The Bears are in good really shape after beating Dallas rather easily on Monday night. \u00a0They are currently tied for the lead in the NFC North and their next 4 games are very winnable. \u00a0Perhaps none more so than this week\u2019s trip to Jacksonville. \u00a0 <\/p>\n
Chicago Bears (3-1) vs Jacksonville Jaguars (1-3) ATS Matchup Stats<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Gambling Insight!<\/a> |\u00a0Buy Ray’s Picks!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Chicago<\/strong><\/p>\n It is the week before their bye so hopefully their focus will be in tact. Even if it isn\u2019t they should still be able to handle the Jaguars, who might be the worst team in the league.<\/p>\n Bears QB Jay Cutler has got to be one of the most enigmatic players in the NFL. \u00a0He has a fantastic arm and when he is on he can make a slightly better than average offense look pretty darn good. \u00a0It helps when running back Matt Forte is healthy but even without him they can be fine. \u00a0Michael Bush might be the best backup running back in the league. \u00a0Forte is probable for Sunday but if they get up early they might nurse him.<\/p>\n I imagine that public opinion could not be higher on the Bears right now. \u00a0They made a statement on Monday night at Dallas and I am actually surprised the number on this one is not higher. \u00a0The Bears have the third best rushing defense in the league and are perfectly suited to give the Jags fits. \u00a0As long as this stays under 7 I think there is very good value on Chicago.<\/p>\n Jacksonville<\/strong><\/p>\n The Jags are one of the worst teams in the league. \u00a0It is simple, they just don\u2019t score enough points – ranked last in the NFL at 15.5ppg. \u00a0Rushing the ball they are OK with Maurice Jones Drew but their passing game is paltry and showing few signs of improving dramatically. \u00a0On the defensive side of the ball they are below average. [soliloquy id=”82219″]<\/p>\n They also have no discernible home advantage.<\/p>\n QB Blaine Gabbert is not very good. \u00a0Yes I admit he is not blessed with great talent surrounding him but I also think he plays a little too tight to avoid mistakes. \u00a0They invested a top pick in receiver Justin Blackmon but through 4 games he has only 10 receptions. \u00a0Right now their leading threat is Cecil Shorts, yes that Cecil Shorts from the powerful Mount Union program. \u00a0The only good thing for Jacksonville is that MJD basically showed no rust from missing training camp.<\/p>\n Picking against the Jags last week hosting Cincinnati was a no brainer (for some reason JAX was \u00a0actually the favourite). \u00a0This week feels very similar with the Bears very likely to win going away. \u00a0Until such time as the Jags can develop a passing game I think you have to fade. \u00a0They just have no catch up ability.<\/p>\n Spread Pick: \u00a0Chicago -4.5 Bears vs Jaguars NFL Football Spread\/Handicapping The Bears are in good really shape after beating Dallas rather easily on Monday night. \u00a0They are currently tied for the lead in the NFC North and their next 4 games are very winnable. \u00a0Perhaps none more so than this week\u2019s trip to Jacksonville.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":24554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[56687,1652,56686,56688,1722,4898,10717,844,2897,2910],"class_list":["post-55833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl","tag-bears-vs-jaguars","tag-chicago-bears","tag-chicago-bears-vs-jacksonville-jaguars","tag-chicago-vs-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-jaguars","tag-nfl-football-odds","tag-nfl-football-predictions","tag-nfl-picks","tag-nfl-week-5-lines","tag-week-5-free-picks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55833","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=55833"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55892,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55833\/revisions\/55892"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nSunday October 7
\nEverBank Field – Jacksonville, FL
\n4:05PM
\nMoneyline: \u00a0Chicago -225, Jacksonville +185 at GTBets.eu<\/a><\/strong>
\nSpread: \u00a0Chicago -4.5
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\nScore Prediction: \u00a0Chicago 24 – Jacksonville 9<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"