The Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears will meet on the gridiron at Soldier Field on Sunday in a battle of division rivals.
Green Bay at Chicago
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, September 13, 2015
Where: Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois
TV: 1 p.m. ET, FOX.
LINE: Packers -6.5. O/U: 49
PREDICTION: Packers 27, Bears 20
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Oddsmakers currently have the Packers listed as 4-point favorites versus the Bears, while the game’s total is sitting at 50.
Quarterback Jay Cutler will be in the eye of the storm following a season in which he threw for a career-best 28 touchdowns but was also intercepted 18 times and lost half of his 12 fumbles. “At this point in my career, we can’t change anything that’s happened in the past six years,” Cutler said. “There’s a real good energy here and we just have to buy in as a team and try to get better.” The Bears have issues at wide receiver with Alshon Jeffery battling a calf injury and first-round draft pick Kevin White possibly out for the season, but Eddie Royal will man the slot and Cutler has a safety net in running back Matt Forte, who had a staggering 102 catches last season. Fox needs to repair a defense that has been singed for 442 and 478 points in the past two seasons.
In their last action, Chicago was a 13-9 loser on the road against the Vikings. They covered the +7-point spread as underdogs, while the combined score (22) was profitable news for UNDER bettors.
Team record: 5-11 SU,7-9 ATS
Current Streak: lost 5 straight games.
Chicago is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chicago’s last 7 games
Chicago is 4-13-1 ATS in its last 18 games at home
Chicago is 2-7 SU in its last 9 games at home
Rodgers finished with 38 touchdowns versus five interceptions last season and he fattened those numbers in the two drubbings of Chicago, throwing for 617 yards with 10 scoring passes and zero picks. Randall Cobb, who set career highs with 91 receptions and 12 touchdowns a year ago, expects to play after suffering a sprained shoulder in the preseason but the onus will be on Nelson’s replacement, second-year wideout Davante Adams. Fortunately for Green Bay, it has a strong running game led by third-year back Eddie Lacy, who rumbled for 1,139 yards and nine touchdowns while adding 42 receptions and four more scores. Linebacker Clay Matthews registered 11 sacks last year to lead the defense, which may be without starting strong safely Morgan Burnett (calf).
The Packers were a 28-22 loser in their most recent outing on the road against the Seahawks. They covered the +8.5-point spread as underdogs, while the total score (50) made winners of OVER bettors.
Team record: 13-5 SU,10-7-1 ATS
Green Bay is 10-5 ATS in its last 15 games
Green Bay is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games
The total has gone OVER in 15 of Green Bay’s last 22 games
The total has gone OVER in 13 of Green Bay’s last 19 games on the road
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