Chicago Bears offensive skill positions: Final stats for 2013

During the season we looked at how the offensive skill position players' individual stats for the season were projecting at the bye week, after 7 games, and again after 12 games.  Now that the regular season is over, it's an opportunity to see if things kept up over the last four games.

QB: Jay Cutler

Below the final stats for the season you'll see two more sets of stats for What Could Have Been.  The first set is scaled up from the 11 games started credited on NFL.com, and the second ("no injuries") statline is scaled up from his having essentially played 10 games (counting Washington and Detroit #2 as one game) - think of the latter as a "best case" projection.

	Att	Comp	Pct	Yds	Avg	Yds/G (/16G)	TD (%)	Int (%)	Sck	Lng	QB rating	Rush att	Yds	Avg	TD	Fum
2013	355	224	63.1	2,621	7.4	238.3	19 (5.4)	12 (3.4)	19	67	89.2	23	118	5.1	0	5
WCHB (raw)	516	326	63.2	3,812	7.4	238.3	28 (5.4)	17 (3.3)	28	67	89.9	33	172	5.2	0	7
Projected (raw, week 12)	353	223	63.2	2,544	7.2	159.0	17 (4.8)	11 (3.1)	15		87.8	24	123	5.1		5
Projected (raw, bye week)	514	334	65.0	3,790	7.4	236.9	27 (5.3)	16 (3.1)	23		91.5	41	210	5.1		9
WCHB (no injuries)	568	358	63.0	4,194	7.4	262.1	30 (5.3)	19 (3.3)	30	67	89.0	37	189	5.1	0	8
Projected (no injuries, week 12)	606	382	63.0	4,361	7.2	272.6	30 (5.0)	18 (3.0)	25		88.7	41	210	5.1		9
Projected (games 1-6)	579	381	65.8	4,347	7.5	271.7	32 (5.5)	16 (2.8)	24		95.1	48	245	5.1		11
2012	434	255	58.0	3,033	7.0	202.2 (189.6)	13 (4.1)	14 (3.2)	38	60T	81.3	41	233	5.7		1
Career avg	469.2	285.8	60.9	3,385.8	7.2	230.9 (211.6)	21.2 (4.5)	15.8 (3.4)	31	93T	83.8	41.7	183	4.4	1	3.3
Broncos avg	541.5	340.5	62.9	4,011.5	7.4	250.7	22.5 (4.2)	16 (3.0)	19	93T	86.9	50.5	202.5	4.0	1.5	5.5
Bears avg	433.75	258.5	59.6	3,073	7.1	219.5 (192.1)	20.5 (4.7)	15.75 (3.6)	37	89T	81.9	37.3	173.25	4.7	0.75	2.25

Although an incomplete campaign due to having missed approximately a third of the season due to injuries, when he's been able to play Cutler has had arguably his best season as a Bear.  Phil Emery and Marc Trestman have both expressed a desire to keep him here, and he himself has stated explicitly that he would like to return; we're likely to find out in the coming weeks - if not days - how that pans out.

RB: Matt Forte

	Rush att	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Fum	Lost
2013	289	1,339	4.6	55	9	74	594	8.0	34	3	2	2
Projected (week 12)	285	1,295	4.5		9	77	593	7.7		1	3	3
Projected (bye week)	265	1,218	4.6		14	80	599	7.5		0	2	2
2012	248	1,094	4.4	46	5	44	340	7.7	47	1	2	1
Career avg	252.4	1,065.4	4.2	68T	5.2	53.4	465	8.7	89T	1.8	2.8	2

Forte has been slightly more productive down the final stretch of games, even though one of them was the loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in which an early deficit led to the Bears abandoning the run game.  He's had a career year and has proven to be an ideal fit for the Trestfense/TCO.

RB: Michael Bush

	Rush att	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Fum	Lost
2013	63	197	3.1	40T	3	4	48	12.0	17T	1
Projected (week 12)	57	112	2.0		3	4	41	10.3
Projected (bye week)	55	101	1.8		2	2	14	7.0
2012	114	411	3.6	20	5	9	83	9.2	18		1	1
Career avg	158	660.5	4.2	67T	5.25	22.8	219.8	9.7	55	0.25	1	1

Bush has seen more action in recent weeks, including a season-high nine touches against the Dallas Cowboys and a season-long 40-yard run against the Cleveland Browns.  For all that, though, the Bears are paying him a lot of money for very little usage.  Something's gotta give.

WR: Brandon Marshall

	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Rush att	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Fum	Lost
2013	100	1,295	13.0	44	12
Projected (week 12)	104	1,320	12.7		12
Projected (bye week)	105	1,234	11.8		11
2012	118	1,508	12.8	56	11	1	-2	-2.0	-2		2
Career avg	99	1,241	12.6	75T	7.2	3	17.7	5.9	2.0	0	2	1

Machine Marshall just keeps going, and will represent one half of the NFL's most productive WR duo in the Pro Bowl.  Speaking of which...

WR: Alshon Jeffery

	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Rush att	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Fum	Lost
2013	89	1,421	16.0	80T	7	16	105	6.6	38	0	3	1
Projected (week 12)	93	1,479	15.9		7	19	153	8.1			3
Projected (bye week)	75	1,282	17.1		5	14	201	14.4			2
2012	24	367	15.3	55	3						1

Jeffery, like Marshall, was slightly less productive over the final four games, but both were already having monster seasons.  Fingers crossed, these two will continue to be matchup nightmares for opponents for a few seasons to come.  The good news is that they plan to train together again this offseason.

Also, the Alshon Jeffery end-around became less effective during the course of the season.  It still gives teams something to worry about and spend time preparing for.

WR: Earl Bennett

	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Rush att	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Fum	Lost
2013	32	243	7.6	17T	4
Projected (week 12)	32	253	7.9		3
Projected (bye week)	25	238	9.5		5
2012	29	375	12.9	60T	2
Career avg	38	508.5	13.3	71	2	0.5		4.5	5		1	0.25

Earl missed the final game attending to a family matter, otherwise he might have added to his 32 receptions on the season.  He's been fifth on the totem pole all year and is likely fighting for a roster spot next season.

TE: Martellus Bennett

	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Rush att	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Fum	Lost
2013	65	759	11.7	43	5
Projected (week 12)	65	727	11.2		7
Projected (bye week)	73	814	11.1		9
2012 (NYG)	55	626	11.4	33T	5
Davis, Spaeth 2012	25	257	10.3	25	3						1	1
Career avg	28	294.4	10.5	37	1.8						0.2	0

Martellus Bennett seemed to have been kept in to block more late in the season, which obviously affected his receiving numbers, but still finished with career highs in receptions and yardage.  He contributed 40 receptions, 502 yards and 2 touchdowns (an Earl Bennett career average prior to this season's worth) more than Kellen Davis and Matt Spaeth did last season, combined.

Let us know in the comments if anything interesting jumps out at you.  What do you expect from year 2 of the TCO/Trestfense?

(Article pic in hi-res.)