{"id":10361,"date":"2010-11-06T19:17:15","date_gmt":"2010-11-07T00:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=10361"},"modified":"2010-11-06T19:17:15","modified_gmt":"2010-11-07T00:17:15","slug":"chicago-bears-vs-buffalo-bills-pro-football-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/chicago-bears-vs-buffalo-bills-pro-football-picks-10361\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Bears vs Buffalo Bills Pro Football Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chicago Bears at Buffalo Bills
\nSunday, 11\/7\/2010, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Chicago -3
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Chicago -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 41
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 41.5
\nCurrent Moneyline:\u00a0 Chicago -155 \/ Buffalo +135<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Chicago Bears QB Jay Cutler is a three-point neutral-field favorite against the winless Buffalo Bills on Sunday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chicago may be 4-3 on the season and nobody is happy about it considering the club started the season with a perfect 3-0 mark.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s pretty obvious that we need to establish\u00a0 the run a little more to help out the passing game and cut down on turnovers and hold onto the ball,\u201d said running back Matt Forte.\u00a0 The Bears offense ranks 26th in rushing at 88.6 yards per game and has attempted 215 passes compared to just 156 rushes.\u00a0 Chicago turned the ball over a season-high six times in a 17-14 loss to Washington and are now coming off a bye week.\u00a0 The squad is 1-4 all-time against the Bills in Buffalo, but luckily this game is being played at Toronto\u2019s Rogers Center.\u00a0 Head coach Lovie Smith has led his team to a 2-8 ATS mark in November the last two years and his team is a slight three-point favorite according to the NFL lines page.<\/p>\n

The Bears need to focus on gaining a win in this contest due to five of their next eight games coming against teams with winning records.\u00a0 \u201cThey\u2019re not what their record is,\u201d defensive tackle Tommie Harris stated.\u00a0 \u201cThey\u2019re a good team.\u00a0 They\u2019re a dangerous team.\u201d\u00a0 Chicago\u2019s offensive line has been under incredible scrutiny all season long and has allowed opposing defenses to sack quarterback Jay Cutler 19 times in the past three games and a league-leading 27 times on the season.\u00a0 \u201cThere are so many things that all of us would like to do differently,\u201d said Smith.<\/p>\n

Buffalo is a dismal 0-7 on the year and many players are starting to lose patience in trying to capture a first victory.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s horrible to think we\u2019re the only winless team in the NFL,\u201d said linebacker Paul Posluszny.\u00a0 \u201cBut each week, man, we\u2019re getting a step closer.\u201d\u00a0 Part of the problem this season is the team ranking last in the NFL against the run, surrendering an astounding 188.7 yards.\u00a0 That marked worsened significantly in giving up a season-worst 274 yards versus the Chiefs in a 13-10 overtime loss last week.\u00a0 Four of their last five opponents have gone over the 200-yard mark.\u00a0 Buffalo is 18-20 ATS over the lat three years.<\/p>\n

The Bills are hoping the 15 years of experience that first-year head coach Chan Gailey brings to the table will turn around the season.\u00a0 \u201cThere\u2019s no speech to give,\u201d said Gailey.\u00a0 \u201cThere\u2019s nothing I can do, really.\u00a0 I can\u2019t go in there and smooth-talk them.\u201d\u00a0 Offensively, the team is starting to make waves with signal-caller Ryan Fitzpatrick, who has thrown for a career-best 12 touchdowns and just five interceptions.\u00a0 He has been helped by a rushing game that includes Fred Jackson and C.J. Spiller both averaging 4.0 yards per carry.<\/p>\n

Bettors will find that the Bears are just 5-11 ATS in their last 16 games, while the Bills are a less-than-stellar 3-8-1 ATS in November.<\/p>\n

The NFL handicappers at Maddux Sports are releasing a huge 20-unit NFL Game of the Year on Sunday.\u00a0 Don\u2019t miss out on the winning action!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chicago Bears at Buffalo Bills Sunday, 11\/7\/2010, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Chicago -3 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Chicago -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 41 Current Total:\u00a0 41.5 Current Moneyline:\u00a0 Chicago -155 \/ Buffalo +135 Chicago may be 4-3 on the season and nobody is happy about it considering the club started the season with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[127,1103,359,763,3721,3718,3720,3719],"class_list":["post-10361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-buffalo-bills","tag-chan-gailey","tag-chicago-bears","tag-jay-cutler","tag-lovie-smith","tag-rogers-center","tag-ryan-fitzpatrick","tag-tommie-harris"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10361"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10362,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10361\/revisions\/10362"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}