{"id":3514,"date":"2008-10-29T16:40:45","date_gmt":"2008-10-29T21:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=3514"},"modified":"2023-02-07T06:41:17","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T14:41:17","slug":"cappers-lions-bears-betting-trends-pick-291008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/gambling\/cappers-lions-bears-betting-trends-pick-291008\/","title":{"rendered":"Cappers Lions vs. Bears Betting Trends + Pick"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Bears Host Longtime NFC North Foes in Winless Lions<\/h2>\n<p>The winless Detroit Lions (0-72-5 ATS, 3-3-1 P\/U) lost to the Washington Redskins 25-17 on Sunday as speedy wide receiver and return man Santana Moss returned a punt 80 yards early in the fourth quarter to put the Skins up for good.<\/p>\n<p>The Chicago Bears (4-3 SU, 4-2-1 ATS, 3-4 O\/U) are well-rested after getting a bye in Week 7, following their high-scoring, 48-41 Week 6 win over the Minnesota Vikings. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Detroit\u2019s league-worst defense has allowed six quarterbacks to record career-highs in passer rating against them in seven games this season including Redskins starter Jason Campbell who went 23-of-28 for a season-high 328 yards and one touchdown.<\/p>\n<p>Lions quarterback Dan Orlovsky went 21-for-5 for 223 yards and one touchdown in the loss. While the Lions didn\u2019t commit a single turnover in the game, their defense couldn\u2019t stop Washington \u2013 or running water for that matter &#8211; failing to cover as 7-point home underdogs.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago is second in the league in scoring, averaging 28.0 points per game this season and put 48 points on the board against the Vikings in Week 7 as quarterback Kyle Orton completed 21 of 32 passes for 283 yards and two touchdowns to help Chicago cover as 3-point home favorites.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/go\/bovada\"><\/a><strong>Here is a look at the sports betting trends for each team, followed by my in-depth analysis and NFL Free Picks<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Detroit is 2-8 ATS in its last 10 games<br \/>\nDetroit is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games<br \/>\nDetroit is 2-6 ATS in its last 8 games on the road<br \/>\nDetroit is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>\nThe total has gone OVER in 6 of Detroit&#8217;s last 8 games on the road<br \/>\nDetroit is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games when playing Chicago<br \/>\nThe total has gone UNDER in 10 of Detroit&#8217;s last 15 games when playing Chicago<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bears<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chicago is 7-2-1 ATS in its last 10 games<br \/>\nChicago is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games<br \/>\nChicago is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games at home<br \/>\nChicago is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>\nThe total has gone OVER in 5 of Chicago&#8217;s last 5 games at home<br \/>\nChicago is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing Detroit<br \/>\nThe total has gone UNDER in 10 of Chicago&#8217;s last 15 games<\/p>\n<p><strong>NFL Odds<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Detroit Lions +13\u00bd -110<br \/>\nChicago Bears -13\u00bd -110<\/p>\n<p>Over 43 -110<br \/>\nUnder 43 -110<\/p>\n<p><strong>Analysis<\/strong>: The Bears are clearly the better tea in this matchup, but I like the Lions to cover the high, 13.5-point spread here easily after getting routed by Chicago 34-7 on Oct. 5. The Lions and Bears have also played the under in three of their last five contests, leading me to believe the total will go under in this matchup as well.<\/p>\n<h3>NFL Free Picks: Lions +13\u00bd Points\/Under 43 Total Points<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Preview and Week 9 NFL cappers matchup tips for this week&#8217;s Detroit Lions vs. Chicago Bears matchup, plus an NFL Betting Preview, a look at the gambling trends, plus a free pick&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,15],"tags":[1650,3103,161,166,1652,1701,4060,4061,1485,470,66495,502,548,632,3114,4062,2521,2520,3679],"class_list":["post-3514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gambling","category-nfl","tag-2008-nfl-betting","tag-bears-betting-trends","tag-betting","tag-betting-odds","tag-chicago-bears","tag-detroit-lions","tag-detroit-lions-vs-chicago-bears","tag-detroit-vs-chicago","tag-football-lines","tag-free-pick","tag-gambling","tag-gambling-lines","tag-handicappers-predictions","tag-lines","tag-lions-betting-trends","tag-lions-vs-bears","tag-nfl-trends","tag-online-nfl-gambling","tag-week-9"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3514"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103368,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3514\/revisions\/103368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}