Betting: Will the Rams cover -7.5 vs. the Bears on SNF?
Minty Bets, Jared Quay, and Pamela Maldonado break down their betting picks for the Sunday Night Football matchup between the Chicago Bears and Los Angeles Rams.
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MINTY BETS: Sunday Night Football will be a match-up between the Chicago Bears and the LA Rams. The Rams are 7 and 1/2 point home favorites, and the total is 47 and 1/2. Don't know how we feel about this game. So, Pam, let's start with you.
PAMELA MALDONADO: At first, I kind of thought that I wanted to take the Rams to cover, but then I wanted the Bears to cover. So I'm going with the total. And I'm looking at under 47 and 1/2. You have two new quarterbacks, who are adjusting to two new offenses. And this is going to be a defensive game. The LA Rams, they were third in opponent yards per pass. And Chicago was 10th.
Rams, last year, they had more rushing touchdowns than passing touchdowns. Was it because of Goff? Was it because of the OC? We're going to find out this season. But Chicago, they are 4th best in red zone opponent rushing touchdowns. And the Rams, they were 1st in opponent passing touchdowns, 6th in opponent rushing. So this is going to be a low scoring affair. I expect a lot of field goals.
Chicago, you still have Matt Nagy calling the plays, which means they're not going to be putting up a lot of points. Chicago, last year, they're 0-8 to the under. I like the under on this game.
MINTY BETS: Ooh, OK, Jared, what is your pick?
JARED QUAY CAMPBELL: Ah, well, obviously, Pam is really smart at this. And so she likes the under. And for us, the game under to be that low in a 7 and 1/2 point spread, I think the Bears cover here. Everything is screaming the Rams. The Rams blew them out previous years. Rams as our home, is opening the game. They got star players like Jalen Ramsey and Aaron Donald, but I just feel like opening week, the Bears have something special.
And don't count Andy Dalton out. People think he's terrible. Andy Dalton took the Bengals to the playoffs multiple times. He's a serviceable quarterback, probably the best quarterback the Bears have had in years. So I just think over a touchdown is too much. I actually like the Bears two covers.
MINTY BETS: Wow, OK, well, um, Pam, I really loved your under, but I'm going to go with the Rams. Yes, the Rams have upgraded their quarterback to Matt Stafford. He's got some weapons to use offensively. And the defensive side is not that bad either. They're coached by a coach that has never had a losing season. And frankly, Andy Dalton doesn't scare me away from that 7 and 1/2 point spread with the Rams. So it's got to be LA minus 7 and 1/2. I think they can win by two touchdowns here.
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