Chicago vs Minnesota – NFL Betting Advice

It will be a Monday Night football game like no other this season when the Chicago Bears take on the Minnesota Vikings. After the Metrodome roof collapsed under the weight of a snowstorm, the Vikings had to make other arrangements. The game is being played in the outdoor TCF Bank Stadium that’s usually the home of the Minnesota Golden Gophers. Let’s look at the lines, the teams, some NFL betting advice and a few weather reports before we make a prediction on Monday night football.

The NFL odds makers have set the Chicago Bears as the -8-point favorites. A straight up bet on the underdog Minnesota Vikings will pay bettors +300 on the moneyline. The game total is set at 33 points.

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MNF Betting Odds

December 20, 2010

Chicago Bears -8 -110 -370

Minnesota Vikings +8 -110 +300

Game Total 33

Location: TCF Bank Stadium – Minneapolis MN

Game Time: 8:35pm

TV: ESPN

The location change is huge for this game, despite the fact the Minnesota Vikings play in the coldest state in the lower 48 they are a dome team. This will likely be a huge advantage for the Chicago Bears who routinely play outdoors in December.

NFL Betting Advice – Bears are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 Monday games.

No matter what they say in the Vikings locker room, this team wants to get the season from hell over with and on to the offseason. They’ve lived through the Favre drama, the Moss drama, the Childress drama. Minny fans thought they would get a glimpse of the future with Tarvaris Jackson but he proved all those people saying, “Brett Favre gave the Vikings the best chance to win” right before he went on the IR for the season.

NFL Betting Advice – Vikings are 0-7 ATS in their last 7 games as an underdog.

This brings us to Joe Webb, Webb is making his first career start. It’s hard to gauge what we’ll see from Joe Webb but he’s a freakish athlete, he runs a 4.43 40 and he’s a 6-foot-4 rock. Still he’ll have a huge target on his back from the Bears defense.

Things get tougher for Minnesota as Adrian Peterson is doubtful for Monday night as he’s dealing with some nagging pains. Being tackled 20 times on the concrete hard frozen field of the TCF Bank Stadium can’t be good for anyone’s health, let alone your star running back in a meaningless game.

NFL Betting Advice – The Favorite is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 meetings between the Bears and Vikings.

The only way the Bears lose this one is if Jay Cutler shows his Favrian tendency to chuck the ball deep without regard of who he’s chucking it to. The Bears defense will shut down the Vikings most, if not all of this game. I like the Bears to cover the -8 point spread and keep the game under the total of 33 points. Oh and that weather report says it will be just 26 degrees at kickoff time, with a wind chill of 14.