Chicago Bears versus Minnesota Vikings NFL Pro Football Odds Sports Betting Pick Preview

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Published: November 24, 2009

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The Chicago Bears will travel in NFC North action when they face the Minnesota Vikings in an NFL game on Sunday afternoon. Kick off time in Minnesota is scheduled for 4:15PM Eastern Time with regional television coverage provided by Fox. The LVSC NFL odds makers have set the opening point spread in this contest and the Minnesota Vikings opened as a 10 point favorite with the over under coming in at 47. The early money from the NFL betting public has come in on the home favorite, as the Minnesota Vikings are currently an 11-point favorite. The over under has seen early action towards the over, as the total is currently lined at 47 ½ points for the NFL betting public to play into.

The Chicago Bears are in the midst of a three game losing streak and losers of 5 of their past 6 games. The Bears are at 4-6 and two games behind in the wildcard race. Four year pro quarterback Jay Cutler continues to struggle under center for the Bears hitting on just 24 of 43 for 171 yards, one touchdown and one interception. Jay Cutler continues to not sustain drives as the Bears were just 3 of 16 on third down conversions. Cutler has been very bad on the road with 15 interceptions in 5 road games this season. The Bears are 1-4 on the road with their only victory coming at Seattle. The Seahawks were without starting quarterback Matt Hasselbeck in that game. Bears running back Matt Forte rushed for just 34 yards on 14 carries. The Bears running stats against the Eagles re a bit skewed as backup Kahlil Bell had a 72 yard run from scrimmage on his first ever NFL carry. The Bears will need to be very good on defense against the Viking playmakers and the Bears allow opposing quarterbacks to complete nearly 64% of their passes sitting 26th in the league. The Vikings pounded the Seahawks last week 35-9. Seattle had only 4 yards rushing and 208 through the air in defeat. Vikings quarterback Bret Favre was solid hitting on 22 of 25 passes for 213 yards four touchdowns and no interceptions. Adrian Peterson is having another solid season and the third year back brings in a 4.9 yards per carry average into this game. The Vikings have been dominant at home with winning margins by an average of 11 points on the season. The Vikings allow an average of 19 points per game this season and are led by a solid run defense that limits teams to just 85 yards a game and 3.9 yards per rush ranking 6th in the league.

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NFL Trend: The Over is 5-1-1 in their past 7 meetings

The Wagerline consensus has 67.0% of the NFL bettors on Minnesota -11

The Wagerline consensus has 51.7% the NFL bettors playing over 47 1/2

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