{"id":25715,"date":"2012-10-27T11:57:53","date_gmt":"2012-10-27T16:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=25715"},"modified":"2012-10-27T11:57:53","modified_gmt":"2012-10-27T16:57:53","slug":"carolina-panthers-vs-chicago-bears-nfl-week-8-picks-against-the-spread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/carolina-panthers-vs-chicago-bears-nfl-week-8-picks-against-the-spread-25715\/","title":{"rendered":"Carolina Panthers vs. Chicago Bears: NFL Week 8 Picks Against the Spread"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carolina Panthers at Chicago Bears
\nSunday, 10\/28\/12, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Detroit -3
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Detroit -2.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 43.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 43
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Carolina Panthers QB Cam Newton needs to regroup emotionally heading into the Windy City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Carolina has lost four games in a row, including a 19-14 setback to the Dallas Cowboys as one-point home underdogs.\u00a0 The Panthers are spiraling out of control, as they fired their general manager this week, while also placing a couple of key defensive players on injured reserve.\u00a0 \u201cRight now, there is something missing,\u201d commented Panthers head coach Ron Rivera.\u00a0 He should have no problem getting motivated for this week\u2019s contest, considering he started his playing and coaching career in the Windy City.\u00a0 Carolina is 5-10 ATS as a road underdog the last two-plus seasons, with the OVER going 9-5 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Panthers need quarterback Cam Newton to return to his form of a year ago, which led to being named the NFL\u2019s Offensive Rookie of the Year.\u00a0 Carolina\u2019s offense is averaging nearly seven points less per game than it did through six games in 2011, as opposing defenses have come up with solid game plans in stopping the former Auburn Tigers star.\u00a0 Wide receiver Steve Smith should be his main target, considering he\u2019s averaged 166.3 receiving yards in four games against the Bears.<\/p>\n

Chicago is playing with a ton of confidence in winning its last four games, which includes a 13-7 win over the Detroit Lions as 6.5-point home favorites on last week\u2019s Monday Night Football broadcast.\u00a0 The Bears are getting it done on the defensive end, with cornerback Charles Tillman receiving plenty of accolades, as he\u2019s been the NFC\u2019s defensive player of the week in the team\u2019s last two games.\u00a0 Chicago is 2-5 ATS as a home favorite of 3.5 to 7 points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Bears have won their first three games this year against opposing quarterbacks that were previously taken with the first overall pick in the last four NFL drafts.\u00a0 Chicago knows it faces a stiff test in this particular affair, considering it allowed 543 yards in a 34-29 win as seven-point home favorites in last year\u2019s meeting.\u00a0 The stop unit ranks first in the NFL in points allowed and takeaways.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Panthers due to their 4-1 ATS mark after a spread loss, while the home team is 0-3-1 ATS in this series.<\/p>\n

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Carolina Panthers at Chicago Bears Sunday, 10\/28\/12, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Detroit -3 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Detroit -2.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 43.5 Current Total:\u00a0 43 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Carolina has lost four games in a row, including a 19-14 setback to the Dallas Cowboys as one-point home underdogs.\u00a0 The Panthers are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":17237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[3365,279,7120,359,31,2034],"class_list":["post-25715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-cam-newton","tag-carolina-panthers","tag-charles-tillman","tag-chicago-bears","tag-nfl","tag-steve-smith"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25715","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=25715"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25716,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25715\/revisions\/25716"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}