NFL Pro Football Futures Betting - The Bears Claw-Less
BetUS Sportsbook has its Super Bowl football
betting odds posted for the upcoming season,
and they certainly look a little different
than they did last year. For example, who
would have thought that a team just one
year removed from a Super Bowl appearance
would be as high as 40/1 sports betting
to win the Super Bowl, and 16/1 NFL wagering
odds to get there? Yet that is the case
with the Chicago Bears (7-9 SU, 7-9 ATS
last season). How far have the Monsters
of the Midway fallen? We'll take a look
at that today.
First let's look at the NFL odds to win
the NFC and NFC North divisions, as they
appear in BetUS Sportsbook:
BetUS NFL Futures Odds
To Win NFC North
Minnesota Vikings +140
Green Bay Packers +180
CHICAGO BEARS +300
Detroit Lions +450
To win the NFC Championship
Dallas Cowboys +350
Green Bay Packers +900
New York Giants +700
New Orleans Saints +900
Philadelphia Eagles +750
Seattle Seahawks +1200
Tampa Bay Buccaneers +1400
Washington Redskins +1600
Minnesota Vikings +1000
Arizona Cardinals +1800
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Carolina Panthers
+2000
Detroit Lions +2200
CHICAGO BEARS +1600
San Francisco 49ers +2800
St. Louis Rams +2500
Atlanta Falcons +6500
We admit that opportunities
to acquire quality NFL quarterbacks in
the off-season were rather limited. But
the Chicago Bears will once again go about
as far as Rex Grossman can take them, and
that is indeed a sad state of affairs.
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Sure, there were upbeat moments for this
team. They hung the first loss of the season
on Brett Favre and the Green Bay Packers
(and were led by Brian Griese in that one,
incidentally). And they did win their last
two games of the season. But Grossman, who
sat out some time with injury, was largely
ineffective, hitting just 54% of his passes
for four TD's and seven interceptions. Griese,
who would have at least provided some insurance,
was traded, and to make matters worse, the
Bears also saw the departure of their two
leading receivers from last year: Bernard
Berrian, who left for Minnesota as a free
agent, and Muhsin Muhammad, who was simply
released. There were no substantive additions,
although Marty Booker, who started his career
in the Windy City, has returned. Devin Hester
was thought to be a potential help at wideout,
but there is a question as to whether he's
really grasping the offense.
And the Chicago braintrust has a dilemma
regarding its running game as well. When
Thomas Jones left for the Jets, the hope
was that Cedric Benson, on whom they spent
the fourth pick in the draft in 2005, could
step in and become the every-down back. But
Benson, who has attitude problems to begin
with, rushed for just 3.4 yards a carry and
in the off-season was arrested for boating
while intoxicated. He is in mini-camp, but
the Bears, who will be in search of a running
solution, may actually discover a pleasant
surprise in a combination of rookie Matt
Forte and second-year man Garrett Wolfe,
both of whom rushed for over 2000 yards in
a season in college. A pleasant surprise
had BETTER happen - this team was 30th in
the league in yards gained in 2007.
There are constants on the defensive side,
including Lance Briggs and Brian Urlacher,
who may be the best 1-2 linebacker duo in
the NFL. Tommie Harris is back on the defensive
line, along with Adewale Ogunleye, Mark Anderson
and Alex Brown. The Bears will pressure quarterbacks,
and should have some potency in limiting
opposing running attacks. The secondary is
a potential strength, but free safety Mike
Brown always seems to be injured. Craig Steltz
was drafted out of LSU, but he is probably
more suited to special teams play in his
rookie season. This stop unit is aging, and
could use some new blood, as well as depth;
the team was 28th in the league in yards
allowed last season because of an inability
to deal with the absence of some starters
due to injuries.
The defense is good enough at the moment
to keep the Bears in some ballgames. But
they are going to have to be near-perfect
to lift this team to playoff status. And
they are going to have to get even more big-play
kick returns from Hester, the NFL's premier
performer in that regard. The offense is
potentially so bad that it might actually
have to turn to Kyle Orton at some point
under center. This is going to be an uphill
battle all the way for Chicago, and if a
team like Detroit finds some success implementing
its new ground-first attack, the NFC North
cellar is a very real possibility. Needless
to say, Chicago is not a value play in the
BetUS Sportsbook futures category.
JAY'S PREDICTION FOR 2008:
Chicago Bears -- 6-10, 3rd place, NFC North
(+300 to win NFC North, +1600 to win NFC,
+4000 to win Super Bowl at BetUS Sportsbook)
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