Seahawks vs. Bears Preview: Odds, Props and Key Matchups

I'm starting to see some spots move to three and a half here with the Seahawks at home against your beloved Chicago Bears here tonight. Total hasn't moved very much, 46 and a half, but we do know that Charbonnet back, Jadarian Price back, so the full complement of running backs finally for the Seahawks will be there. Plus, both teams have a couple of new... Shiny toys to play with. One on the offensive line for Seattle. One on the defensive line for the Bears. I think this is going to be a very interesting fight here tonight between Seattle and the Bears. What are you seeing? Yeah, I think Seattle can win, and I think they probably will, but I don't think the same script is going to be like last Sunday night where Seattle just dominated Kansas City. I think the Bears' offense is better than the Chiefs' offense, and I think the Bears are going to score some points. I think this is going to be a possibility maybe for an over here tonight, so I'll be keeping a close eye on that. Obviously, as you mentioned, the Bears, I have a lot of those guys in fantasy and what's crazy going into tonight. If you would have told me that I didn't need them to do almost anything, I would have said, you're crazy, but man, I had such a good week that I really don't need anything from these guys on Monday night. I mean, Braylon Allen, where did this guy come from? My gosh, he's been so good. Mm-hmm. And... And big game for him, for me. So I think points, I do. You know, it's rare to see back-to-back, prime-time, night-game, same building. with no points from the opponent so uh you know that the bears are going to give up some points because even with Simmons their defense is still not great and and i suspect chicago will be able to move the ball a little on uh on seattle tonight so i i think we're in for a good one i hope we're in for a good one tonight yeah it's it would remain three for most of the week but uh the last couple hours we're starting to see the uh the seattle love uh come in here but Again, it wouldn't shock me if it lands three here, which I think is about right, given these two teams. I don't know if there's a ton of value one way or the other. I think, obviously, Seattle has a great home field advantage. They have for years. They've been very good under McDonald. Thank you, Donald. Since he took over, especially at home, especially off a win like they are off of Kansas City. But I do think, from a script perspective, Chicago and Caleb Williams are going to have to beat them in the air. I don't know that they're going to have, they're not beating them by running the ball on this Seattle defense. I think Seattle defense is as elite as it gets. I think they're going to have to do it with Caleb Williams and his arm. And more than capable, not that they don't have the weapons, but I think he's going to have to win this one through the air. I don't think they're winning the ground battle here tonight in Seattle. Yeah, Swift's an okay running back, but, you know, having Menon guy is a big difference maker when he's in there and he's healthy because it's a little bit like what Detroit did of having Gibbs and Montgomery when they have those two guys going. So I tend to agree with you there. You know, Luther Burden was unstoppable in the first half. Roma Doomsday last week, unstoppable in the second half. But from a props perspective... It's crazy to think this, and it's kind of boring, Joe, but you really just can't go wrong with Jackson Smith and Jigba every week. You can't go wrong. He always gets his catches, he always gets his yards, and he pretty much scores a touchdown every single week. He is... He may not be considered the best receiver in the NFL, but I'm here to tell you who's better. I think he's probably number one, or at least tied for number one with everybody else. He's always making big catches. He always gets his yards. He always gets his receptions. He pretty much scores every week. It's boring. It's no fun. Everybody likes to take long-shot bets, but the truth is that if you probably just go over on JSN's catches, Over on JSN's yards, touchdown maybe a little different, but over in catches and yards, and by the way, I know they're getting Charbonnet back, and I know Price is playing tonight too, but what does that really guarantee? Those guys haven't played in months. Charbonnet hasn't played in a year, so I don't think that there's any lock that all of a sudden that those two guys are going to rush for 7,500 yards apiece. I don't think so. So, yeah, a lot of air tonight. I see that too. Yeah, but interestingly enough, the Seattle defense has not allowed a passer to throw. For over 200 yards. Uh, yet this season. So they have, uh, they have done a pretty good job of bottling teams up and the weapons, but there might just be too many of them here tonight for Chicago. This whole Ben Johnson versus my guy. I think it's going to be fantastic here. Uh, two of the better, you know, young coaches, young minds going on here. Uh, I think this is a great battle. There's Ben Johnson's offense. Get the better of McDonald's defense. I think it's going to be fun to watch this thing on play and play out. But it's another one of these situations where pick your poison because the Bears' new look defense, let's see what you got. And I don't know that Charbonnet needs a big night. They don't need a big night. They just need enough of a night that sets up the play action. For Jackson Smith and Jigba and Sam Donald. What they can't afford is Sam Donald throwing the ball 40 times tonight. That is a recipe for absolute. And picks in the end zone. No picks in the end zone. That's a recipe for disaster. You don't got to rush for 200 yards, but you've got to rush enough to keep that defense honest.