Week 1 in the NFL is in the books, so now we get to look forward to some fantastic matchups in Week 2 that are sure to see a lot of action being placed on them. One of those is Sunday Night Football, which garners a massive amount of money and attention, and this weekend we get the Chicago Bears and Houston Texans squaring off. The Texans are currently -6.5 favorites in the market, and I would have to imagine they would need something big to move that to the key number of -7. The total is sitting at 46, which is about NFL average.
Chicago comes into this game 1-0 after defeating the Tennessee Titans in Week 1 at home, 24-17. They came back after trailing the game 17-0, scored 24 unanswered points and their defense completely shut out the Titans in the second half. In fact, the Bears didn’t manage to score a single offensive touchdown in this game, with a defensive pick-six and a special teams blocked punt recovery for a TD.
Rookie QB sensation Caleb Williams didn’t play well, although he did have an easy touchdown dropped by veteran WR Keenan Allen. The public perception of the Bears probably isn’t going to be very high heading into this game with how anemic they were on offense last week, even with the amount of attention Williams will get.
Houston got by the Indianapolis Colts 29-27 in Week 1, failing to cover as a -3 favorite. The offense with superstar QB C.J. Stroud looked pretty good, and they carved up the Colts defense most of the day. The problem was the defense, which allowed Indy to get back into the game and some huge down the field scores of over 50 yards. That should be very concerning for them moving forward, even if the Bears looked dreadful last week. The Texans will be at home, so they will have that advantage against a rookie that will be on the road.
These two teams had opposite games in Week 1. Chicago has a great defense and special teams, but a questionable offense with an inexperienced signal-caller. Houston has a star QB and effective offense, but their defense looked very beatable in Week 1. It will certainly be interesting to see where the money goes in this one, and there will be lots of it. I would imagine that the Texans will see a majority of the public money, as well as the under.
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