The Chicago Bears play in the City of Brotherly Love on Black Friday against the Philadelphia Eagles, and just as no one predicted when the schedule was announced, it’ll be the first-place (8-3) Bears looking
to keep it going vs the first-place (8-3) Eagles.
Our friends at FanDuel Sportsbook have the defending Super Bowl champion Eagles opening up as a seven-point favorite. The game’s over/under point total is currently 43.5, and if you like the Bears to win the game outright, the money line is +290.
Earlier today, the Bears knocked off the AFC North-leading Pittsburgh Steelers 31 to 28, while the Eagles lost 24 to 21 on a last-second field goal to the Dallas Cowboys.
The winner of Friday’s game will be well-positioned in the jumbled-up NFC playoff race for the number one seed, which the Los Angeles Rams currently hold at (8-2). The Rams play the (6-4) Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday Night Football tonight, and for anyone scoreboard watching, the Rams play the Carolina Panthers next Sunday.
It really feels like the Bears are playing with house money through 11 games as they inch closer to their first winning season since 2018, and control their own playoff destiny while leading the NFC North in Ben Johnson’s first year as head coach.
What are your thoughts on the early odds for the Eagles game? Do you think the playoffs are in the cards for the Bears?
