Sunday, 30 December 2012

Live NFL - Chicago Bears at Detroit Lions Sky Sports 6pm

Once again, the live games are bets I particularly like and they are worth throwing into a multiple:
Chicago -3
Green Bay -3
Houston -6.5


£15 Trixie pays £200

Bears at Detroit

I've mentioned before that I'm not a fan of situational betting, but the Bears have to win to have a chance at the post-season and that must play here.

More important is the ability of the Chicago' defense to take away the ball, coupled with Detroit's willingness to give it away: the Bears lead the league in causing turnovers and the Lions rank seventh in giveaways in the NFL.

Matt Stafford will want to feed megatron to get him over the 2000yd mark and while it's a pretty terrifying thought that one of the finest wide receivers to have ever played football is going to be targeted even more than normal, it may signal a one-dimensional threat and the potential for picks, particularly if Charles Tillman goes.

Chicago aren't exactly lighting it up with their passing game, despite having the excellent Brandon Marshall finally showing his real class, and Cutler clearly doesn't trust guys like Davis and the talented, if raw, Alshon Jeffery, so it's vital that a banged up Forte gets rolling and the horrible Chicago O line keeps Cutler upright - Nick Fairley's absence is a big bonus for the visitors here. Cutler will get sacked, but he just can't get beat up/rendered completely useless!

I like the Bears' D to be the D-ifference though (clever, huh?) and I'll give the field goal.

Pick: Chicago Bears -3 @ 2.00

Pick: 1st TD Calvin Johnson @ 7
Pick: Anytime TD Alshon Jeffery @ 3.25

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