Chicago Bears vs. Washington Commanders Same Game Parlay Picks, Odds & Predictions

The higher-ups in the league office felt the need to push the Week 8 betting tilt between the Chicago Bears and Washington Commanders back into the late afternoon window with the intent of getting more eyeballs on the first NFL dustup between Caleb Williams and Jayden Daniels. Unfortunately, it might end up being Williams squaring off against Marcus Mariota instead due to Daniels suffering a rib injury that knocked him out of last week’s demolition of the Carolina Panthers. That’s not what NFL bettors signed up for! Regardless, the game will be played and the NFL betting market is buying Da Bears in a big way. While the bet distribution is about dead even, nearly 70 percent of the money is riding Chicago on the NFL odds forcing a market correction from +2.5 from where the line sat on the look-aheads to -3 where BetMGM Sportsbook currently has the match lined. With Daniels questionable, total bettors also had their money heard with a heavy percentage of it riding the under forcing a line move from the 48-point opener all the way down to 43.

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Chicago Bears vs. Washington Commanders NFL Same Game Parlay:

Chicago enters this tilt with the added advantage of coming off the bye—a scenario that’s seen the team go 1-1 straight up and 2-0 against the closing NFL spread the two seasons Matt Eberflus called the shots for the franchise. This however marks the first time the team will be forced to the road following an off week. Both prior matchups played to low scorers with 43 points scored on average. The strength of this Bears team through six played games, no offense Caleb Williams, has come on the defensive side of the ball where the unit ranks fifth overall and fourth in scoring conceding fewer than 17.0 points per game. The strength of the unit lies in the secondary where Jaylon Johnson shuts down one side of the field and lets the rest of his teammates fend for themselves. The recipe has led to success with Chicago ranked 7^th defending the pass and coming up with seven interceptions making it 13 takeaways in all (#3).

At the completely other end of the spectrum has been the Washington Commanders who’ve opened up many an NFL bettor and fantasy pundit’s eyes by playing a menacing brand of offense with the second pick in this past year’s draft overlooking it all. No team in the league has averaged more points per game than that of the 31.1 the Commies have averaged entering Week 8 betting action. Only three teams have amassed more overall yardage with Jayden Daniels and Brian Robinson Jr. forming one of the nastier QB/RB combos out of the backfield resulting in Washington shredding opposing run defenses for north of 165 yards per game (#3) at a healthy 5.2 yards per carry (#3). On top of all that offensive production, the Commanders have done a fantastic job holding onto the football with it committing a grand total of three giveaways.

Now before we get all bent out of shape and proclaim one of these sides the runaway victor, let’s first take into account the fact that both squads have achieved their early season success against a number of questionable opponents. Chicago’s four wins have come against the Titans, Rams, Panthers, and Jaguars—teams that stand a combined 6-21 SU at the time of this writing. Washington’s five wins have come against the Giants, Bengals, Cardinals, Browns, and Panthers—opponents that clock in 10-24 SU. As such, we’re dealing with a pair of teams, potentially led by rookie quarterbacks that have posted winning records against a number of bad teams. Is Washington good? They’re most definitely improved. What about Chicago? Honestly, I don’t know yet.

What I do know is that the Bears will want absolutely nothing with getting into a shootout on the road. It’s a running team at heart, and I firmly expect Shane Waldron to call a heavy rushing game script. Regardless of whether it be Daniels or Marcus Mariota, Washington doesn’t have the pass catchers that should be testing Chicago’s ball hawking secondary repeatedly. With that, I also foresee the Commanders looking to the bread and butter of their attack that comes with running the ball. Why force the issue with Mariota’s arm if you don’t have to—the dude is absolutely no stranger to the errant pass having thrown 45 through 74 overall starts. Though the total has plummeted from the opener due to Daniels’ unknown availability, I still think there’s enough meat on the bone to take a flier on what I expect will play to a low scorer. We’ll take a shot with the Bears as well in the Montez Sweat revenge game!

• CHICAGO BEARS (-3)
• CHICAGO/WASHINGTON UNDER 43

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