Aug 22, 2024; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Chicago Bears safety Adrian Colbert (25) on the sidelines against the Kansas City Chiefs during the game at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Denny Medley-Imagn Images The NFL is back with Seahawks-Bears, and the build-up to the best college bowl games of the season arrives.
Thursday’s best bets are below:
Seattle Seahawks at Chicago Bears, 8:20 p.m. ET, Prime Video
Seattle enters Soldier Field in a must-win game Thursday night, and even if the Seahawks can top Chicago and beat the Los Angeles Rams in Week 18, they still might miss out on the postseason because of the strength-of-victory tiebreaker.
If Seattle (8-7) gets there, it will be without Kenneth Walker at running back, after he was ruled out for Thursday’s game.
The Bears (4-11) have dropped nine consecutive games with less than 20 points seven times, including last week’s 34-17 home defeat against the Detroit Lions.
Offensive line health is a concern for Chicago, and the Bears don’t have a good answer for Seahawks DT Leonard Williams.
Best bet: Bears under 19.5 points (-110 FanDuel)
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Rate Bowl, Kansas State vs. Rutgers, 5:30 p.m. ET
Rutgers is lacking the firepower to match and has been hurt by QB-designed runs.
Best bet: Avery Johnson 2-plus touchdowns (+400 DraftKings)
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Detroit Pistons at Sacramento Kings, 10 p.m. ET
All of a sudden, Sacramento appears to be offensively challenged.
Shots from scorers projected to provide big points output this season are in a funk.
Malik Monk called the offensive “embarrassing” and has been a big part of it. Monk is 6-for-27 on 3-pointers over the past three games, and DeMar DeRozan has averaged just 8.0 points on 9-for-30 shooting overall during that span.
We’re not expecting the slumps to last forever, and a day away could be just what DeRozan needed.
Best Bet: DeRozan over 27.5 Pts + Ast + Reb (-110, FanDuel)
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