{"id":5897,"date":"2009-10-03T21:11:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-04T02:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/nfl-odds-lions-vs-bears\/"},"modified":"2009-10-03T21:11:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-04T02:11:00","slug":"nfl-odds-lions-vs-bears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/nfl-odds-lions-vs-bears\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Odds: Lions vs Bears"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Detroit Lions and the Chicago Bears will meet on the gridiron at Soldier Field on Sunday in a battle of division rivals. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Bears listed as 10-point favorites versus the Lions, while the game’s total is sitting at 41. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Lions defeated Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> 19-14 as a 6-point underdog in Week 3. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (39.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Matt Stafford passed for 241 yards with a touchdown for Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> and Bryant Johnson caught four passes for 73 yards and a touchdown in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Bears defeated Seattle<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 25-19 as a 2.5-point favorite on Sunday. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (37.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jay Cutler passed for 247 yards with three touchdowns and an interception for Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Devin Hester caught five passes for 76 yards and a touchdown. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 1-2 SU, 1-2 ATS
Chicago: 2-1 SU, 2-1 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Detroit most recently:
When playing in October are 3-7
When playing on grass are 1-9
After being outgained are 0-10
When playing within the division are 0-10<\/p>\n

Chicago most recently:
When playing in October are 7-3
When playing on grass are 6-4
After being outgained are 7-3
When playing within the division are 5-5<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Detroit’s last 5 games on the road
Detroit is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games on the road
Detroit is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Chicago
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Detroit’s last 12 games
Chicago is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Chicago’s last 5 games at home
Chicago is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing Detroit
Chicago is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Detroit<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, October 11
Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, October 18<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Detroit Lions and the Chicago Bears will meet on the gridiron at Soldier Field on Sunday in a battle of division rivals. Oddsmakers currently have the Bears listed as 10-point favorites versus the Lions, while the game’s total is sitting at 41. The Lions defeated Washington 19-14 as a 6-point underdog in Week 3. … Continue reading NFL Odds: Lions 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-5897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5897","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=5897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5897\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}