Week 21 QB projections • CHI Stats
QB Josh McCown, Chicago Bears
HT: 6-4, WT: 220, Born: 7-4-1979, College: Sam Houston State, Drafted: Round 3
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Stats and Week 21 Projection
| WK | OPP | RES | CMP | ATT | PYD | Y/A | PTD | INT | RSH | YD | Y/R | TD | FPT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEASON TOTAL | 35 | 55 | 414 | 7.5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 68 | 5.7 | 0 | 30 | ||
Week 21 Injury Status and Other News
No official injury reports have been released yet
Week 21 Matchup Info
The Chicago Bears have a bye this week.
Game Summaries
Week 16 at GB - Five weeks ago, McCown was coaching high school football. This week he was the starting QB for Chicago and managed to perform better than Caleb Hanie had done in the previous four weeks. It was clear that the Bears were looking to limit the number of throws that McCown had, and they ran the ball for the first six plays of the game. His first pass was a nice 17 yard square in to Roy Williams which had you thinking he was going to be a huge improvement, but on his second pass he threw up a lame duck off of his back foot into double coverage in the end zone. McCown only attempted nine passes in the first half, completing seven of them to Chicago receivers and one to Green Bay. On the pick, Kahlil Bell missed a block on Clay Matthews and Matthews was able to drop back and picked off a screen to Tyler Clutts McCown's second pick was a deep pass down the middle to Earl Bennett, but he telegraphed the pass entire way, and it bounced off of Bennett's hands into Charlie Peprah's. In fact, McCown really didn't go through his progressions at all, looking at the primary receiver, and possibly one secondary before taking off on a run. He finished the game with eight carries for 38 yards.Week 17 at MIN - He was extremely lucky not to have a disastrous first quarter and then did a decent job managing the game once the defense gave him a lead in the second quarter. McCown completed only one pass downfield in the 1st quarter, a 22 yard pass to a wide open target. His biggest play of the quarter actually came with his feet. With the Bears down 10-0 and facing 3rd and 9, he did a good job to escape rush and then found room to run around the left side, 10 yards downfield he juked a safety and did an excellent job of using his block, turning it into a 28 yard gain. McCown was fortunate to have two interceptions dropped in the first quarter, one of which was jarred loose on a big hit from Earl Bennett. His sole TD pass came in the second quarter as a pump fake to the flat freed up Roy Williams down the middle of the field. No one was within 10 yards of Williams who made the easy catch for a 22 yard TD. McCown went right back to Williams with one of his best throws of the day on the next drive, but Williams dropped the 12 yard out that hit him in the hands. McCown, and the Bears offense, were silent for the rest of the half. In the third quarter McCown was growing weary of the pressure and his accuracy grew even worse. He missed a wide open Devin Hester streaking across the middle and even the passes he did complete were off target. Three of the six passes he completed in the quarter went to his running back out of the backfield. McCown did have one good drive left in him and it spanned 7:19 of the third and fourth quarters. He completed 7/9 passes on the drive including a perfectly placed throw to Williams on 3rd and 13 to extend the drive. The drive led to a Bears FG and gave them all the points they'd need. He also had one terrible decision left in him, throwing an ill-advised INT with 6 minutes left on his own 20. He threw the ball into tight coverage and again behind his man.