The Bears at Lions Week 13 bet line sees drastic shift from opening line

Updating Vegas Watch for Week 13: According to BetMGM, the betting line has shifted from favoring the Detroit Lions to favoring the Chicago Bears.

According to BetMGM, the Detroit Lions (3-7-1) opened the week as 1.5-point favorites over the Chicago Bears (5-6) but the betting line has seen a big shift since then and now favors the Bears by 2.5-points. With both offenses struggling, the over/under has unsurprisingly stayed steady at a low 39.5 points.

Now with the report that third-string undrafted rookie David Blough will start for the Lions, the bet lines have stayed the same but the odds have heavily shifted.

BetMGM has a lot of various bet lines to wager on in this game, but here’s a look the basic concepts most would be interested in, including the Moneyline, points spread and over/under.

Moneyline

Bears -209

Lions +170

Spread

Bears -2.5 (-167)

Lions +2.5 (+140)

Over/Under

Over 39.5 (+115)

Under 39.5 (-139)

Lions Wire editor’s thoughts/predictions

The Lions Wire editors are split on their predictions, in both who wins on Thanksgiving and by how much.

On the latest episode of the Detroit Lions Breakdown podcast, Episode 130, Erik Schlitt discussed why he believes this game favors the Lions and why they will come away with a close 17-14 victory.

Jeff Risdon made his prediction in his Behind Enemy Lines with Bears Wire article saying, “I think a healthy Lions team would roll at home on Thanksgiving, but given the shell of a team the Lions will trot out, it will take a lot of help from the Bears themselves for Detroit to win. Bears 30, Lions 17”

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