NFL – Chicago Bears visit Buffalo Bills – Preview
Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010This weekend, the Chicago Bears will head to Buffalo to take on the Bills. At this point in the season, these two teams have very different records; they do have one thing in common: Both teams have been struggling recently. In this matchup, the Bills will be the three point underdogs in football betting at home. At 40, sits the total for the game.
The Bears seem to be slipping from where they were a few weeks ago, although they have managed a 4-3 record on the season. The team seems as though the offense is slowing down a bit, although it maintains a stellar defense.
Between these teams, they have split the series, in the last 4 matchups. In terms of statistics, the Bears have actually managed to dominate the overall series, but somehow the Bills have managed to pull out 2 wins in the last 4 games against the Bears.
The rush defense of the Bills will be one of the keys to this game. The Bills absolutely cannot stop the run, and that is the reason why they struggled so much it win games. While the Bills allow almost 100 yards a game more, the Bears only allow 89 yards per game. on the ground this season, the Bills have surrendered 188.7 yards per game.
If the Bears can get something going against the Bills it would be very helpful, although they don’t have a tremendous running attack. In the pocket, Jay Cutler needs more time and if they running game are working the Bears may be able to buy Cutler more time through the play-action pass.