The Chicago Bears (7-7) will host the Kansas City Chiefs (10-4) in their final home game of the season, and these teams couldn’t be headed in more opposite directions.
With the Bears officially eliminated from playoff contention, the Chiefs have repeated as AFC West Champions and in firm control of their playoff destiny. That, and they have their franchise quarterback in Patrick Mahomes. The Bears, however, still don’t know what they have in Mitchell Trubisky, even though he’s looked better over the last month.
The big stories of this matchup will clearly be Trubisky vs. Mahomes, as well as Matt Nagy vs. Andy Reid, as Nagy will face his former mentor for the first time in the regular season.
While the Bears offense looked to have made strides against the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys, they resembled the offense in the beginning of the season in Sunday’s loss to the Green Bay Packers.
With the Bears reverting back the struggles that have defined their season, Vegas isn’t confident in Chicago’s chances against Kansas City.
The Bears have opened as 4.5-point underdogs against the Chiefs, according to BetMGM.
After their playoff hopes were dashed, Chicago is left playing for pride in these final two games of the season.
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