STEPHEN DeANGELO
For Sunday’s NFL freebie, we’ll head to the Windy City and lay the short price with the reeling Bears.
There’s no sugarcoating the fact that the Bears have been a massive disappointment this season and they continue to spiral in the wrong direction (0-4 SU/ATS slide). But Chicago easily could’ve (should’ve?) won two of those games (3-point loss the Raiders in London; 1-point home loss to the Chargers after missing a game-winning FG).
Also, it’s not like the Lions have been tearing it up—after failing to rally at Oakland last week, Detroit has dropped four of its last five, with the lone win coming against the woeful Giants (and even that was just a 5-point home win).
The Bears easily swept last year’s meetings by scores of 34-22 (in Chicago) and 23-16 (in Detroit), and those two victories are part of Chicago’s ongoing 8-1 ATS run against NFC North rivals (on the flip side, the Lions are just 3-5 ATS in their last eight division games). The Bears’ defense is still a force to be reckoned with, having held five of eight opponents to 17 points or less, while Detroit’s D continues to by leaky, allowing an average of 30 points per game in its last six.
Translation: Even Trubisky, as bad as he’s been, will have some success this week and cover a number that’s a full two points short of what it should be.
3* BEARS
For Sunday’s NFL freebie, we’ll head to the Windy City and lay the short price with the reeling Bears.
There’s no sugarcoating the fact that the Bears have been a massive disappointment this season and they continue to spiral in the wrong direction (0-4 SU/ATS slide). But Chicago easily could’ve (should’ve?) won two of those games (3-point loss the Raiders in London; 1-point home loss to the Chargers after missing a game-winning FG).
Also, it’s not like the Lions have been tearing it up—after failing to rally at Oakland last week, Detroit has dropped four of its last five, with the lone win coming against the woeful Giants (and even that was just a 5-point home win).
The Bears easily swept last year’s meetings by scores of 34-22 (in Chicago) and 23-16 (in Detroit), and those two victories are part of Chicago’s ongoing 8-1 ATS run against NFC North rivals (on the flip side, the Lions are just 3-5 ATS in their last eight division games). The Bears’ defense is still a force to be reckoned with, having held five of eight opponents to 17 points or less, while Detroit’s D continues to by leaky, allowing an average of 30 points per game in its last six.
Translation: Even Trubisky, as bad as he’s been, will have some success this week and cover a number that’s a full two points short of what it should be.
3* BEARS
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