The Chicago Bears improved to 6-1 straight up and against the spread with their 15-6 win over the Los Angeles Rams on Monday night. The Bears can move one step closer to clinching the NFC North with a win this Sunday over the Green Bay Packers.
NFL odds 2018, Week 15: Betting trends and analysis for the top games
The Kansas City Chiefs and Chicago Bears both host division rivals on this week’s loaded NFL betting slate at the sportsbooks.
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Chicago is a 5.5-point home favorite on the NFL odds over Green Bay at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com. With their win over the Rams, the Bears improved to 9-4 SU and ATS on the season and established themselves as a legitimate dark horse contender in the NFC.
Green Bay has tormented Chicago for years with a 14-2 SU and 12-4 ATS record in its last 16 games against the Bears, but the Packers enter this game with an 0-8 SU and 2-6 ATS record in their last eight games on the road according to the OddsShark NFL Database.
This week has some great primetime games as the Los Angeles Chargers visit the Kansas City Chiefs (-3.5) on Thursday night, the Rams (-9) host the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday night, and the New Orleans Saints (-6.5) head to Carolina to take on the Panthers on Monday night.
The Chargers could move into a tie with Kansas City for the best record in the AFC with a win, but they would need to snap an 0-9 SU record in their last nine games against the Chiefs to do so.
The slate is less impressive on Saturday as the Houston Texans (-6) visit the New York Jets in the early afternoon game and the Denver Broncos (-3) host the Cleveland Browns in the night game. Houston is just 2-5 SU and ATS in its last seven games against the Jets, but the Texans will be taking on a Jets squad this year that is just 1-6 SU and 2-5 ATS at online betting sites over its last seven games.
The New England Patriots and Pittsburgh Steelers both suffered upset losses last Sunday as New England lost on the final play of the game to Miami and Pittsburgh fell to the lowly Oakland Raiders. Both teams will try to get back on track Sunday when the Steelers host the Patriots. The spread for this game will come out later in the week when the injury status of Ben Roethlisberger is assessed.
NFL Week 15 Betting Lines
Philadelphia at Los Angeles Rams (-9)
New Orleans (-6.5) at Carolina
Houston (-6) at New York Jets
Green Bay at Chicago (-5.5)
Los Angeles Chargers at Kansas City (-3.5)
Cleveland at Denver (-3)
New England at Pittsburgh
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