Thursday, May 17th, 2012
The Chicago Bears will hit the highway in a short week when they take on the New York Giants in an NFL pro football game on Sunday night.
This game will kick off from New York’s new Meadowland stadium at 8:20PM Eastern Time with live national television coverage provided by NBC.
The point spread opened with the home team New York Giants favored by 4 points with an over under of 44 points.
The early money has come in this game on the side of the underdog as the New York Giants are now favored by 3 points. The total saw action under to a current total of 43 ½ points.
Money line players betting on the favored New York Giants will lay -190 odds with the road underdog Chicago Bears bringing back +190 odds to pull out the win without the aid of taking the points.
These teams are meeting for the first time since the 2007 season where the Giants earned the 21-16 road victory as a 1 ½ point favorite.
The Bears sit at a perfect 3-0 on the season. The team averages 22 points and 349 yards per game. This will be Chicago’s second road game of the season. In week 2 the Bears went into Dallas and pulled away with the 27-20 victory as a 7 point road underdog.
The Bears are on a short week and are coming off an emotional 20-17 home victory against the Green Bay Packers on Monday night football as a 3 point underdog.
Chicago was able to produce 276 yards last week and converted on 3 of 9 on third down.
Quarterback Jay Cutler completed on 16 of 27 passes for 221 yards with a touchdown and an interception.
On the ground Matt Forte rushed 11 times for 29 yards. He caught two passes for 14 yards.
Johnny Knox led the Bears receivers with 4 catches for 94 yards. Tight end Greg Olsen had 5 catches for 64 yards and a touchdown.
On special teams Devin Hester broke a second half punt return 62 yards for a touchdown to give the Bears their first lead of the game.
The Bears defense surrenders 17 points and 319 yards per game. They allowed the Packers last Monday night 379 yards and 4 of 10 on third down. Chicago’s defense forced two turnovers including a key forced fumble late in the fourth quarter that set up the game winning field goal in the final four seconds of the game.
The Giants enter this Sunday night affair sitting with a 1-2 record. They average 18 points and 368 yards per game.
The team is 1-1 at home on the year. In week 1 they disposed of Carolina 31-18 as a 5 ½ point favorite. In their second home game of 2010 the team hosted the Tennessee Titans last week and were defeated 29-10 as a 3 point home underdog.
The Giants were able to amass 471 yards and converted on 6 of 12 on third down. They nearly doubled the Titans offensive yards but still found a way to lose this game by 19 points. The Giants were very sloppy in defeat by allowing 3 turnovers and taking away none from the Titans. New York committed 11 penalties for 86 yards.
Eli Manning hit on 34 of 48 passes last week with 386 yards no touchdowns and 2 picks.
Ahmad Bradshaw rushed the football 15 times for 88 yards and 1 touchdown.
Steve Smith led the club with 9 receptions for 103 yards.
On the defensive side of the ball the Giants allow their opponents 28 points and 306 yards per game. They allowed Tennessee only 271 yards last week. New York had problems stopping the Titans in the red zone allowing 3 touchdowns in 4 trips.
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NFL Trend: The road club is 7-0 ATS in their past 7 meetings.
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