The Detroit Lions cruised into their bye week by hammering the Broncos. \u00a0They were nicked up a bit \u00a0before but they should be fresh now heading to rival Chicago to try and cool the warm (I refuse to think they are hot) Bears. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Soldier Field – Chicago, IL Detroit<\/strong><\/p>\n Normally you would think there would be all sorts of scheme preparation but I think Chicago is pretty vanilla these days so there may not be as much of an advantage with the extra time as there is for other opponents.<\/p>\n Against Denver last time out the Lions showed us the team we have grown to love on offense. \u00a0Matthew Stafford to Megatron is the most lethal combination in the league…and when Jahvid Best is in the lineup too, it is hard to argue that anyone has a better compliment of weapons than Detroit (You gotta love TE Brandon Pettrigrew). \u00a0The Lions are not nearly as healthy as they were the first time these two met and that might be a factor, especially running the football.<\/p>\n This is a critical game for both teams and a great statement opportunity for Detroit. \u00a0Win and they go two games up on the Bears and remain out in front in the playoff race, lose and they are tied with Chicago and maybe the Falcons too. \u00a0It is easy to say that the Lions have turned a corner but this might be the best example of that…if they win. \u00a0I think as long as the weather doesn\u2019t alter their game plans they should be able to do just that. \u00a0[soliloquy id=”82219″]<\/p>\n Chicago<\/strong><\/p>\n No matter how much I doubt them, the Chicago Bears continue to win football game. \u00a0Last week\u2019s Monday night victory over Philadelphia had serious implications for the NFC playoff picture and they have another huge game this weekend against Detroit. \u00a0Revenge will certainly be a factor but as much as anything they need this one to continue to stay in the race.<\/p>\n I feel like a broken record when I say that I don\u2019t know how the Bears win. \u00a0Other that Matt Forte they don\u2019t seem to have any skill players in their prime and their defense is not what it used to be only a few years ago. \u00a0Is the threat of a killer punt return by Devin Hester enough? \u00a0Funnily, in some games it is which is an interesting perspective on this Bears team and how it is composed.<\/p>\n Because I don\u2019t understand Chicago I have trouble getting behind them. \u00a0They haven\u2019t done much for the betting public either with just a 4-4 ATS record this season including an ATS and SU loss at Detroit on a Monday night in October. \u00a0As a favourite they are 2-1 ATS this year though…and even though the Bears had owned the Lions up to the earlier season meeting they were just 3-7 ATS over their last 10 in the series.<\/p>\n ATS Pick: \u00a0Detroit +2.5 Detroit Lions vs Chicago Bears The Detroit Lions cruised into their bye week by hammering the Broncos. \u00a0They were nicked up a bit \u00a0before but they should be fresh now heading to rival Chicago to try and cool the warm (I refuse to think they are hot) Bears.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":30050,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45563","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\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45563"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45569,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45563\/revisions\/45569"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nSunday November 13 – 4:15PM
\nMoneyline:
\nSpread (ATS): Chicago -2.5
\nOver\/Under: 45.5
\nOdds courtesy of 5Dimes<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nOver\/Under Pick: \u00a0Over
\nScore Prediction: \u00a0Detroit 28 – Chicago 20<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"