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3-Unit Play. Take #231 Chicago (+3.5) over Dallas (8:30 p.m., Monday, Oct. 1) I have absolutely no clue why this Chicago team doesn't get the credit they deserve. They were one of the best teams (if not the best) in the NFC last season before Jay Cutler and Matt Forte got hurt. Yes, I know that Cutler is a bit of a mess emotionally right now and Forte is hurt, but why in the world do people sleep on them? The Dallas Cowboys are absolutely not a team that should be favored by more than three points, or even favored for that matter versus the Bears. Dallas shouldn't have beaten the Giants in week one, and they looked awful versus Tampa Bay last week. This Dallas squad is a flash in the pan and every year they are a public favorite yet they never seem to get the job done. People will rave about how good this Cowboy defense is, but if you watched their games you would notice that their secondary is extremely "grabby." This was allowed by the replacement refs, but won't be allowed from the regular officials. The "regular guys" will want to make a statement in this nationally televised game and shut the door on illegal contact down field. Look for the Bears and Cutler to find success versus the Dallas secondary. Chicago is 4-1 ATS in their last five Monday games while the Cowboys are just 2-8 ATS in their last 10 games overall and 2-9 ATS in their last 11 versus the NFC.
2 Unit Play. #232 Take Dallas -3 ½ over Chicago (8:35p.m., Monday, Oct 1 ESPN)
Both teams are coming off wins and both teams got their wins last week at home so why not go with the home team again. The Cowboys will be bringing the pressure to Jay Cutler Monday night and if they get to him early look for Cutler to be throwing the ball all over the field. I would love to say Tony Romo wins this game but the Cowboys win this game on their defense and the Boys defense will give Cutler a very long Monday Night.
3 Unit Play Take #232 Dallas -3.5 over Chicago (8:35pm est):
Little surprised to see this thing so low as the Dallas Cowboys rate one of my better teams in the NFL so far this season. The Cowboys went out and crushed the Super Bowl champion New York Giants in week one. It was a dominating effort that left no doubt who the better team was. The Giants have looked since that game making this Cowboys road win even more impressive looking. Dallas struggled in hostile Seattle in week two, a place where most teams in the NFL seem to lay an egg. Then in week three the Cowboys had little problems beating Tampa Bay despite a score that shows the game being a little closer than it actually was as the Cowboys were sloppy with lots of turnovers and penalties in the game but still got the win.
The Chicago Bears haven't looked that great despite a 2-1 record to start their year with two home wins over a couple NFL weaklings in Indianapolis and St. Louis. Both these offense's were no match for the Bears defense but in their lone road game this season the Bears looked very bad as they were no match against the Packers in Lambeau Field. A lot of the Bears problems this season has been on the offensive end of the football as they rank towards the bottom of the league in that department. The Bears seem to struggle when they go on the road and up in class as they have failed to cover a spread as an underdog of 7.5 points or less their last nine times away from home coming into this one.
Big national TV spot here for a Cowboys team who put on quite a show earlier this year with their big season opening night victory over the Giants. Expect a lot of the same here as the Cowboys are the much better of these two football teams at this time. This line should be up around a touchdown and offers extreme value down here in this range. Take Dallas in this one.
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