{"id":2774,"date":"2008-11-22T22:40:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-23T03:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/bears-rams-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-11-22T22:40:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-23T03:40:00","slug":"bears-rams-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/bears-rams-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Bears-Rams Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Chicago Bears and the St. Louis Rams will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at Edward Jones Dome. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Bears listed as 8-point favorites versus the Rams, while the game’s total is sitting at 44. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Bears lost to Green Bay<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 37-3 as a 3.5-point underdog in Week 11. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (43). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Kyle Orton passed for 133 yards with no touchdowns and no interceptions for the Bears, while Matt Forte rushed for 64 yards on 16 carries. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Rams lost to San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 35-16 as a 7-point underdog in Week 11. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (43.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Marc Bulger threw for 295 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions for St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Donnie Avery caught nine passes for 93 yards. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 2 straight games.
St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 4 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 5-5 SU, <\/font>4-5-1 ATS
St.<\/st1:address><\/st1:Street> Louis: 2-8 SU, 3-7 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Chicago most recently:
When playing in November are 5-5
When playing on turf are 5-5
After being outgained are 6-4
When playing outside the division are 4-6<\/p>\n

St. Louis most recently:
When playing in November are 3-7
When playing on turf are 1-9
After outgaining opponent are 5-5
When playing outside the division are 2-8<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chicago’s last 5 games on the road
Chicago is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games when playing St. Louis
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chicago’s last 7 games when playing on the road against St. Louis
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Chicago’s last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of St. Louis’s last 5 games at home
St. Louis is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Chicago
St. Louis is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games when playing at home against Chicago
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of St. Louis’s last 7 games when playing at home against Chicago<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Sunday, November 30
St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, November 30<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Chicago Bears and the St. Louis Rams will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at Edward Jones Dome. Oddsmakers currently have the Bears listed as 8-point favorites versus the Rams, while the game’s total is sitting at 44. The Bears lost to Green Bay 37-3 as a 3.5-point underdog … Continue reading Bears-Rams 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-2774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2774","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=2774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2774\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}