Sunday Night NFL Betting – Giants Will Hand Bears Their First Loss
The Chicago Bears remain as the lone undefeated team in the NFC. Will that continue as they visit the new Meadowlands on Sunday Night Football this week?
Chicago Bears at N.Y. Giants
Event: Sunday Night Football
Date/Time: 8:20 PM ET
TV: NBC
Venue: Meadowlands
Odds: Bears +3.5, Giants -3.5
Total: 44
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How Can Chicago Win?
The Bears have been excellent on both sides of the ball, so really, they don’t have to change much. Quarterback Jay Cutler has spearheaded the offensive turnaround that many Bears fans thought they would see last season and the defense has maintained its usual high level of play.
Last year, the Bears gave away the ball 34 times, which was the third-highest total in the NFL. This year, their +3 turnover ratio is the third-best ratio.
Offensive coordinator Mike Martz has being a crucial part of the turnaround as well. While Cutler receives much of the credit, the receiving corps has been surprisingly competent early on this season. Johnny Knox is in the top 20 in receiving yards (No. 17) with a very impressive 21.1 yards per reception.
We’ve already seen the Giants defense exploited by both the run and pass in the past two weeks, so the Bears can kick how they want to poison the Giants.
There is no question that the Bears need to get running back Matt Forte going. He has just 108 rushing yards through three games this season and the Bears won’t be very successful on the road if that continues.
How Can New York Win?
Stop making careless mistakes. Giants quarterback Eli Manning probably felt some pain watching film this week and seeing his left-handed end zone interception on replay.
The Giants completely outplayed the Tennessee Titans last week and had it not been for a number of careless turnovers in the red zone, they’d be 2-1.
The Bears are coming off of an emotional win themselves and if there was one thing clear in their near-loss on Monday Night Football, it’s that they have plenty of problems pressuring opposing quarterbacks and stopping the pass.
The Bears have just two sacks this season, which is allowing opposing quarterbacks all day to throw. Their pass defense is ranked 28th in the NFL, which is something that the Giants coaching staff will highlight all week in preparation.
The Bears might be 3-0 but they could just as easily be 0-3. They got lucky against the Detroit Lions in Week 1, they scraped one out in Dallas in Week 2 and they won a coin flip against the Packers in Week 3. The Giants just need to play smart and they’ll hand the Bears their first loss of 2010.
Outlook
This is just a really bad spot for the Bears. They are on the road on a short week of preparation after an emotionally draining win on Monday Night Football. Now they head out on the road to New York where they face the Giants, who put up a clunker at home last week.
This is a must-win for the Giants and after playing sloppy last week, they’ll clean up the mistakes and come up with a better effort this week.
Bears vs. Giants Gambling Trends:
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Chicago’s last 10 games when playing NY Giants
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Chicago’s last 11 games
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Chicago’s last 18 games on the road
Chicago is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 7 of the NY Giants last 8 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of the NY Giants last 6 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 8 of the NY Giants last 10 games when playing Chicago
NY Giants are 2-6 ATS in their last 8 games at home
Pick: Giants -3.5
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Dave Golokhov has written for BETUS Sportsbook, Sportsfanmagazine.com, FOX, Askmen.com, Sports-central.org, and the FOXSports.com Funhouse.
