LAKE FOREST, Ill., — The Chicago Bears and New Orleans Saints get set to do battle in Week 7 at Soldier Field on Sunday in what is a big game for the home team. The Bears are looking for a four-game win streak, which would be their longest since the 2018 season. While the Saints are 1-5 going into this game, New Orleans has had the advantage in this matchup, winning eight straight matchups in the series.
The last win for the Bears came on December 11th, 2008 with Lovie Smith as the head coach still.
That game took place on a cold Thursday night in December with both teams still in the playoff hunt. For the Saints, they struggled on the road that year with just one win going into that game. Meanwhile, Chicago was 4-2 at home and looking to stay over .500.
Danieal Manning got the scoring started on the opening kickoff with an 83-yard return. The Saints tied it before the Bears rallied off 14-unanswered points for a 21-7 lead at halftime.
In the second half, the Saints went on a 17-point run of their own to grab a 24-21 lead. But Robbie Gould's field goal with with two seconds left sent the game into overtime where he once again connected on a field goal for the win.
Since that game, the Bears have really struggled with the Saints. That includes a playoff loss in New Orleans for the 2020 season as well as going 0-4 at home since then. While New Orleans is only 1-5 to start the year, this can't be a let-down spot for the Bears. They have the chance to get to four-straight wins before the schedule gets tougher and they need to take advantage of a game like this.
Other stats of note:
- Darnell Wright is allowing a pressure rate of only 2.1% on true dropbacks. One pressure on 48 reps. The only two tackles in the league better than that rate are Joe Alt and Brian O'Neill.
- Going into this week, the Bears have a +8 turnover differential. That's tied for the best in the league. With 12 takeaways, 8 have come off of interceptions this season, which is the second-most in the league.
- The Bears have scored 37 points in the first quarters of games this season, averaging 7.4 points scored in the first quarter, the third-highest average in the NFL through Week 6.
- Chicago's defense has held opponents to a 30.6 percent third-down conversion rate, ranking No. 3 in the NFL through the first six weeks.
- Caleb Williams has registered a 124.3 passer rating against this blitz this season, the fourth-best passer rating by a QB when facing a blitz in the NFL through Week 6.
- A Bears victory would give them four straight wins in a season since 2018. They accomplished that feat twice in that season.
- Spencer Rattler is the only QB in the NFL to attempt at least 200 passes with 1-or-fewer interceptions in 2025.
- When rushing to the weak side of the formation, the Bears offense has created the 2nd-most yards before contact per carry (2.5) and have the 4th-highest success rate (51.7%). The Saints defense has forfeited only 0.7 yards before contact per carry (4th-fewest) and allowed a success rate of 38.6% (5th-lowest) against weak-side rushes.
- Rome Odunze has the 3rd-highest target rate (37.8%) and the 3rd-most yards per route (4.0) on 3rd down this season (min. 25 routes).