Jaguars-Bears Capsule

JACKSONVILLE (1-3) at CHICAGO (1-4)

Sunday, 1 p.m. EDT, CBS

OPENING LINE - Bears by 2

RECORD VS. SPREAD - Jacksonville 1-2-1, Bears 1-4

SERIES RECORD - Bears lead 4-2

LAST MEETING - Bears beat Jaguars 41-3, Oct. 7, 2012

LAST WEEK - Jaguars had bye, beat Colts 30-27 on Oct. 2; Bears lost to Colts 29-23

AP PRO32 RANKING - Jaguars No. 28, Bears No. 30

JAGUARS OFFENSE - OVERALL (26), RUSH (30), PASS (19).

JAGUARS DEFENSE - OVERALL (7), RUSH (17), PASS (7).

BEARS OFFENSE - OVERALL (9), RUSH (19), PASS (6).

BEARS DEFENSE - OVERALL (14), RUSH (24), PASS (12).

STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES - Jaguars beat Colts in London two weeks ago. … Jaguars are 4-21 on road in coach Gus Bradley’s four seasons, including 0-6 against NFC teams. … Jags are 1-2 after bye weeks during Bradley’s tenure, but have played considerably better after break. They won four of five in 2013 following bye and two of three last year. … QB Blake Bortles played turnover-free football against Indianapolis seventh time he’s done that in 33 career starts. Jags are 5-2 in those games. Bortles has had consecutive turnover-free games just once before. … Jaguars settled on former Bears OL Patrick Omameh to replace LG Luke Joeckel, who had season-ending knee surgery last week. … Look for rookie CB Jalen Ramsey to shadow Bears WR Alshon Jeffery. Ramsey has been impressive and highly effective in Jacksonville’s pressing scheme. … CB Aaron Colvin returns from four-game suspension for violating NFL policy on performance enhancers. … Bears produced 522 yards on offense last week for their highest total since 1989, but sputtered in red zone with one TD in three tries. … QB Brian Hoyer is aiming for fourth straight game with more than 300 yards and two TDs. He has six TDs and no INTs. … RB Jordan Howard, second among NFL rookies with 296 yards rushing, is going for third straight 100-yard game. … WR Cameron Meredith had nine catches for 130 yards but fumbled in fourth quarter against Colts. … LB Willie Young had career-high three sacks last week. … K Connor Barth is 5 for 8 on field goals and tied for 29th in accuracy (62 percent). … Fantasy Tip: Hoyer has been playing well enough that he could keep job when Jay Cutler is healthy, and he has another good matchup against Jacksonville.

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