Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Chicago Bears: TNF Stat Primer

The last time Brady and Foles met:

• Brady: 28/48 (58.3%), 505 yards, 3 TD’s, 1 Turnover, 115.4 passer rating
• Foles: 28/43 (65.1%), 373 yards, 4 TD’s, 1 turnover, 106.1 passer rating, Super Bowl Champion

Tom Brady in 2020

• 101/155 (65.1%)
• 1122 passing yards
• 12 total TD’s
• 4 INT
• 99.4 passer rating 
• Has thrown 35+ times in every game

Has been good when it counts:

• Brady on 3rd down: 26/41 (63.4%) 255 yards and 4 TD’s 0 INT’s 113.4 passer rating
• Brady in 4th quarter: 21/30 (70%) 258 passing yards 2 TD’s 0 INT’s 118.5 passer rating 

Nick Foles on Thursday nights in career (2 games):

• 35/67 (52.2%)
• 297 passing yards
• 1 TD
• 3 turnovers
• 56.62 passer rating

Additional notes on each offense

• Tampa Bay offense is tied for the league in drops (12)
• Tom Brady is pressured on 14.8% of his drop backs (3rd lowest percentage in the league)
• David Montgomery has broken 14 tackles this year (tied for 2nd best in the league)
• Allen Robinson ranks in the top 10 for targets (41) and receiving yards (331)

Nick Foles and Mitch Tribusky both in the top 5 for bad throw percentage 

• Foles 20.3%
• Tribusky 24.4%

Ronald Jones (TB) and Anthony Miller (CHI) are both in top 5 for drops per target:

• Jones: 16.7%
• Miller: 15.8%

Comparing the defensive units

Additional notes for both defenses

TB

• Devin White has 37 tackles in 2020 (9th best in the NFL)
• RB’s catching out of the backfield have dented the TB defense: 31 receptions for 256 yards and 1 TD 
• TB has forced a fumble in each of their past 3 games

CHI

• Bears defense is a clean unit with just 12 missed tackles on the year (lowest amount in NFL)
• Bears have not allowed a TD from a WR in 2020
• Bears have best redzone defense in NFL allowing 6 TD’s on 16 attempts (37.5%)

How will Tampa Bay’s passing offense attack this dynamic duo at corner?

Jaylon Johnson

• 7 pass deflections 
• 16 tackles
• QB’s are 12/29 (41.4%) for 181 yards when targeting Johnson 

Kyle Fuller 

• 5 pass deflections
• 15 tackles
• QB’s are 10/27 (37.0%) for 125 yards 1 TD 1 INT when targeting Fuller

Which elite pass rusher will step up?