Wk 8 · 2026
Chicago Bears at Seattle Seahawks — Mon, Nov 2
Mon, Nov 2 ·
Lumen Field, Seattle, WA
· ESPN
Weather
No forecast yet. This one is 17 days away. Forecasts reach about 16 days ahead, so this fills in nearer the game. A seasonal average printed here would look exactly like a forecast, which is why there is not one.
NFC North · 3-2
at
8:15pET
SEA -4.5 · total 47.5 DraftKings
Ratings differential SEA by 3.0
NFC West · 3-3
What is at stake
An NFC game between two divisions. It decides neither division, but conference record is the tiebreaker that follows head-to-head, and both of these are chasing the same 7 NFC playoff places. Division standings.
What the ratings imply
The differential above is arithmetic on two published numbers:
The Gridiron King’s 2026 final efficiency ratings, plus
1.7 points of home field.
It is not a projection, a value, an edge or a lean, and nothing on this site
compares it with the betting line to tell you one is better. Until 2026
games are played it is last season’s measurement of two rosters that have
been through a draft and a free-agency window since.
Efficiency · 2026 ratings
Efficiency margin
Offense
Defense
Points / game
Points allowed / game
Opponent-adjusted ratings from The Gridiron King’s 2026 final numbers. Bars share a scale within each row, so the two lengths are comparable; the brighter side is the better of the two, and a longer bar is the better number — including the rows where a lower figure is the good one. Pace is the exception: it is how fast a team plays, not how well, so neither side is lit and a longer bar there means only more plays.
Team stats
The box-score store these rows are built from has not been produced for this league yet, so no preview carries points and yards for and against. The form, trend and series blocks below are built from this site’s own files and are not affected.
Bears form
L 7-31at GBW 23-12vs NYJW 27-7vs PHIL 3-9vs MINW 59-37at CAR
2026 season
Seahawks form
L 14-17at DENL 29-32vs SFW 30-23vs LACL 31-33at WSHW 31-7at ARI
2026 season
Bears this season
Straight up3-2 · 60% (5 games)
Against the spread3-2 · 60% (5 games)
Over / under1-4 · 20% (5 games)
Seahawks this season
Straight up3-3 · 50% (6 games)
Against the spread1-3-2 · 25% (6 games)
Over / under3-3 · 50% (6 games)
Lines are captured from ESPN's board before kickoff and locked at kickoff, so an in-play price cannot overwrite the number a game is graded against.
Common opponents · 3
| Opponent | Bears | Seahawks |
|---|---|---|
| Panthers NFC | at W 59-37 preview | at Wk 17 · scheduled preview |
| Eagles NFC | vs W 27-7 preview | at Wk 15 · scheduled preview |
| Patriots AFC | vs Wk 7 · scheduled preview | vs W 13-10 preview |
Open these two in the
comparison tool for every shared and unshared opponent.
Series history · 2006–2026
Since 2006, the series is level at 6–6 · Seahawks won the last one
12 meetings
in 2006–2026 · average margin
0.8 points toward Seahawks
| Yr | Date | Result | Site | Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2024-12-26 | Seahawks 6 — 3 Bears | at CHI | Seahawks |
| 2021 | 2021-12-26 | Bears 25 — 24 Seahawks | at SEA | Bears |
| 2018 | 2018-09-17 | Seahawks 17 — 24 Bears | at CHI | Bears |
| 2015 | 2015-09-27 | Bears 0 — 26 Seahawks | at SEA | Seahawks |
| 2012 | 2012-12-02 | Seahawks 23 — 17 Bears | at CHI | Seahawks |
| 2011 | 2011-12-18 | Seahawks 38 — 14 Bears | at CHI | Seahawks |
| 2010 | 2011-01-16 | Seahawks 24 — 35 Bears | at CHI | Bears playoffs |
| 2010 | 2010-10-17 | Seahawks 23 — 20 Bears | at CHI | Seahawks |
| 2009 | 2009-09-27 | Bears 25 — 19 Seahawks | at SEA | Bears |
| 2007 | 2007-11-18 | Bears 23 — 30 Seahawks | at SEA | Seahawks |
| 2006 | 2007-01-14 | Seahawks 24 — 27 Bears | at CHI | Bears playoffs |
| 2006 | 2006-10-01 | Seahawks 6 — 37 Bears | at CHI | Bears |
Bears leaders 2026 regular season
| Passing | Caleb Williams QB #18 | 36/55, 407 YDS, 2 TD, 1 INT |
| Tyson Bagent QB #17 | 30/43, 322 YDS, 1 INT | |
| Rushing | Kyle Monangai RB #25 | 60 CAR, 324 YDS, 3 TD |
| D'Andre Swift RB #4 | 69 CAR, 311 YDS, 3 TD | |
| Caleb Williams QB #18 | 15 CAR, 107 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Receiving | Rome Odunze WR #15 | 14 REC, 233 YDS |
| Kalif Raymond WR #14 | 21 REC, 220 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Luther Burden III WR #10 | 19 REC, 219 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Colston Loveland TE #84 | 11 REC, 91 YDS |
Defense
| Tackles | Dillon Thieneman S #31 | 30 |
| Devin Bush LB #12 | 19 | |
| Tyrique Stevenson CB #29 | 18 | |
| Sacks | Dayo Odeyingbo DE #55 | 3 |
| Montez Sweat DE #98 | 2 | |
| Austin Booker DE #94 | 2 | |
| Interceptions | T.J. Edwards LB #53 | 1 |
| Malik Muhammad CB #24 | 1 | |
| Dillon Thieneman S #31 | 1 |
Seahawks leaders 2026 regular season
| Passing | Sam Darnold QB #14 | 45/69, 560 YDS, 6 TD, 3 INT |
| Drew Lock QB #2 | 35/48, 422 YDS, 4 TD | |
| Rushing | Emanuel Wilson RB #27 | 53 CAR, 190 YDS, 1 TD |
| Jadarian Price RB #8 | 28 CAR, 119 YDS | |
| George Holani RB #36 | 22 CAR, 70 YDS | |
| Receiving | Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR #11 | 32 REC, 481 YDS, 6 TD |
| Cooper Kupp WR #10 | 9 REC, 114 YDS, 1 TD | |
| AJ Barner TE #88 | 9 REC, 102 YDS | |
| Rashid Shaheed WR #22 | 7 REC, 73 YDS |
Defense
| Tackles | Ernest Jones IV LB #13 | 41 |
| Drake Thomas LB #32 | 30 | |
| Devon Witherspoon CB #21 | 28 | |
| Sacks | Leonard Williams DT #99 | 3 |
| Derick Hall LB #58 | 2 | |
| Jarran Reed DT #90 | 1 | |
| Interceptions | Julian Love S #20 | 2 |
| Ernest Jones IV LB #13 | 1 | |
| Josh Jobe CB #29 | 1 |
These are regular-season totals for
the season named on each card — the players who led that team that year,
taken from ESPN's team leaders. That list is keyed to the season, not to today's
roster, so a leader who has since signed elsewhere, been traded or retired still
appears against the year he earned it; the
roster
pages and the depth chart on each team page are where the current squad is.
A team switches to this season's numbers once it has played a game.