{"id":2604,"date":"2008-11-08T23:25:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-09T04:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/titans-bears-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-11-08T23:25:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-09T04:25:00","slug":"titans-bears-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/titans-bears-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Titans-Bears Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The fans at Soldier Field will be treated to a game between the Tennessee Titans and the Chicago Bears when they take their seats on Sunday. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Titans listed as 3-point favorites versus the Bears, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 38. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Titans defeated <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>Green Bay<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 19-16 as a 3-point favorite in Week 9. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (41). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Chris Johnson rushed for 89 yards with a touchdown on 24 carries and caught six passes for 72 yards for <st1:State><st1:place>Tennessee<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, while LenDale White rumbled for 77 yards on eight carries <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Bears defeated <st1:City><st1:place>Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 27-23 as a 13-point favorite in Week 9. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (43.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Rex Grossman came in for an injured Kyle Orton and passed for 58 yards with a touchdown pass and a TD run, while Matt Forte rushed for 126 yards on 22 caries in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Tennessee<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 8 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Tennessee<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 8-0 SU, 7-0-1 ATS <br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 5-3 SU, <st1:date Month=\"4\" Day=\"3\" Year=\"2001\">4-3-1<\/st1:date> ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:State><st1:place>Tennessee<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> most recently:<br \/>When playing in November are 5-5<br \/>When playing on grass are 8-2<br \/>After being outgained are 10-0<br \/>When playing outside the division are 7-3<\/p>\n<p><st1:City><st1:place>Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:<br \/>When playing in November are 7-3<br \/>When playing on grass are 6-4<br \/>After being outgained are 8-2<br \/>When playing outside the division are 4-6<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Tennessee is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Tennessee is 7-0-1 ATS in its last 8 games <br \/>Tennessee is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road<br \/>Tennessee is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Chicago&#8217;s last 5 games at home<br \/>Chicago is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home<br \/>Chicago is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Chicago&#8217;s last 5 games when playing Tennessee<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Tennessee<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at <st1:City><st1:place>Jacksonville<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, November 16<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:City><st1:place>Green Bay<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, November 16<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fans at Soldier Field will be treated to a game between the Tennessee Titans and the Chicago Bears when they take their seats on Sunday. Oddsmakers currently have the Titans listed as 3-point favorites versus the Bears, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 38. The Titans defeated Green Bay 19-16 as a 3-point &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/titans-bears-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Titans-Bears Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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-2604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2604","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=2604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2604\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}