{"id":36452,"date":"2014-11-25T20:30:01","date_gmt":"2014-11-26T01:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=36452"},"modified":"2014-11-25T20:13:24","modified_gmt":"2014-11-26T01:13:24","slug":"nfl-thanksgiving-picks-chicago-bears-vs-detroit-lions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-thanksgiving-picks-chicago-bears-vs-detroit-lions-36452\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Thanksgiving Picks: Chicago Bears vs. Detroit Lions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chicago Bears vs. Detroit Lions
\nThursday, 11\/27\/14, 12:30 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Detroit -7
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Detroit -7
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 46.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 47
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Lions<\/a>
The Detroit Lions are 2-0 SUATS versus NFC North opponents this year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chicago has won back-to-back 21-13 home contests against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Minnesota Vikings, with both games going UNDER the betting total.\u00a0 The Bears were expected to be one of the top offenses in the league this season, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your Week 14 NFL betting picks, but they\u2019ve averaged 6.3 points fewer than last season.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to point out that the squad has been outscored by a 41-0 margin in the first quarter in the last six games.\u00a0 Chicago is 2-4 SUATS as underdogs of 3.5 to 9.5 points the last two-plus seasons, with the OVER going 4-2 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Bears have the ability to run the football with running back Matt Forte, which is important to consider when looking over the NFL betting lines, as he\u2019s managed to gain an average of 95.8 yards in his last five games in the Motor City.\u00a0 He\u2019s also been targeted in the passing game by signal-caller Jay Cutler, as he\u2019s tied for fourth in the league with 72 receptions.<\/p>\n

Detroit returns home after dropping two games on the road against the New England Patriots and Arizona Cardinals by a combined 48-15 margin over that span, while going UNDER the betting total in four consecutive contests.\u00a0 The Lions had a major breakthrough in this NFC North series last year, with wide receiver Calvin Johnson accounting for three touchdown catches en route to winning both meetings.\u00a0 Detroit is 3-5 SUATS as home favorites of 3.5 to 7 points the last two-plus seasons, with no clear edge in terms of the betting total (4-4 Over\/Under).<\/p>\n

The Lions haven\u2019t been explosive offensively in recent weeks, but they still have plenty of playmakers for Matthew Stafford to target, including No. 2 wide receiver Golden Tate.\u00a0 Detroit brought Tate in from Seattle to ease the burden on Johnson, and he\u2019s delivered in catching 72 passes for 1,047 yards.\u00a0 Stafford is still working on his timing with his main target downfield due to Johnson missing three games with an ankle injury.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Lions due to their 2-0 SUATS mark versus division opponents this season.<\/p>\n

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Chicago Bears vs. Detroit Lions Thursday, 11\/27\/14, 12:30 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Detroit -7 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Detroit -7 Opening Total:\u00a0 46.5 Current Total:\u00a0 47 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Chicago has won back-to-back 21-13 home contests against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Minnesota Vikings, with both games going UNDER the betting total.\u00a0 The Bears […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[359,542,763,616,2589,31],"class_list":["post-36452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","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\/36452","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=36452"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36453,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36452\/revisions\/36453"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}