Bears look to keep away from letdown towards Giants after pulling out wild win towards Bengals

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BetMGM line: Bears by 4 1/2.

Against the unfold: Giants 4-5; Bears 5-3.

Series document: Bears lead 36-25-2.

Last assembly: Giants beat Bears 20-12 in East Rutherford, N.J., on Oct. 2, 2022.

Last week: Giants misplaced to San Francisco 34-24; Bears gained at Cincinnati 47-42.

Giants offense: total , rush , move , scoring .

Giants protection: total , rush , move , scoring .

Bears offense: total , rush , move , scoring .

Bears protection: total , rush , move , scoring .

Turnover differential: Giants minus-3; Bears plus-13.

Edge rusher Brian Burns leads the NFL with 11 sacks and has been one of many few vibrant spots this season. Burns does all of it, with two pressured fumbles and 5 move breakups together with all of the stress he places on opposing quarterbacks. If Burns will get double-teamed, it opens the door for defensive deal with Dexter Lawrence, whose manufacturing has dipped, in addition to Kayvon Thibodeaux and rookie Abdul Carter.

QB Caleb Williams. The second-year professional delivered a milestone efficiency for a QB towards Cincinnati, capping it with a 58-yard landing move to rookie TE Colston Loveland with 17 seconds remaining. Williams not solely threw for 280 yards and three touchdowns whereas operating for 53 yards, he turned the primary quarterback in practically 82 years with a number of receptions in a recreation. He caught two passes for 22 yards and a TD.

Bears operating backs vs. New York’s line of defense. After dominating Cincinnati for 283 yards speeding, the Bears will as soon as once more face one of many league’s worst run defenses. Rookie Kyle Monangai had a breakout recreation towards the Bengals with veteran D’Andre Swift sidelined, operating for 176 yards on 26 makes an attempt. The Giants allowed 159 yards speeding towards San Francisco, after giving up 276 per week earlier in a loss to defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia.

Giants: CB Cor’Dale Flott is predicted to be again after lacking the 49ers recreation due to concussion protocol. … CB Paulson Adebo’s standing is unsure due to a knee harm that sidelined him the previous two weeks. … Two beginning offensive linemen are in peril of not taking part in: C John Michael Schmitz and RT Jermaine Eluemunor .

Bears: RB D’Andre Swift returned to observe Wednesday on a restricted foundation after lacking final week’s recreation. … TE Cole Kmet practiced on a restricted foundation on Wednesday after leaving the Cincinnati recreation. … WRs DJ Moore and Rome Odunze had been a part of a prolonged harm report, as had been S Kevin Byard and LB T.J. Edwards .

New York had dropped three straight towards Chicago previous to the win at MetLife Stadium three years in the past. … The Bears have gained 4 straight towards the Giants at Soldier Field since a loss in 2007.

Giants QB Jaxson Dart is the primary rookie in NFL historical past to have 4 consecutive video games with a passing TD and a speeding TD. … RB Devin Singletary rushed for 43 yards final week as he received the vast majority of the carries out of the backfield after rookie Cam Skattebo’s harm. Tyrone Tracy had simply 5 for 18 yards. … WR Wan’Dale Robinson led the crew with 9 catches towards San Francisco. … TE Theo Johnson has New York’s most TD catches with 5. … The Giants have allowed 33 or extra factors in every of their previous three video games, all losses. … DL Rakeem Nunez-Roches has sacks in back-to-back video games. … Burns is 2 sacks away from setting a profession excessive. … The Bears are going for his or her sixth win in seven video games. … Chicago has matched its win whole from final season after ending 5-12 a 12 months in the past. … Chicago leads the NFL in takeaways , interceptions and turnover differential. … The Bears had 576 yards and gave up 495 final week. … Chicago acquired DL Joe Tryon-Shoyinka from Cleveland previous to Tuesday’s commerce deadline, to assist make up for the lack of DE Dayo Odeyingbo to a season-ending Achilles tendon harm. The Bears are tied for twenty first within the NFL with 17 sacks. … Loveland, the No. 10 total select of Michigan, is coming off his greatest recreation with six catches for 118 yards and two TDs. … Byard and LB Tremaine Edmunds are tied for the league with Jacksonville’s Devin Lloyd with 4 interceptions.

The Bears’ ball-carriers might be in for one more massive recreation going towards a crew that is not stopping the run. While Monangai got here up enormous towards Cincinnati, Swift was on a little bit of a roll earlier than being held out final week due to a lingering groin harm. He ran for a mixed 232 yards and a landing in wins over Washington and New Orleans earlier than being held to 45 yards in a loss at Baltimore in Week 8.

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