{"id":20151,"date":"2011-12-10T12:58:35","date_gmt":"2011-12-10T17:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=20151"},"modified":"2011-12-10T13:00:51","modified_gmt":"2011-12-10T18:00:51","slug":"week-14-nfl-betting-tebow-broncos-go-for-six-in-a-row-against-bears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/week-14-nfl-betting-tebow-broncos-go-for-six-in-a-row-against-bears-20151\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 14 NFL Betting: Tebow, Broncos go for six in a row against Bears"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chicago Bears at Denver Broncos
\nSunday, 12\/11\/11, 4:05 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Denver -3.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Denver -3.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 36
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 35.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Broncos
Denver QB Tim Tebow has led the team to a 6-1 mark both straight-up and against the spread this season.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Chicago Bears and Denver Broncos will both have a lot on the line when they meet in Sports Authority Field at Mile High on Sunday.\u00a0 Each team owns a 7-5 record and is fighting for the playoffs, although they are heading in opposite directions due to the play of their quarterbacks.<\/p>\n

The Broncos (-3.5, O\/U 35.5) are rolling behind QB Tim Tebow, who is 6-1 straight-up and against the spread since taking over for the ineffective Kyle Orton following a 1-4 start.\u00a0 The Tebow phenomenon continues to grow ever since he led them back from a 15-0 deficit to an 18-15 overtime victory at Miami back on October 23.<\/p>\n

Denver is riding a five-game winning streak, with all of those wins coming as an underdog.\u00a0 This is the first time the team has been favored since that game against the Dolphins and only the second time since Week 2.\u00a0 The last four games have been decided by seven points or less, with three of them going UNDER the total.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Bears have headed in the opposite direction since losing QB Jay Cutler to a fractured right thumb.\u00a0 They had won five in a row with Cutler under center but have dropped two straight with backup Caleb Hanie leading the offense.\u00a0 Hanie has thrown three interceptions in each of his two starts and also has to deal with the loss of star running back Matt Forte to a knee injury.<\/p>\n

Forte suffered a sprained MCL in his right knee and has been working hard to get back on the field as quickly as possible.\u00a0 The target date for his return is Christmas Day at Green Bay, although he could still miss the rest of the season.<\/p>\n

Chicago is also hopeful Cutler will return before the end of the year.\u00a0 Without him, the team\u2019s offense has sputtered.\u00a0 Hanie could not lead a touchdown drive against Kansas City in a stunning 10-3 home loss last week at Soldier Field.\u00a0 The Bears closed as 9-point favorites and had seen the OVER cash in their previous four games.<\/p>\n

The Broncos have lost the past two meetings with Chicago, including the last one on the road in 2007.\u00a0 That game was a 37-34 overtime affair when Cutler threw for 302 yards and two touchdowns against the Bears.\u00a0 The previous four meetings went UNDER the total, including a 19-10 Chicago win at Denver in the last game between the teams there in 2003.<\/p>\n

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

Chicago Bears at Denver Broncos Sunday, 12\/11\/11, 4:05 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Denver -3.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Denver -3.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 36 Current Total:\u00a0 35.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker The Chicago Bears and Denver Broncos will both have a lot on the line when they meet in Sports Authority Field at Mile […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":194,"featured_media":6379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[5826,359,570,1772,1930,1922,2757,1125,4018],"class_list":["post-20151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-caleb-hanie","tag-chicago-bears","tag-denver-broncos","tag-nfl-betting","tag-nfl-odds","tag-nfl-picks","tag-pro-football","tag-tim-tebow","tag-week-14"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20151","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\/194"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20151"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20153,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20151\/revisions\/20153"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}