Monday Night Football Betting Matchup: Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears
Monday Night Football Betting Matchup: Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears
Date / Time: Monday, October 31 – 8:30 PM ET
Site: Soldier Field – Chicago
TV Coverage: ESPN
NFL Betting Lines at BetAnySports
Pointspread: Vikings -4
Total: 40.5 points
The Minnesota Vikings have to be smarting from a performance that wasn’t pleasant, as they lost to the Philadelphia Eagles, which spoiled a certain “homecoming” for Sam Bradford, who got sacked six times. Was this a situation where the team was “exposed” a bit for its lack of a running game? Well, maybe not, because they actually ran pretty well. But it may have been a matter of whether Bradford could carry a team with his arm.
Is there a different standard for them to meet as they face the Chicago Bears? We’ll found out, in this Monday night game that begins at 8:30 PM ET at Soldier Field. Of course, this is an ESPN telecast, and while BetAnySports online Sportsbook customers (who enjoy no-download Asian casino action in their spare time) are watching it, they can place wagers as it is happening, using the facilities of Live Betting Ultra.
Jay Cutler is coming back to play, as he has been cleared after his thumb injury. That is just in time, because Brian Hoyer, who was having a nice season statistically, went down with a broken forearm. That’s a bit of shame, for a couple of reasons. One is that Hoyer had not thrown an interception in 200 attempts, which was a kind of redemption after he turned the ball over four times in a playoff game for the Texans last season. And another reason is that the Bears don’t seem too high on moving forward with Cutler in the future, yet here they are, saddled with him again.
Before he got hurt, Cutler had thrown 46 passes and got sacked eight times. His offensive line is a mess right now. The Bears were never too solid on the outside, and now their Pro Bowl guards – Josh Sitton and Kyle Long – has been hit with injuries. This doesn’t appear to bode very well for the ground game, which recently got a shot in the arm from rookie Jordan Howard, who has a nice per-carry average (4.8).
BetAnySports and pay per head patrons should keep an eye out for the availability of Jerick McKinnon, who without Adrian Peterson around, might be their top running back. He suffered an ankle injury against the Eagles. But the Bears are going to try and use some of the same blueprint the Eagles used last week, which is to perhaps deal with the run second, and with Bradford’s relative immobility first. So expect a pass rush.
Of course, when it comes to defense, the Vikings are right up near the top; despite the loss to Philly, they gave up just 239 total yards, and have surrendered just 14 points a game. Chicago has gotten banged up in its receiver corps, so could the Vikes afford more attention toward Alshon Jeffery? Maybe they could.
It also remains to be seen how turnover-prone Cutler is going to be. He threw a pair of INT’s before he had gotten hurt, and Minnesota is the top team in the NFL with a +11 turnover margin. If that goes in the other direction, we may have more of a game on our hands.
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CHARLES JAY grew up around the gaming business, was raised in the boxing business, and along the way has developed a colorful background through a wide range of experiences. Jay was a veteran of almost two decades actively in the boxing industry, as a writer, publicist, matchmaker, booking agent, manager, and promoter. He was engaged as editorial consultant for USA Network's "Tuesday Night Fights" for seven years, and also did some on-air work for USA. He also served as color commentator for, among others, Sunshine Network and Prime Network, and has called more than a dozen world championship fights for national and/or international television. He has been the host of numerous radio programs, including "Sportswatch with Charles Jay" on KDWN in Las Vegas, "Total Action" on WAXY 790 in Miami, and "Charles Jay's Winning Edge", syndicated into 55 markets by the American Radio Networks. For the past 20 years, he has been a professional sports handicapper, and as a consultant to the casino industry from 1993-95, helped to launch Casino Magic in Mississippi as a major venue for sports promotions. Also, he's been a casino/sports gaming columnist for a number of leading publications, including Sports Form, Casino Player, Card Player, and The Gambler. In the 2000's, he became widely known as one of the world's leading proponents and experts on the subject of boxing reform, having been asked to appear on numerous panels and speak at officials' seminars. He was the author of "Operation Cleanup" and "Operation Cleanup 2: Unfinished Business" - two critically-acclaimed e-books that represent arguably the most comprehensive and in-depth examination of boxing reform issues ever put into publication. In 2004 he published a third electronic book - "Body Shots: Outside the Ring and Inside the Game of Pro Boxing". In 2003 he was the recipient of the "Dignity" Award, in the category of "Best Sports Writer," as bestowed by the Retired Boxers Foundation.
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