Week Five NFL Action - Chicago Bears vs. Detroit Lions

The (2-2 SU, 2-1-1 ATS) Chicago Bears will make its yearly trip to Motown to bang heads for a Week 5 NFL online gambling affair with the wretched (0-3 SU, 0-3 ATS)

Detroit Lions on Sunday afternoon; kick-off from Ford Field is set for 1:00 ET and can be seen regionally on your local Fox affiliate. Da Bears held on for the hard fought win in last Sunday nights game at home against the Philadelphia Eagles, while Detroit did some housecleaning during its bye week of which included the firing of GM Matt Millen.

After suffering a pair of gutwrenching defeats in each of its previous two games, Chicago picked up an outright victory against the Philadelphia Eagles as three-point home pups. QB Kyle Orton did throw a pair of picks, but he threw for 199 yards and three TDs on 18-of-34 passing to allow the Bears to even up their season record at 2-2 SU. The defense did surrender 340 total yards to the potent Eagles offense, but it came up with a pair of turnovers and held strong throughout a goal line stand late in the 4th quarter to secure the 24-20 Soldier Field triumph.

Chicago’s posted a winning mark for NFL bettors to date going 2-1-1 ATS through its first four games, and ‘total’ bettors have juiced out with the O/U at 2-2 ATS on the year. HC Lovie Smith’s club has been a solid investment for professional football sportsbettors of late as its cashed tickets in 5 of its L/7 overall (5-1-1 ATS).

At least the Lions couldn’t suffer another defeat last week as it licked its wounds throughout its bye. That said; the team has gotten off to a horrendous start. Besides failing to cover in any of its first three games (@ Atlanta, vs. Green Bay, @ San Francisco), the Lions rank near the bottom of the league in a number of major categories.

First off, the defense is the worst in the league coming into this weeks game vs. Chicago #32 allowing close to 38 PPG. Their pass “D” checks in at #30 surrendering upwards of 324 YPG, and it’s allowed opponents to rush for 123 YPG good for 22nd overall. Along with its poor defense, the offense finds itself ranked in the lower third as well coming in at #22 averaging just less than 20 PPG. Their rushing attack has been a disgrace only managing 49 YPG (#30), which has forced QB Jon Kitna to air it out at will leaving the Lions with the 6th best passing attack averaging 262 YPG.

The Lions currently sit 0-3 SU and ATS this season, but that doesn’t paint the whole picture. They’re 1-10 SU their L/11 games overall dating back to last season, and during that stretch have covered the NFL gambling line just twice for its online betting supporters. They’re also just 1-4 SU and ATS its L/5 games at Ford Field.

Shockingly, Detroit won and covered both games against the Bears last season to snap its four-game losing streak to its division rivals. The NFL betting trends state that this series has been dominated by the underdog (7-1 ATS L/8 meetings) and over (4-1-1 ATS L/6 meetings) of late. Pro football gamblers looking to play on the series trends will also be happy to discover that Detroit is 4-0 ATS the L/4 times its come off its bye week.