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Chicago Bears vs New York Giants

Real survivor-pool comparison built on the same validated tables the team pages use — de-vigged market win probability and equity, spreads and totals, ELO ranks, defense vs position, charted scheme tendencies, recent form and current injuries. Green marks the better league rank.

Week 1 verdict

Bears is the better survivor pick this week

Bears score 0.418 equity (60.3% win probability) against Giants at 0.324 — a real gap of 0.095.

CHI team page →NYG team page →

This week

2026 week 1 · de-vigged consensus from live_game_lines + equity_scores

@ CAROpponentvs DAL

60.3%Win prob40.7%

0.418Equity score0.324

−3.0Spread11/11 books+3.0

47.0Game total48.0

▼ 0.011Equity trendsince previous stored snapshot▲ 0.001

Season series

2026 scheduled meetings

These two teams are not scheduled to meet this season.

All-time series: 13 meetings · CHI 7 — NYG 6. See the full head-to-head history →

Power rating & record

elo through 2025 · week 1

1510.3ELO rating1390.8

#17ELO rank#28

11-6Record4-13

NFC NorthDivisionNFC East

#1Division rank#4

L 3 · W +4 · L 3 · L 4 · W +6Last 5newest firstW +17 · W +24 · L 3 · L 8 · L 18

Defense vs position

ppr allowed per game · 2025 through week 18 · lower rank = tougher

18.1 · #22vs QB18.3 · #25

21.7 · #16vs RB25.8 · #29

35.5 · #27vs WR33.7 · #24

13.1 · #14vs TE11.4 · #8

Pass rush & primetime — descriptive only

tested and published as flat: neither predicts survivor outcomes beyond the market

2.22 (2025)Sacks / game2.24 (2025)

7.94Pressures / game8.41

9-15Primetime record2021–2025 standalone windows3-18

Both of these are context, not edge. Our own tests found DL strength (finding #10) and primetime risk (finding #11) statistically flat once the market price is accounted for.

Scheme tendencies — offense

ftn charting · 2025 season · rank 1 = highest rate

47.2% · #10Pre-snap motion30.8% · #32

14.7% · #2Play action10.8% · #18

3.6% · #22RPO9.3% · #2

4.1% · #13Screen pass3.1% · #20

4.3% · #24No huddle17.4% · #3

44.2% · #28Shotgun64.8% · #6

Scheme tendencies — defense

nflverse participation · 2025 season

43.8% · #2Man coverage40.3% · #7

28.7% · #11Blitz (5+ rushers)30.5% · #9

28.7% · #23Pressure30.2% · #17

CHI scheme profile →NYG scheme profile →

Injury report

2026 week 1 · nflverse + highlightly

Chicago Bears

Amen OgbongbemigaLinebackerQuestionable
Austin BookerDefensive EndQuestionable
Bill MurrayGuardQuestionable
Braxton JonesOffensive TackleOut
Cairo SantosPlace KickerOut
Case KeenumQuarterbackOut
Chris WilliamsDefensive TackleOut
Cole KmetTight EndQuestionable
Colston LovelandTight EndQuestionable
D'Marco JacksonLinebackerOut
Darnell WrightOffensive TackleOut
Deion HankinsRunning BackInjured Reserve

New York Giants

Andrew ThomasTFull Participation in Practice
Anthony Johnson Jr.SafetyOut
Art GreenCornerbackQuestionable
Bryan HudsonCFull Participation in Practice
Bryce Ford-WheatonWide ReceiverInjured Reserve
Cam SkatteboRunning BackOut
Chris BoardLinebackerQuestionable
Cor'Dale FlottCornerbackOut
Daniel BellingerTight EndQuestionable
Dante MillerRunning BackOut
Darius AlexanderDefensive TackleOut
Darius MuasauLinebackerQuestionable

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