{"id":25264,"date":"2012-09-30T20:00:27","date_gmt":"2012-10-01T01:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=25264"},"modified":"2012-09-30T12:59:58","modified_gmt":"2012-09-30T17:59:58","slug":"nfl-week-4-picks-chicago-bears-vs-dallas-cowboys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-week-4-picks-chicago-bears-vs-dallas-cowboys-25264\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 4 Picks: Chicago Bears vs. Dallas Cowboys"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chicago Bears at Dallas Cowboys
\nMonday, 10\/1\/12, 8:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Dallas -3
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Dallas -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 45
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 41.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Bears<\/a>
The Chicago Bears are 7-2 SU on Monday Night Football under head coach Lovie Smith<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chicago bounced back from a dismal performance to pick up a 23-6 victory over the St. Louis Rams as seven-point home favorites, while winning the statistical battle by 114 yards.\u00a0 The Bears will need to protect quarterback Jay Cutler if they plan on improving their record to 8-2 under head coach Lovie Smith when being featured on ESPN\u2019s Monday Night Football.\u00a0 \u201cFor us matchup-wise, the two outside linebackers are really good players,\u201d commented Bears tight end Kellen Davis about the Cowboys pass rushers on the edge.\u00a0 Chicago is 6-6 ATS as a road underdog, while the \u201cunder\u201d is 9-4 in that situation over the last two-plus years.<\/p>\n

The Bears really need Cutler to become a consistent player under center, as he enjoyed a tremendous performance in his last game in this series, completing 21 of 29 passes for 277 yards and three touchdowns in a 27-20 win as seven-point road underdogs on Sept. 19, 2010.\u00a0 Chicago is hoping to have starting running back Matt Forte back in the fold, who was injured in the team\u2019s 23-10 setback to the Green Bay Packers as five-point road underdogs in Week 2.<\/p>\n

Dallas escaped with a 16-10 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as nine-point home favorites last week, as the squad has failed in its two opportunities when laying points this year.\u00a0 The Cowboys have also struggled with offensive line play in the early going, which is a concern when matching up with the likes of Bears defensive end Julius Peppers.\u00a0 This will be the 20th regular-season meeting in this series, with America\u2019s Team holding an 11-9 advantage.\u00a0 Dallas is 0-2 ATS in its last two games on Monday Night Football, which is important to note when making your pro football predictions.<\/p>\n

The Cowboys will look to establish running back DeMarco Murray in the early going, as he\u2019s combined for just 82 yards in the last two games, which is far different than the 131-yard total he finished with against the New York Giants in the NFL\u2019s first game of the season.\u00a0 Quarterback Tony Romo was sacked four times and hit numerous times in last week\u2019s game against the Buccaneers, as he looks to put together an encore to his 374-yard passing performance in the last meeting in this series.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Bears due to their 4-1 ATS mark on Mondays, while the Cowboys are 0-4 ATS at home.<\/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 Dallas Cowboys Monday, 10\/1\/12, 8:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Dallas -3 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Dallas -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 45 Current Total:\u00a0 41.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Chicago bounced back from a dismal performance to pick up a 23-6 victory over the St. Louis Rams as seven-point home favorites, while […]<\/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":[359,124,763,425,441,31,538],"class_list":["post-25264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-chicago-bears","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-jay-cutler","tag-matt-forte","tag-monday-night-football","tag-nfl","tag-tony-romo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25264","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=25264"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25265,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25264\/revisions\/25265"}],"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=25264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}