Recreation Overview
The Bears’ catastrophic slide continues after their third straight blowout loss since parting methods with head coach Matt Eberflus — and their ninth consecutive loss general. Because the begin of December, the Bears have did not cowl in three straight, dropping every by three or extra scores and clocking a -43.5-point against-the-spread margin.
Since Chicago elevated Thomas Brown to the function of interim head coach, the roster has not responded with impressed play on both aspect of the ball, possessing bottom-five ranked EPA per play marks on offense (twenty ninth) and protection (thirty second).
On the opposite sideline, the Seahawks are holding onto their playoff aspirations that proceed to dwindle with every passing loss. After overlaying 4 straight, Seattle dropped its remaining two house video games and now heads on the street to salvage its postseason hopes.
Whereas the Seahawks personal a 4-1-1 against-the-spread document on the street this season, simply a kind of matchups got here as the favourite: their Week 2 sport in New England that ended as a push on the 3-point unfold.
A win on this one paired with a loss for the Rams would open the door for Seattle’s path to the postseason, with a winner-take-all matchup with Los Angeles in Week 18.
QB Geno Smith, Seattle Seahawks: Underneath 34.5 Cross Makes an attempt (-108)
Though Smith ranks fourth in passing makes an attempt this season and managed to pile up 43 in final week’s shootout with Minnesota, huge passing quantity hasn’t been this group’s M.O. in current weeks. Since coming back from their Week 10 bye, the Seahawks rank 14th in cross play proportion (64.4%), down from their top-three fee previous to the break. In these six video games following the bye, Smith has exceeded 34 makes an attempt simply as soon as.
Given the overtly ineffective method to offensive manufacturing, the Bears don’t pose a lot of a risk to maintain the rating aggressive. With the sport script leaning towards a large Seattle lead, count on the operating sport to take heart stage to expire the clock.
