{"id":19375,"date":"2011-11-13T10:49:06","date_gmt":"2011-11-13T15:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=19375"},"modified":"2011-11-13T10:49:06","modified_gmt":"2011-11-13T15:49:06","slug":"nfl-picks-week-10-detroit-lions-vs-chicago-bears-nfc-north-betting-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-picks-week-10-detroit-lions-vs-chicago-bears-nfc-north-betting-preview-19375\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Picks Week 10: Detroit Lions vs. Chicago Bears, NFC North Betting Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Detroit Lions at Chicago Bears
\nSunday, 11\/13\/11, 4:15 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Chicago -2.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Chicago -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 47
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 43.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Detroit Lions have a legitimate MVP candidate in wide receiver Calvin Johnson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Detroit will aim to sweep its NFC North division rival Sunday after tallying a 24-13 victory on Monday Night Football earlier this year as a 6.5-point home favorites.\u00a0 The Lions are coming off a bye week and will be playing their second consecutive road game, tallying a 45-10 victory over the Denver Broncos before the break as three point favorites.\u00a0 With Green Bay being the only undefeated team in the NFL, it\u2019s likely that the franchise is focused in on a Wild Card spot.\u00a0 Detroit is 2-0 ATS as a road underdog of three points or less this season.<\/p>\n

The Lions will need to come off the week of rest with a different attitude against the run, allowing their last seven opponents to rush for over the century mark, while ranking 28th in the league.\u00a0 Detroit has one of the more talented pass-catch combinations in the league with quarterback Matthew Stafford and wide receiver Calvin Johnson.\u00a0 The MVP candidate has been targeted 74 times this year, with Johnson catching 47 passes.\u00a0 The passing attack will likely have to win the game, as starting running back Jahvid best will be out for a third straight game.<\/p>\n

Chicago has been playing great football in notching three consecutive wins, including a 30-24 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles as nine-point road underdogs on last week\u2019s Monday Night Football broadcast.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to note that the Bears won the statistical battle in all of those contests after being out-gained in their first five games.\u00a0 Running back Matt Forte continues to be one of the more dominant offensive players in the league, coming in with four 100-yard games in six meetings with the Lions.\u00a0 Chicago is 3-0 ATS this season when the betting odds are three points on either side.<\/p>\n

The Bears offensive game plan has changed for the better in featuring Forte, as he\u2019s gained 365 yards on 5.5 yards per carry.\u00a0 It\u2019s taken a lot of the pressure off starting quarterback Jay Cutler, who has thrown for six touchdowns and just two interceptions in the past four games.\u00a0 The offensive line has allowed just three sacks in the past three games, which is a dramatic improvement from watching Cutler fall to the ground 14 times in the first three games of the 2011 campaign.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Lions due to their 7-3 ATS mark in the last 10 meetings, while the Bears are 6-10 ATS when playing a team with a winning record.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the NFL handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Detroit Lions at Chicago Bears Sunday, 11\/13\/11, 4:15 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Chicago -2.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Chicago -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 47 Current Total:\u00a0 43.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Detroit will aim to sweep its NFC North division rival Sunday after tallying a 24-13 victory on Monday Night Football earlier this year […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[2753,359,542,763,425,616,2589],"class_list":["post-19375","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","tag-nfc-north"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19375","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=19375"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19376,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19375\/revisions\/19376"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}