{"id":6601,"date":"2009-11-28T22:57:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-29T03:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/11\/nfl-handicapping-bears-vs-vikings\/"},"modified":"2009-11-28T22:57:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-29T03:57:00","slug":"nfl-handicapping-bears-vs-vikings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/11\/nfl-handicapping-bears-vs-vikings\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Handicapping: Bears vs Vikings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Courtesy of OddsShark.com<\/font><\/div>\n
The Chicago Bears and the Minnesota Vikings will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at The Metrodome. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Vikings listed as 11-point favorites versus the Bears, while the game’s total is sitting at 47. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Bears lost to Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 24-20 as a 3.5-point underdog in Week 11. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (47). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jay Cutler passed for 171 yards with a touchdown and an interception for Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Matt Forte rushed for 34 yards on 14 carries. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Vikings defeated Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> 35-9 as an 11-point favorite in Week 11. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (47). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Brett Favre passed for 213 yards with four touchdowns for Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> and Sidney Rice caught six passes for 89 yards with two touchdowns. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 3 straight games.
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 3 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 4-6 SU, 4-6 ATS
Minnesota: 9-1 SU, 6-3-1<\/st1:date> ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Chicago most recently:
When playing in November are 4-6
When playing on turf are 4-6
After being outgained are 6-4
When playing within the division are 6-4<\/p>\n

Minnesota most recently:
When playing in November are 9-1
When playing on turf are 8-2
After outgaining opponent are 8-2
When playing within the division are 8-2<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Chicago’s last 5 games when playing Minnesota
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Chicago’s last 14 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Chicago’s last 6 games
Chicago is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
Minnesota is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Minnesota is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games
Minnesota is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Chicago
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Minnesota’s last 5 games when playing Chicago<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to St.<\/st1:place> Louis, Sunday, December 6
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Sunday, December 6<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
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Courtesy of OddsShark.com The Chicago Bears and the Minnesota Vikings will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at The Metrodome. Oddsmakers currently have the Vikings listed as 11-point favorites versus the Bears, while the game’s total is sitting at 47. The Bears lost to Philadelphia 24-20 as a … Continue reading NFL Handicapping: Bears vs Vikings<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6601","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=6601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6601\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}