Bears-Rams odds: Los Angeles a home favorite vs. Chicago

Previewing Sunday’s Chicago Bears at Los Angeles Rams Week 11 sports betting odds and lines, with NFL matchup analysis, picks and tips.

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The Los Angeles Rams (5-4) are back home for the first time since Week 6 and will host the Chicago Bears (4-5) on Sunday night in prime time. Kickoff is set for 8:20 p.m. ET from the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. We analyze the Bears-Rams odds and lines while providing betting tips and advice around the Week 11 Sunday Night Football NFL matchup.

Bears at Rams: Week 11 preview, betting trends and notes


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  • The Rams are 6-3 against the spread this season but they’ve lost four of their last six games and covered the spread in just three of those contests. They’ve been favored in every game this season except one.
  • Chicago hasn’t scored more than 20 points in any of its last three games and has lost four of its last five overall.
  • The Bears are 2-1 against the Rams in their last three meetings, including a 15-6 win over Los Angeles last season in Chicago.
  • The total has gone Under in each of the Rams’ last four games and four of their last five games at home.
  • The Bears are 7-2 ATS in their last nine games against the Rams.
  • The Rams are 0-3-1 ATS in their last four games in November. The Bears are 5-1 ATS in their last six November games.

Bears at Rams: Key injuries

The Rams will be without WR Brandin Cooks (concussion).

Bears LB Danny Trevathan (elbow) won’t be available. TE Trey Burton (calf) is questionable to play.

Bears at Rams: Odds, betting lines and prediction

Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated Thursday at 11:30 a.m. ET.

Prediction

Bears 20, Rams 17

Moneyline (?)

The Rams simply aren’t good enough to warrant a bet here. They’ve been the better team this season, but they don’t instill much confidence at this point – especially against a good defense like Chicago’s.

Take the BEARS (+220) to win straight up on the road. The Rams are only 1-2 at the Coliseum this season, losing to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and San Francisco 49ers. They don’t have much of a home-field advantage besides the weather.

New to sports betting? A $10 wager on the Bears to win would return a profit of $22.

Against the Spread (?)

The Rams enter as 6.5-point favorites but that’s not indicative of the gap between them and the Bears. Chicago has a good chance to win this one outright, which makes this an easy decision.

Take the BEARS (-110) and the 6.5 points. With the way these offenses are playing, it should be a relatively close (and low-scoring) game.

Over/Under (?)

The projected total is only 41.5 points, which is telling of how bad these offenses have been lately. Their defenses are also among the best in football. The total has gone Under in each of the Rams’ last four games, and in each of the Bears’ last three.

Take the UNDER (-134) because it’s hard to imagine either team lighting up the scoreboard in prime time.

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Rams open as 6.5-point favorites over Bears in Week 11

The Rams are home favorites over the Bears despite losing in ugly fashion Sunday.

There’s only been one game this season where the Los Angeles Rams were not favored at kickoff. Week 11 won’t be one of those games as they enter their matchup with the Chicago Bears as the favorites.

Despite losing a disappointing game to the Steelers on Sunday in which the offense scored zero touchdowns, the Rams are significant favorites over Chicago at home in Week 11. According to BetMGM, the opening line has Los Angeles favored by 6.5 points.

The fact that the Rams are at home definitely helps and pushes the line in their favor, but the home team typically only gets three points built in. So clearly the oddsmakers still view the Rams as the better team, even after that ugly loss in Pittsburgh.

The over/under line was set at 41.5 points, which is tied for the second-lowest total since Sean McVay joined the Rams. In Week 3 of 2017, the Rams-49ers game had an over/under of 40.5 points, which turned into a 41-39 shootout win by Los Angeles.

The season opener in 2017 between the Rams and Colts had an over/under of 41.5 points, and Los Angeles won that one 46-9.

This will be a prime-time matchup between the Rams and Bears with kickoff set for 8:20 p.m. ET on Sunday night. The last time these two teams met, Chicago completely shut down the Rams offense, winning 15-6.

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