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Chicago Bears vs Seattle Seahawks

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 Seahawks at 0.362 — a real gap of 0.057.

CHI team page →SEA team page →

This week

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

@ CAROpponentvs NE

60.3%Win prob47.4%

0.418Equity score0.362

−3.0Spread11/4 books−0.0

47.0Game total29.5

▼ 0.011Equity trendsince previous stored snapshot▲ 0.163

Season series

2026 scheduled meetings

Week 8CHI @ SEAnot played yet

All-time series: 14 meetings · CHI 6 — SEA 8. See the full head-to-head history →

Power rating & record

elo through 2025 · week 1

1510.3ELO rating1630.6

#17ELO rank#1

11-6Record14-3

NFC NorthDivisionNFC West

#1Division rank#1

L 3 · W +4 · L 3 · L 4 · W +6Last 5newest firstW +16 · W +4 · W +35 · W +10 · W +17

Defense vs position

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

18.1 · #22vs QB14.0 · #7

21.7 · #16vs RB19.0 · #4

35.5 · #27vs WR26.3 · #4

13.1 · #14vs TE14.7 · #21

Pass rush & primetime — descriptive only

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

2.22 (2025)Sacks / game2.8 (2025)

7.94Pressures / game11.3

9-15Primetime record2021–2025 standalone windows12-13

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 motion45.8% · #13

14.7% · #2Play action10.7% · #20

3.6% · #22RPO1.9% · #28

4.1% · #13Screen pass2.6% · #29

4.3% · #24No huddle5.8% · #18

44.2% · #28Shotgun37.9% · #31

Scheme tendencies — defense

nflverse participation · 2025 season

43.8% · #2Man coverage29.1% · #20

28.7% · #11Blitz (5+ rushers)20.7% · #30

28.7% · #23Pressure33.2% · #7

CHI scheme profile →SEA 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

Seattle Seahawks

AJ BarnerTEFull Participation in Practice
AJ FinleySafetyInjured Reserve
Amari KightOffensive TackleOut
Anthony BradfordGFull Participation in Practice
Brandon PiliDefensive TackleQuestionable
Cam AkersRunning BackOut
Charles CrossOffensive TackleQuestionable
Chazz SurrattLinebackerOut
Cody WhiteWide ReceiverQuestionable
Connor O'TooleLinebackerOut
Dareke YoungWide ReceiverOut
Derick HallLinebackerQuestionable

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