Monday, May 21st, 2012
The Chicago Bears will travel to the mile high for a week fourteen NFL pro football game against the Denver Broncos on Sunday afternoon.
They kick off this NFL game from Denver at 4PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by FOX.
The point spread came out with the home team Denver Broncos favored by –3 1/2 points with an over under of 36 points.
The money has shown no early movement as Denver remains a -3 ½ point betting favorite.
Over under players will find the movement shaded towards the down to 35 ½ points.
Those betting the favored Denver Broncos on the money line will lay –200 odds with the road underdog Chicago Bears returning +170 odds to win outright with no need for points on their side.
The Chicago Bears and Denver Broncos meet on Sunday afternoon on the NFL gridiron for the first time since the 2007 campaign where the Bears pulled out the 37-34 home win against the Broncos as a -1 ½ point betting favorite.
The over under came in at over the closing total of 42 points.
The Bears travels to the Mile High with a 7-5 record in the 2011 season. The team is 2-3 on the road.
Chicago averages 24 points and 325 yards per game with 119 rushing yards for 4.5 yards a carry.
On defense the Bears give up 20 points and 359 yards per game. Teams rush for 99 yards against them for 4.5 yards per rush against average.
Since the Jay Cutler injury the team has lost two straight games.
They are coming off the 10-3 home defeat to the Kansas City Chiefs a week ago as a -9 point betting favorite. The total came in at under the closing line of 35 points.
Chicago gained just a meager 181 offensive yards with 93 rushing yards on 24 carries.
The team allowed a very high seven sacks and scored no touchdowns in three red zone tries.
The team had three turnovers and took one from Kansas City.
Quarterback Caleb Hanie completed 11 of 24 passes for 133 yards with three touchdowns.
Marion Barber had 14 carries for 44 yards.
Kahlil Bell ran for 34 yards on four runs from scrimmage.
Matt Forte carries the ball five times for 12 points. Forte left the game with a knee injury and is out for at least the entire month of December.
Johnny Knox led Chicago with five receptions for 53 yards.
Kellen Davis had two grabs for 40 yards.
Devin Hester chipped in with three catches for 35 yards.
The Bears defense gave up 252 offensive yards to Kansas City with 113 from their run game on 37 rushes.
Chicago had two sacks and allowed no red zone touchdown in the Bears only appearance inside the twenty.
The Denver Broncos host Chicago with a 7-5 record on the year. The team is 2-3 at home and is tied with Oakland for the top spot in the AFC west.
Denver puts up 21 points and 314 yards per game. The team runs for 158 yards a game for 4.8 yards a carry.
On defense the Broncos allows 24 points and 366 yards per game. Clubs rush for 121 yards against them for 4.1 yards per rush against average.
The Broncos are coming off the 35-32 road win at the Minnesota Vikings last week as a +1 point underdog.
The total came in at over the closing line of 37 ½ points.
Denver put up 336 offensive yards with 150 yards from their run game on 32 rushes.
The Broncos allowed two sacks and had no touchdown in their lone red zone try.
The club had two turnovers and took three away from Minnesota.
Quarterback Tim Tebow completed 10 of 15 passes for 202 yards with two touchdowns. Tebow had only four runs for 13 yards.
Willis McGahee had 20 rushes for 111 yards with a rushing touchdown.
Lance Ball found seven carries for 25 yards. Out of the backfield Ball caught two balls for 25 yards.
Demaryius Thomas led Denver with four receptions for 144 yards and two receiving touchdowns.
Eric Decker caught two balls for 25 yards.
Matthew Willis had a 12 yard pass reception.
Denver allowed 489 offensive yards to the Vikings with 129 yards rushing on 30 carries.
The Broncos had three sacks and allowed one Minnesota touchdown in their three dives into the red zone.
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