown corner. The chart adds yards allowed per coverage snap, which separates the corners who make plays from the ones who also keep the offense from gaining yards.
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Receiving Efficiency Index, top 5 through Week 8 (WRs with 40+ targets):
Drake London, ATL: 129.2
Caught 39 of 40 catchable targets, 28 first downs, +1.6 yards after the catch over expected.
Rome Odunze, CHI: 128.6
14 of 30 catchable targets went for 20+ yards. Average target depth of 14.9 yards.
Luther Burden III, CHI: 127.6
42 of 42 on catchable targets, 0 drops, +1.9 yards after the catch over expected.
Tee Higgins, CIN: 122.1
36 first downs on 48 catchable targets. His 75% rate leads all qualifiers.
Jaxon Smith-Njigba, SEA: 120.0
89 targets, 49 first downs, 16 catches of 20+ yards, 985 yards.
The top three are separated by 1.6 points, too close to call this early.
REI measures what a WR does with catchable throws. Passes broken up by the defense aren't counted.
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Receiving Efficiency Index, top 5 through Week 8 (WRs with 40+ targets):
Drake London, ATL: 129.2
Caught 39 of 40 catchable targets, 28 first downs, +1.6 yards after the catch over expected.
Rome Odunze, CHI: 128.6
14 of 30 catchable targets went for 20+ yards. Average target depth of 14.9 yards.
Luther Burden III, CHI: 127.6
42 of 42 on catchable targets, 0 drops, +1.9 yards after the catch over expected.
Tee Higgins, CIN: 122.1
36 first downs on 48 catchable targets. His 75% rate leads all qualifiers.
Jaxon Smith-Njigba, SEA: 120.0
89 targets, 49 first downs, 16 catches of 20+ yards, 985 yards.
The top three are separated by 1.6 points, too close to call this early.
REI measures what a WR does with catchable throws. Passes broken up by the defense aren't counted.
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Most yards per carry with each TE on the field in 2026 (min. ~100 carries), with the team's average without him:
Greg Dulcich, MIA: 5.53 (4.35 without)
Travis Kelce, KC: 5.34 (4.98 without)
Dawson Knox, BUF: 5.09 (4.96 without)
Charlie Woerner, ATL: 4.96 (4.61 without)
Isaiah Likely, NYG: 4.83 (4.17 without)
Biggest jump over his team's average without him: Dulcich, +1.18 yards per carry.
Raiders:
2.99 with Mayer (2.93 without)
2.86 with Bowers (2.94 without).
Bears:
4.43 with Kmet (4.10 without)
3.53 with Loveland (4.17 without).
(Official NFL stats, through Week 8)
The Seahawks' run defense has held the Bears to 58 rushing yards on 22 carries, 2.6 per carry, with 4:51 left in the third quarter.
Linebacker Ernest Jones IV leads all players with 13 tackles.
Still. Chicago leads 20-9.
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2019 Draft, round one:
Pick 19: Tennessee takes Jeffery Simmons, two months after he tore his ACL.
Pick 26: Washington trades up for Montez Sweat.
Seven picks apart, and seven-plus years later the two Mississippi State guys are back on the same D-line. In Chicago. Both got home on Darnold tonight.
Bears DL Jeffery Simmons and Edge Montez Sweat each have a sack tonight against Seattle.
It's the first time they've both had one in the same game since Jan. 1, 2019, when they were Mississippi State teammates and lost the Outback Bowl to Iowa 27-22.
They did it five times together at Mississippi State, in 2017 and 2018.
Bears DL Jeffery Simmons and Edge Montez Sweat each have a sack tonight against Seattle.
It's the first time they've both had one in the same game since Jan. 1, 2019, when they were Mississippi State teammates and lost the Outback Bowl to Iowa 27-22.
They did it five times together at Mississippi State, in 2017 and 2018.
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Bears vs. Seahawks
Can the Bears pull it off against the Super Bowl champs?
Keys to the game. ⬇️
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The Bears just traded for Jeffery Simmons.
Two firsts (2027, 2028) and a 2027 fourth go to Tennessee. Simmons and a 2028 fifth come to Chicago.
Here's who the Bears are getting: 🧵
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The Bears are acquiring All-Pro DT Jeffery Simmons from the Titans.
Bears receive:
- DT Jeffery Simmons
- 2028 fifth-round pick
Titans receive:
- 2027 first-round pick
- 2028 first-round pick
- 2027 fourth-round pick
Simmons signed a three-year, $105.8 million extension with Tennessee in June, which made him the highest-paid defensive tackle in the NFL.
Via: @AdamSchefter and @RapSheet
Per @TomPelissero:
Justin Tucker went 30-for-30 in a Chiefs workout Tuesday. Kansas City signed him to its practice squad Wednesday. Harrison Butker remains on the active roster.
His 2026 Numbers:
• FG: 11/16 (68.8%)
• 50-plus: 2/6
• PAT: 14/15
Butker missed from 58 and 45 yards in the 20-3 loss at Seattle. He has missed 15 kicks since the start of the 2025 season.
Tucker has not kicked in an NFL game since 2024. He has already served his 10-week suspension for violating the league's
Personal Conduct Policy, and he is eligible Sunday at Denver.
The Ravens have been a tale of two halves this season.
Second half and overtime:
- 51 points scored
- 114 allowed (most in the NFL)
First half:
- 118 points scored (most in the NFL)
- 53 allowed
Lamar Jackson has missed three straight games with a high ankle sprain. Ravens head coach Jesse Minter on his status for Sunday's game at Buffalo: "We'll know a lot more on Wednesday."
Per @AdamSchefter:
The Colts are trading G Quenton Nelson to the Seahawks. Indianapolis receives a 2027 third-round pick and a 2028 fifth-round pick.
Nelson, the No. 6 pick in 2018: eight-time Pro Bowler. First-team All-Pro in each of his first three seasons.
The defending Super Bowl champions, Seattle Seahawks (4-3) continue making moves to attempt to repeat. Nelson's first game with Seattle could come Monday, Nov. 2, vs. the Bears.
The 49ers outgained the Falcons 400-295 and still lost their first game of the season, 29-20.
Turnovers: SF 4, ATL 0.
Purdy: 27/40, 288, 1 TD, 2 INT
Penix: 25/34, 213, 3 TD, 0 INT
Purdy threw 2 INTs in his first six games combined. He matched that Sunday in Atlanta. Penix and the crew capitalized on the mistakes and won.
Caleb Williams over his last two games: 52/69, 613 yds, 3 TD, 0 INT. The Bears have won both and are 5-2.
• Wk 6 at ATL: 30/36, 305, 1 TD, 0 INT
• Wk 7 vs NE: 22/33, 308, 2 TD, 0 INT
It's the first time a Bears QB has thrown for 300+ in back-to-back games since Mitchell Trubisky in 2018. Trubisky did it in three straight:
• Wk 4 vs TB: 354
• Wk 6 at MIA: 316
• Wk 7 vs NE: 333
Eight seasons later, Caleb gets his shot at three straight next week.