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Wk 4 · 2026

New York Jets at Chicago Bears — Sun, Oct 4

Sun, Oct 4 · Soldier Field, Chicago, IL · FOX

Weather

No forecast yet. This one is 37 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.
AFC East · no games yet
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CHI -8.5 · total 45.5 DraftKings
Ratings differential CHI by 8.4
NFC North · no games yet

What is at stake

An interconference game, AFC against NFC. It counts in both overall records — which is what seeding is settled on first — and in neither team’s division or conference record.

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

Jets: -5.7#30
Efficiency margin
Bears: +1.0#16
Jets: -4.5#31
Offense
Bears: +1.1#11
Jets: -1.2#25
Defense
Bears: -0.1#17
Jets: 17.6
Points / game
Bears: 25.9
Jets: 29.6
Points allowed / game
Bears: 24.4
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.

Jets form

No completed games on record.

Bears form

No completed games on record.

Jets this season

No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.

Bears this season

No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.
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 · 6

OpponentJetsBears
Packers
NFC
vs Wk 2 · scheduled previewat Wk 5 · scheduled preview
Lions
NFC
at Wk 3 · scheduled previewat Wk 12 · scheduled preview
Patriots
AFC
at Wk 6 · scheduled previewvs Wk 7 · scheduled preview
Dolphins
AFC
vs Wk 7 · scheduled previewat Wk 14 · scheduled preview
Bills
AFC
vs Wk 10 · scheduled previewat Wk 15 · scheduled preview
Vikings
NFC
vs Wk 17 · scheduled previewvs Wk 2 · scheduled preview
Open these two in the comparison tool for every shared and unshared opponent.

Series history · 2006–2026

Since 2006, Bears leads 4–1 · Jets won the last one
5 meetings in 2006–2026 · average margin 3.0 points toward Bears
Yr DateResultSiteWon
20222022-11-27Bears 1031 Jetsat NYJJets
20182018-10-28Jets 1024 Bearsat CHIBears
20142014-09-22Bears 2719 Jetsat NYJBears
20102010-12-26Jets 3438 Bearsat CHIBears
20062006-11-19Bears 100 Jetsat NYJBears

Jets leaders 2025 regular season

PassingJustin Fields QB #6128/204, 1259 YDS, 7 TD, 1 INT
Tyrod Taylor QB #680/134, 779 YDS, 5 TD, 5 INT
RushingBreece Hall RB #20243 CAR, 1065 YDS, 4 TD
Justin Fields QB #671 CAR, 383 YDS, 4 TD
Isaiah Davis RB #3243 CAR, 236 YDS, 1 TD
ReceivingGarrett Wilson WR #536 REC, 395 YDS, 4 TD
Mason Taylor TE #8544 REC, 369 YDS, 1 TD
Breece Hall RB #2036 REC, 350 YDS, 1 TD
Adonai Mitchell WR #1524 REC, 301 YDS, 2 TD
Defense
TacklesJamien Sherwood LB #44154
Malachi Moore S #27101
Quincy Williams LB #583
SacksWill McDonald IV DE #98
Jowon Briggs DT #914
Quincy Williams LB #53.5

Bears leaders 2025 regular season

PassingCaleb Williams QB #18330/568, 3942 YDS, 27 TD, 7 INT
Tyson Bagent QB #173/4, 47 YDS
RushingD'Andre Swift RB #4223 CAR, 1087 YDS, 9 TD
Kyle Monangai RB #25169 CAR, 783 YDS, 5 TD
Caleb Williams QB #1877 CAR, 388 YDS, 3 TD
ReceivingColston Loveland TE #8458 REC, 713 YDS, 6 TD
DJ Moore WR #250 REC, 682 YDS, 6 TD
Rome Odunze WR #1544 REC, 661 YDS, 6 TD
Luther Burden III WR #1047 REC, 652 YDS, 2 TD
Defense
TacklesTremaine Edmunds LB #49112
Kevin Byard S #3193
Jaquan Brisker S #393
SacksMontez Sweat DE #9810
Gervon Dexter Sr. DT #996
Austin Booker DE #944.5
InterceptionsKevin Byard S #317
Nahshon Wright CB #265
Tremaine Edmunds LB #494
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.