Chicago Bears vs Minnesota Vikings Spread 2011 NFL Week 17 Picks
The Minnesota Vikings host the Chicago Bears, Sunday Jan 1st, as both teams have little to play for. NFL oddsmakers have the Bears as -1 point road favorites over the Vikings with the over/under set at 41 points. Be sure to get the latest Chicago Bears vs Minnesota Vikings Spreads before making your 2011 NFL Picks Week 16.
Chicago (7-8, 2-5 V) lost to Green Bay 21-35, on the road, in Week 16. The loss eliminated the Bears (7-8) from playoff contention and put the Atlanta Falcons in the playoffs as at least a wild card. Third-string RB Kahlil Bell rushed for 121 yards for the Bears, who trailed by four early in the third quarter. But Aaron Rodgers drove the Packers for three quick scores to put the game out of reach.
It was the eighth game this season that the Bears had one or zero sacks, and they were 27th in sack percentage entering the game. QB Josh McCown may have shown enough in one start to move past Caleb Hanie as the Bears? No. 2 quarterback after Jay Cutler returns. ?Everything you do, you have to look at the performance, and the performance Josh put in (Sunday) night was impressive,? Coach Lovie Smith said. ?That?s why we can get so much done this week. We want to see him have an opportunity to come back and play again this coming week. You normally can find a spot for a player that played the way he played (Sunday) night.? McCown?s solid performance begs the question of whether he could have played similarly a week or two earlier when the Bears were foundering at quarterback in losses to the Seahawks and Broncos.
Minnesota (3-12, 1-6 H) ended a six-game losing streak, by beating the Washington Redskins 33-26, in Week 16. The Vikings survived injuries to Adrian Peterson and Christian Ponder, Peterson?s left knee was hurt on the first offensive play of the second half. Ponder suffered a concussion. Toby Gerhart filled in for Peterson and set up a touchdown with a 67-yard run, and Joe Webb threw for two touchdowns and ran for another while subbing for Ponder.
An MRI this evening revealed that Vikings RB Adrian Peterson suffered a tear to his anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee and is done for the season and possibly longer. The annual Vikings-Bears tussles are always competitive and rugged, like the histories of the franchises involved. Minnesota is 31-20 all-time against the Bears at home. WR Percy Harvin is 16 yards shy of setting a new career high in receiving yards in a season. Harvin currently has 852 yards receiving. His previous career high was 867, set last year. Viking DE Jared Allen is currently 1st in the NFL with 18.5 sacks. Allen is now only 2.5 sacks away from tying the Vikings all-time single season sack mark of 21.0, set by Chris Doleman in 1989. Allen is 4.5 sacks away from breaking the NFL record for sacks in a single season (22.5) set by Michael Strahan in 2001. The Vikings will not have the No. 1 pick. They also are far less certain of having the No. 2 pick. They will certainly be no worse than No. 3 if they lose to the Bears next week, but a victory could cause them to slide even more depending on what the cluster of 4-11 teams do and how those tiebreakers would shake out. There is a real possibility, then, that USC offensive lineman Matt Kalil could be gone by the time they pick.
Recent Trends to Consider:
Bears are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 meetings.
Favorite is 6-1 ATS in their last 7 meetings.
Home team is 6-1 ATS in their last 7 meetings.
Over is 8-3-1 in the last 12 meetings.
Vikings are 5-1-1 ATS in their last 7 home games vs. a team with a losing road record.
Vikings are 2-6-1 ATS in their last 9 home games.
Bears are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games overall.
Chicago Bears vs Minnesota Vikings
When: Sunday, Jan 1st, 2011 1:00 PM EST
Pick: Bears -1
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