Williams & Bears: RDS Update – Yardage & Standings

The games are decided in the National.

Losses suffered by the Chicago Bears (19-16 against the Lions) and the Philadelphia Eagles (24-17 against the Commanders) led to an unchanged ranking at the top of the division.

Behind the Seattle Seahawks, already association champions, the Bears (11-6) therefore maintain their second position while the Eagles (11-6) complete the campaign in third place.

In another game played in the afternoon, the Los Angeles Rams easily defeated the Arizona Cardinals 37-20.

This victory for the Rams (12-5) allowed them to overtake the San Francisco 49ers (12-5) in the standings to finish in fifth place.

Thus, the Rams avoided a tough matchup against the Eagles in the first round of the playoffs.

Los Angeles will face the Carolina Panthers, champions of the South division with a record of 8-9.

Philadelphia will meet the 49ers, while the Bears will face the Green Bay Packers (9-7-1) for their first playoff game.

Williams short of 4,000 yards

The meeting between the Bears and the Lions obviously had stakes for the standings, but it also had stakes for Caleb Williams.

The quarterback needed 270 yards to become the first quarterback in Bears history to throw for 4,000 yards in a single season.

This personal goal will have to wait, however, since Williams was limited to 212 yards against the Lions on Sunday.

Williams thus completed his season with aerial gains of 3,942 yards. This harvest still allows him to settle at the top of Chicago’s history for the most yards in a campaign.

Williams got off to a slow start against the Lions, but he got the Bears back on track to believe in victory.

Trailing 16-0 early in the fourth quarter, the Bears took advantage of two Williams touchdown passes to Colston Loveland and Jahdae Walker to tie the game with two successful two-point conversions.

A good sequence from the Lions at the end of the match, however, allowed Jake Bates to give Detroit the victory with a successful 42-yard field goal.

Quarterback Jared Goff completed 27 passes for 331 yards and threw a touchdown pass to Jahmyr Gibbs.

Amon-Ra St. Brown was the busiest receiver with 11 receptions and 139 yards.

A lost opportunity for the Eagles

With the Bears’ loss, the Eagles had the chance to overtake them in the standings to take second place.

A victory would have allowed them to face the Packers rather than the 49ers.

Without the presence of the majority of their starters on offense, the Eagles were however defeated by a score of 24-17 by the Washington Commanders.

Jalen Hurts, Saquon Barkley, Dallas Goedert, AJ Brown and the majority of the linemen were all rested.

Replacing Hurts at quarterback, Tanner McKee threw for 241 yards and completed a touchdown pass to Grant Calcaterra.

With a 52-yard haul on Sunday, receiver Devonta Smith reached the 1,000-yard plateau for the third time in his career. For his part, Tank Bigsby collected 75 yards on the ground and scored a touchdown.

For the Commanders, who scored 14 unanswered points in the fourth quarter, touchdowns were scored by Chris Rodriguez Jr., Josh Johnson and John Bates.

Stafford settles Rams’ latest case

Matthew Stafford has figured it out: that of a clash against the Panthers rather than against the powerful Eagles.

In his final game, Stafford furthered his MVP bid and led the Rams to a 37-20 win.

Stafford completed 25 passes for 259 yards and threw four touchdown passes. Colby Parkinson caught two touchdown passes, while the other majors were scored by Tyler Higbee and Puka Nacua.

The Rams’ lead was just three points early in the fourth quarter. Two touchdown passes from Stafford, however, put the game out of reach for the Cardinals.

The Rams quarterback completed the campaign with 4,707 air yards, 46 touchdown passes and only eight interceptions.