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Arizona Cardinals vs. Chicago Bears Betting Odds, Analysis, NFL Pick

September 16, 2015   ·     ·   Jump to comments

Normally, home-field advantage means something in the NFL, but lately, the Chicago Bears don't seem to realize this. Over their last 14 games at Soldier Field, the Bears are just 5-9 straight up and 4-9-1 against the spread. Chicago will try to please the home crowd when it hosts Arizona Sunday afternoon.
 
Point spread: Cardinals opened as 1.5-point favorites; the total was 45 early in the week, according to sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark (line updates and matchup report).
NFL pick, via Odds Shark computer: 27.2-25.4 Cardinals
 
Why the Cardinals can cover the spread
Arizona opened this season with a 31-19 victory at home over New Orleans, covering the spread as a two-point home favorite. The Cardinals scored on a Carson Palmer-to-John Brown touchdown pass five minutes into the game and never trailed, icing the win and the cover with a Palmer-to-David Johnson 55-yard scoring hookup with a minute-and-a-half to go.
On the day Arizon...

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