{"id":5664,"date":"2009-09-19T21:59:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-20T02:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/nfl-handicapping-steelers-vs-bears\/"},"modified":"2009-09-19T21:59:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-20T02:59:00","slug":"nfl-handicapping-steelers-vs-bears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/nfl-handicapping-steelers-vs-bears\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Handicapping: Steelers vs Bears"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Pittsburgh Steelers and the Chicago Bears will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Soldier Field. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Steelers listed as 3-point favorites versus the Bears, while the game’s total is sitting at 37\u00bd. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jeff Reed booted a 32-yard field goal to lift the Steelers over the Titans 13-10 in Week 1. The Steelers could not cover the 6.5-point spread, and the 23 points went UNDER the posted total of 36. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Santonio Holmes had nine catches for 131 yards and a touchdown for Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> in that win, while Ben Roethlisberger threw for 363 yards and a TD. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Bears lost to Green Bay<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 21-15 as a 5-point underdog in Week 1. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (47). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jay Cutler passed for 277 yards with a touchdown and four interceptions for the Bears, while Devin Hester caught four passes for 90 yards with a touchdown. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 1-0 SU, 0-1 ATS
Chicago: 0-1 SU, 0-1 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:
When playing in September are 7-3
When playing on grass are 8-2
After outgaining opponent are 8-2
When playing outside the division are 7-3<\/p>\n

Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:
When playing in September are 4-6
When playing on grass are 6-4
After outgaining opponent are 3-7
When playing outside the division are 5-5<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Pittsburgh is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Pittsburgh is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games on the road
Pittsburgh is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Pittsburgh’s last 7 games on the road
Chicago is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Chicago’s last 10 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Chicago’s last 9 games
Chicago is 1-3-1 ATS in its last 5 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, September 27
Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Seattle<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, September 27<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Pittsburgh Steelers and the Chicago Bears will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Soldier Field. Oddsmakers currently have the Steelers listed as 3-point favorites versus the Bears, while the game’s total is sitting at 37\u00bd. Jeff Reed booted a 32-yard field goal to lift the Steelers … Continue reading NFL Handicapping: Steelers vs Bears<\/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-5664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5664","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=5664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5664\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}