{"id":24903,"date":"2012-09-10T23:45:44","date_gmt":"2012-09-11T04:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=24903"},"modified":"2012-09-10T15:27:21","modified_gmt":"2012-09-10T20:27:21","slug":"chicago-bears-vs-green-bay-packers-nfl-week-2-betting-odds-and-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/chicago-bears-vs-green-bay-packers-nfl-week-2-betting-odds-and-predictions-24903\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Bears vs. Green Bay Packers: NFL Week 2 Betting Odds and Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers
\nThursday, 9\/13\/12, 8:20 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NFL Network
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Green Bay -5.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Green Bay -5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 49
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 49.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Chicago Bears QB Jay Cutler is primed for a big season due to teaming back up with WR Brandon Marshall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chicago earned an impressive 41-21 season-opening victory over the Indianapolis Colts as 10-point home favorites, while going \u201cover\u201d the posted total of 41.5.\u00a0 \u201cWe got the guys,\u201d commented Bears wide receiver Brandon Marshall after the game.\u00a0 The Bears won the statistical battle by a 428-356 margin, with the defense causing five turnovers.\u00a0 Offensively, the team has to be pleased in notching its highest point total since the 2009 campaign.\u00a0 Chicago is 0-4 ATS after covering as a double-digit favorite, while going 2-4 ATS as an underdog of 3.5 to 9.5 points.<\/p>\n

The Bears were happy to see quarterback Jay Cutler get over his early-game struggles of completing just 1 of 10 passes, finishing 21 of 35 for 333 yards and two touchdowns.\u00a0 Chicago has a pair of running backs that can do some damage, with Michael Bush and Matt Forte combining to gain 122 yards on the ground.\u00a0 Free agent acquisition Brandon Marshall has already made an impact in joining up with Cutler again, which figures to be a main them heading into the division opener against a secondary that looked shaky versus San Francisco.<\/p>\n

Green Bay tried to put getting bounced out of last year\u2019s playoffs in the divisional round behind them, but ultimately suffered a 30-22 setback to San Francisco as six-point home favorites on Sunday.\u00a0 \u201cAs a team, when you lose, you want to get right back on the field,\u201d stated Packers linebacker A.J. Hawk.\u00a0 The Packers defense was hoping for better results after a terrible 2011 campaign, but ended up allowing 186 rushing yards and 211 through the air.\u00a0 Green Bay is 11-6 ATS as a home favorite, with the \u201cover\u201d going 14-3 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Packers did show signs of being a play-making defense in the later stages of Week 1, notching four sacks and getting four stops in the final 19-plus minutes.\u00a0 Green Bay is off to a much different start than a year ago, as the squad won its first 13 games before finishing with a 15-1 mark, which led the entire league.\u00a0 Quarterback Aaron Rodgers ended up with 303 yards passing with two touchdowns and an interception.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Packers due to their 2-0 ATS mark on Thursdays, while the Bears are 1-3 ATS as a road underdog of 3.5 to 7 points.<\/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

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Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers Thursday, 9\/13\/12, 8:20 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NFL Network Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Green Bay -5.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Green Bay -5 Opening Total:\u00a0 49 Current Total:\u00a0 49.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Chicago earned an impressive 41-21 season-opening victory over the Indianapolis Colts as 10-point home favorites, while going \u201cover\u201d 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":[416,1027,359,1119,763,425],"class_list":["post-24903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-aaron-rodgers","tag-brandon-marshall","tag-chicago-bears","tag-green-bay-packers","tag-jay-cutler","tag-matt-forte"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24903","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=24903"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24905,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24903\/revisions\/24905"}],"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=24903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}