{"id":25162,"date":"2012-09-22T12:30:45","date_gmt":"2012-09-22T17:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=25162"},"modified":"2012-09-22T10:40:22","modified_gmt":"2012-09-22T15:40:22","slug":"st-louis-rams-vs-chicago-bears-nfl-week-3-betting-odds-and-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/st-louis-rams-vs-chicago-bears-nfl-week-3-betting-odds-and-predictions-25162\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Louis Rams vs. Chicago Bears: NFL Week 3 Betting Odds and Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

St. Louis Rams at Chicago Bears
\nSunday, 9\/23\/12, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Chicago -8
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Chicago -7
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 44.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 43
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Bears<\/a>
The Chicago Bears have really struggled to protect quarterback Jay Cutler over the last few seasons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

St. Louis has been very competitive in splitting its first two games, which includes an exciting 31-28 win over the Washington Redskins as 3.5-point home underdogs last week.\u00a0 Rams head coach Jeff Fisher has been known as one of the best against-the-spread options in the league, which is something sports bettors need to pay attention to, as his new team has covered both contests.\u00a0 Quarterback Sam Bradford is coming off one of his best performances, completing 26 of 35 passes for 310 yards and three touchdowns.\u00a0 St. Louis is 3-1-1 ATS over its last five games.<\/p>\n

The Rams may have to play this NFC affair without the services of running back Steven Jackson, who figures to be a game-time decision with a groin injury.\u00a0 Three of the team\u2019s nine offensive linemen weren\u2019t in St. Louis when training camp started.\u00a0 With left tackle Rodger Saffold out with a knee injury, the Rams are going to have a hard time blocking Bears defensive end Julius Peppers, which could be the difference in this game at Soldier Field.<\/p>\n

Chicago has already proven to be one of the more inconsistent NFL teams after two weeks, as it followed up an impressive season-opening win against the Indianapolis Colts with a horrible performance against the Green Bay Packers.\u00a0 The Bears finished with just 168 yard of offense at Lambeau Field, as quarterback Jay Cutler was sacked seven times in the NFC North affair.\u00a0 The franchise may benefit from a few extra days off in this particular contest, especially when playing an opponent its beaten three straight times.\u00a0 Chicago is 4-10 ATS in its last 14 games in Week 3, which is a difficult betting trend to ignore when making your \u00a0NFL predictions this weekend.<\/p>\n

The Bears will likely be without star running back Matt Forte, who is listed as doubtful with a sprained ankle that he suffered against the Packers, which places even more pressure on the offensive line to keep Cutler upright in the pocket.\u00a0 Chicago will look to get wide receiver Brandon Marshall involved early, but he\u2019ll be matched up with cornerback Cortland Finnegan.\u00a0 He has a total of seven catches for 90 yards and a touchdown in two games against him.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Bears due to their 4-1 ATS record in the last five meetings, while the Rams are 2-9 ATS on the road.<\/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":"

St. Louis Rams at Chicago Bears Sunday, 9\/23\/12, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Chicago -8 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Chicago -7 Opening Total:\u00a0 44.5 Current Total:\u00a0 43 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker St. Louis has been very competitive in splitting its first two games, which includes an exciting 31-28 win over the Washington Redskins […]<\/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":[359,763,425,623,5431,863,363],"class_list":["post-25162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-chicago-bears","tag-jay-cutler","tag-matt-forte","tag-sam-bradford","tag-soldier-field","tag-st-louis-rams","tag-steven-jackson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25162","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=25162"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25164,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25162\/revisions\/25164"}],"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=25162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}