{"id":2225,"date":"2008-10-04T18:22:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-04T23:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/bears-lions-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-10-04T18:22:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-04T23:22:00","slug":"bears-lions-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/bears-lions-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Bears-Lions Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Sunday when the Chicago Bears and the Detroit Lions meet at Ford Field. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Bears listed as 3\u00bd-point favorites versus the Lions, while the game’s total is sitting at 45\u00bd. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Bears defeated Philadelphia 24-20 as a 3-point underdog in Week 4. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (40). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Kyle Orton passed for 199 yards with three touchdowns and two interceptions for Chicago, while Greg Olsen caught four passes for 35 yards with a touchdown in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Lions lost to San Francisco 31-13 as a 5-point underdog in Week 3. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (47). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jon Kitna passed for 146 yards with a touchdown and an interception for Detroit and Rudi Johnson rushed for 83 yards on 14 carries with a TD reception. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Detroit has lost 3 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Chicago: 2-2 SU, 2-1-1 ATS
Detroit: 0-3 SU, 0-3 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Chicago most recently:
When playing in October are 8-2
When playing on turf are 6-4
After being outgained are 6-4
When playing within the division are 5-5<\/p>\n

Detroit most recently:
When playing in October are 4-6
When playing on turf are 4-6
After being outgained are 4-6
When playing within the division are 3-7<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Chicago is 5-1-1 ATS in its last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chicago’s last 7 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chicago’s last 7 games when playing on the road against Detroit
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Chicago’s last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Detroit’s last 9 games
Detroit is 13-5 SU in its last 18 games when playing at home against Chicago
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Detroit’s last 7 games when playing at home against Chicago
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Detroit’s last 6 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Chicago at Atlanta, Sunday, October 12
Detroit at Minnesota, Sunday, October 12<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Sunday when the Chicago Bears and the Detroit Lions meet at Ford Field. Oddsmakers currently have the Bears listed as 3\u00bd-point favorites versus the Lions, while the game’s total is sitting at 45\u00bd. The Bears defeated Philadelphia 24-20 as a 3-point underdog in Week 4. The … Continue reading Bears-Lions Preview<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2225\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}