Here's Why Both the Bears & Commanders Should Be Favored
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00:00 (upbeat music)
00:03 - Donnie, how do you feel thinking Chicago
00:06 could win a football game outright entering a Sunday slate?
00:10 - Yeah, before we take a look at the Bears,
00:11 and you know, the Backstreet Boys once coined this phrase,
00:14 ♪ Tell me why ♪
00:16 Yeah, tell me why they're actually underdogs in this game.
00:18 The Chicago Bears should be the favorite in this game
00:20 against the Minnesota Vikings.
00:22 This has been mispriced.
00:23 And even if you don't know
00:24 what the Backstreet Boys were saying,
00:25 they even said it again on the same line,
00:27 ♪ Tell me why ♪
00:29 Yes, tell me why, I can't make this up.
00:31 The Chicago Bears are better than the Minnesota Vikings.
00:34 They're at home, they're rested, and they're quarterback.
00:36 The light bulb went off then.
00:38 Back-to-back games with four touchdown passes.
00:41 They'll beat the Vikings this week,
00:43 and yes, we will all have a good time
00:45 and catch some financial ramifications.
00:47 To the positive side, let's go.
00:49 - I mean, listen, when Donnie Rightside starts singing,
00:53 that's how you know it's going to be good.
00:55 Donnie, the only thing that scares me
00:56 about that game in Chicago on Sunday at Soldier Field,
01:00 some light rain, some winds expected.
01:03 - Even better. - What does that do
01:04 to the offense?
01:06 Okay, even better, Donnie Rightside says.
01:07 Well, if that's me, I'm ready to go as well.
01:11 Donnie, I don't really know why, to answer your question.
01:14 Chicago is a three-point home underdog.
01:17 That means in Minnesota,
01:19 they would be probably a six-and-a-half-point underdog.
01:22 I don't really think the Vikings should be laying
01:24 that many points to anybody at this moment.
01:27 Minnesota's also a one-and-four football team
01:30 without, by far, their best offensive piece
01:33 in Justin Jefferson, and when he's not there,
01:36 it's going to have ramifications
01:38 for the rest of that offense.
01:40 Donnie, I will say, though, again,
01:42 the weather not supposed to be great
01:44 in the Windy City on Sunday.
01:46 Could there be some wind affecting the passing attacks
01:49 of both of these teams?
01:51 If it's not all that terrible, though,
01:53 I would look at Jordan Addison, his prop,
01:56 for Sunday, 53-and-a-half.
01:58 I would look at TJ Hawkinson, his prop, 54-and-a-half,
02:02 trying to make up some of that production
02:04 for the Vikes against the Bears.
02:07 My Moneyline underdog, Donnie, the Washington Commanders,
02:10 plus 116 on the Moneyline, taking on the Falcons.
02:14 Yes, it was the Commanders who got embarrassed at home
02:17 as a near-touchdown favorite against Chicago,
02:20 leading to the Bears' first win of this season.
02:23 Now, Washington's defense is concerning.
02:26 Atlanta played their best offensive game of the year,
02:29 or at least Desmond Ritter's first 300-plus-yard passing
02:32 game in his career last week, and they scored 21 points.
02:36 Donnie, I'm just really not a believer in this Atlanta team.
02:38 Desmond Ritter had his best game of the year.
02:40 Maybe he continues to progress and improve.
02:43 But in the Falcons' last two games,
02:45 booked as a favorite, including last week
02:47 in the comeback effort against the Falcons,
02:49 the outright score, not in comparison to the spread,
02:52 the outright score has been decided
02:54 by a combined three points, meaning the Falcons
02:57 aren't blowing away anybody.
02:59 And the Commanders, as an underdog this year,
03:01 yeah, they got shellacked by the Bills.
03:03 But in their other two games, they
03:05 covered and kept it competitive against the Philadelphia
03:07 Eagles as a touchdown underdog on the road in Philly,
03:10 even north of a touchdown.
03:12 And Donnie, they won outright as an underdog
03:15 in the Mile High City against the Denver Broncos.
03:17 I think Washington, with the extended layoff,
03:20 nearly 10 days now after playing two Thursdays ago,
03:23 figure something out defensively.
03:25 Sam Howell has been pretty good offensively
03:27 for the Commanders.
03:28 I think Washington wins outright in Atlanta.
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