{"id":18485,"date":"2011-10-10T09:31:31","date_gmt":"2011-10-10T14:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=18485"},"modified":"2011-10-10T09:31:31","modified_gmt":"2011-10-10T14:31:31","slug":"monday-night-football-predictions-chicago-bears-vs-detroit-lions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/monday-night-football-predictions-chicago-bears-vs-detroit-lions-18485\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Night Football Predictions: Chicago Bears vs. Detroit Lions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chicago Bears at Detroit Lions
\nMonday, 10\/10\/11, 8:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Detroit -6
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Detroit -5.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 47
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 47
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Chicago Bears are a forgotten team in tonight's Monday Night Football contest<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chicago is the \u201cother\u201d team in this Monday Night Football matchup due to Detroit\u2019s 4-0 start, but bettors need to realize that the team hasn\u2019t been an underdog in this series in at least the last 10 meetings.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s got a playoff atmosphere to it,\u201d stated Bears quarterback Jay Cutler.\u00a0 It certainly does when the road team wants to desperately avoid falling to 2-3 on the season.\u00a0 The game really centers around a defense that has shown some holes early this year against a youthful offense that has taken the league by storm.\u00a0 Chicago has allowed 17 pass plays of 20 yards or more.\u00a0 Chicago is 1-4 ATS as a road underdog of 3.5 to 7 points, while the \u2018under\u2019 is 4-1 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Bears would definitely benefit in continuing to give the ball to running back Matt Forte, who is third in the NFL with 5,365 yards from scrimmage through Week 4 since he joined the league in 2008.\u00a0 It would definitely slow down a ferocious Detroit defensive line, especially when the team has allowed 15 sacks in four games.\u00a0 One player that will have mixed emotions in the contest is Bears receiver Roy Williams, who has always underachieved and will be playing against his former team.\u00a0 \u201cI know the fans are excited,\u201d Williams commented this week.\u00a0 \u201cThey truly deserve it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Detroit is aiming for its first 5-0 start since 1956 and will be looking to snap a six-game skid against the Chicago Bears in the process.\u00a0 It\u2019s a tremendous time to be in the Motor City as a sports fan, as the Tigers are in the MLB playoffs and the Red Wings are ready for another NHL season.\u00a0 \u201cThis is a great little stretch for Detroit,\u201d commented Lions coach Jim Schwartz.\u00a0 The Lions will need to focus on stopping Forte, who gained 205 yards on 25 carries last week against the Carolina Panthers.\u00a0 Detroit is 4-2 ATS as a favorite and the \u2018over\u2019 is 5-2 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Lions are one of the more dynamic offensive teams in football due to the quarterback-receiver combination of Matthew Stafford and Calvin Johnson.\u00a0 The duo have helped the team be the first in league history to win consecutive games when trailing by at least 20 points.\u00a0 Johnson enters as the only player in league history to catch more than one touchdown pass in the first four games of a season.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Bears due to their 5-1 ATS mark on Monday Night Football, while the Lions are 2-6 ATS as a favorite of 3.5 to 10 points.<\/p>\n

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Chicago Bears at Detroit Lions Monday, 10\/10\/11, 8:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Detroit -6 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Detroit -5.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 47 Current Total:\u00a0 47 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Chicago is the \u201cother\u201d team in this Monday Night Football matchup due to Detroit\u2019s 4-0 start, but bettors need to realize that the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[2753,359,542,763,425,616],"class_list":["post-18485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-calvin-johnson","tag-chicago-bears","tag-detroit-lions","tag-jay-cutler","tag-matt-forte","tag-matthew-stafford"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18485","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=18485"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18486,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18485\/revisions\/18486"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}