Bears vs. Jaguars: Chicago defense scores twice in blowout win

Chicago and Jacksonville were tied, 3-3, heading into the third quarter, but the score did not remain knotted for long. The Bears were scoreless for the first seven minutes of the quarter, then exploded for 38 points. As Steven Schweickert of SB Nation’s Chicago Bears blog, Windy City Gridiron, writes, Sunday’s game was a tale of two halves.

Jay Cutler and Mike Tice had an icy moment last week during the Bears’ win over the Cowboys, when Cutler walked away right as Tice began to talk to him on the bench. What a difference a week makes, because it’s totally all good, bro.

“Hey bro, sorry about that last week. Still bros?” “Still bros, bro.”

Michael Bush is known for his bone-crushing running style. He’s a man more comfortable punishing defensive tackles than he is breaking off pretty runs on the outside. All true, but you would be wrong to overlook his moves -- the kind of athletic ability not usually associated with a gentleman of his proportions.

Watch Bush leap over one of Jacksonville’s defenders.

This is most definitely a game between Jay Cutler and Blaine Gabbert.

That now makes seven interceptions on the year for Smokin’ Jay Cutler.

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OddsShark has the Bears listed as 5.5-point favorites, and has set the over/under for the game at 40.5 points.

Game Time: The game will start at 4:05 p.m. ET on Sunday, Oct. 7

At Yahoo! Sports, Mike Silver, Jason Cole and the collective Yahoo! users have all picked Chicago. Of the experts at ESPN.com who have made their picks, only Adam Schefter stands out. Schefter is in third place in the competition with his fellow ESPN pundits, and he sees the Jaguars as a likely candidate for a Week 5 upset. Over at CBS Sports, where picks are made both straight-up and against the spread, Josh Katzowitz is the only man favoring Jacksonville. Katzowitz likes the Jags both with the spread and for the win.