{"id":30400,"date":"2013-09-29T09:58:09","date_gmt":"2013-09-29T14:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=30400"},"modified":"2013-09-29T09:58:09","modified_gmt":"2013-09-29T14:58:09","slug":"chicago-bears-vs-detroit-lions-nfc-north-betting-preview-and-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/chicago-bears-vs-detroit-lions-nfc-north-betting-preview-and-predictions-30400\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Bears vs. Detroit Lions: NFC North Betting Preview and Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chicago Bears vs. Detroit Lions
\nSunday, 9\/29\/13, 1:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Detroit -3
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Detroit -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 47
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 4.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Detroit Lions will need to pressure Chicago Bears QB Jay Cutler Sunday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chicago will look to improve to 4-0 and increase its lead atop the NFC North division to two games, as it comes off a 40-23 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers as one-point road favorites in Week 3, while going OVER the betting total for a third consecutive contest.\u00a0 The Bears are tied for 19th in the league in scoring defense at 24.7 points per game, but the unit has recorded six fumble recoveries and five interceptions.\u00a0 \u201cThat\u2019s what we do, we take the ball away,\u201d commented Bears defensive end Julius Peppers.\u00a0 Chicago is 4-9 SU and 4-8-1 ATS as underdogs the last two-plus seasons, with the UNDER being 7-6 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Bears are 3-0 for just the third time in the last 22 seasons\u2014winning their division and advancing to the NFC Championship Game in those occurrences.\u00a0 Chicago\u2019s offense is being led by quarterback Jay Cutler, who has completed 67.3 percent of his passes this season\u2014entering with a 94.2 passer rating.\u00a0 After leading the NFL with 44 takeaways in 2012, the team paces the league with 44 points off turnovers this season.\u00a0 All eyes will be on cornerback Charles Tillman in his quest to cover one of the best players in football, as he\u2019s listed as questionable with knee and groin injuries.<\/p>\n

Detroit has already taken care of business at home against a division opponent earlier this season, as it picked up a 34-24 season-opening victory against the Minnesota Vikings as four-point favorites on Sept. 8.\u00a0 \u201cIt means more because it\u2019s an NFC North game,\u201d commented Lions head coach Jim Schwartz.\u00a0 The Lions have dropped nine of the last 10 meetings in this series, including both during the 2012 campaign, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your pro football picks Sunday.\u00a0 Detroit is 8-9 SU and 7-9-1 ATS over the last two-plus seasons, with the OVER going 9-8 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Lions have one of the more dynamic offensive combinations in the league, with quarterback Matthew Stafford and wide receiver Calvin Johnson, as the duo have connected 17 times for 268 yards and three touchdowns.\u00a0 Detroit is tied for sixth in the league in averaging 27.3 points per game, while sitting fourth in racking up 410.7 yards per contest.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total in this affair, as the UNDER is 6-2 in the Bears\u2019 last eight games versus division foes.<\/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":"

Chicago Bears vs. Detroit Lions Sunday, 9\/29\/13, 1:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Detroit -3 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Detroit -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 47 Current Total:\u00a0 4.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Chicago will look to improve to 4-0 and increase its lead atop the NFC North division to two games, as it comes off a 40-23 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":29520,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[2753,7120,359,542,763,616,2589,31],"class_list":["post-30400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-calvin-johnson","tag-charles-tillman","tag-chicago-bears","tag-detroit-lions","tag-jay-cutler","tag-matthew-stafford","tag-nfc-north","tag-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30400","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=30400"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30401,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30400\/revisions\/30401"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}