NFL Wild Card: New Orleans Saints double-digit home favorites vs. Chicago Bears

During NFL Wild Card Weekend, the Chicago Bears (8-8) visit the New Orleans Saints (12-4) Sunday in an NFC Wild Card tilt at 4:40 p.m. ET. Below, we take a look at the early Bears-Saints betting odds and lines at BetMGM Sportsbook.

The Bears backdoored their way into the postseason. Despite losing at home to the Green Bay Packers 35-16 in Week 17, Chicago claimed the NFC's No. 7 and final seed when the Arizona Cardinals (8-8) lost at the Los Angeles Rams. The Bears were 5-1 after Week 6 but lost each of their next six games. A three-game win streak against a trio of struggling teams - the Houston Texans, Minnesota Vikings and Jacksonville Jaguars - found the Bears back in contention heading into the regular-season finale. Midseason offensive line changes resulted in giving QB Mitchell Trubisky (2,055 passing yards, 16 touchdowns, 8 interceptions) enough protection, and it opened holes for the running game, which has produced six consecutive 100-yard games after failing to reach the century mark in the previous seven. RB David Montgomery ran for 598 of his 1,070 regular-season rushing yards in those six games, averaging 5.16 yards per carry.

Despite missing several key players, the Saints closed the regular season with a 33-7 rout at the Carolina Panthers as 6-point favorites. QB Drew Brees threw for 201 yards with 3 touchdowns and no interceptions, while the defense finished with 5 picks. RB Alvin Kamara, RB Latavius Murray, S C.J. Gardner-Johnson and S Marcus Williams didn't play due to COVID-19 protocols, and WR Michael Thomas is on the Reserve/Injured list due to an ankle injury. The good news is they could all be back for Sunday's playoff game vs. the Bears. New Orleans won 26-23 at Chicago in Week 8, but needed overtime. Brees threw for 280 yards and 2 TDs in the victory, while QB Nick Foles (272 passing yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT) started for the Bears.

Bears at Saints: Betting odds, spread and line

Odds via BetMGM; last updated Tuesday at 6:30 a.m. ET.

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• Money line: Bears +375 (bet $100 to win $375) | Saints -500 (bet $500 to win $100) | Bet now
• Against the spread/ATS: Bears +10, -115 (bet $115 to win $100) | Saints -10, -105 (bet $105 to win $100) | Bet now
• Total: 47.5, Over -110 (bet $110 to win $100) | Under -110 (bet $110 to win $100) | Bet now

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At +375 odds, the Bears have an implied 21.05% chance of winning or 15/4 fractional odds. Chicago needs to win outright, or lose by fewer than 10 points for a Bears +10 (-115) ATS ticket to cash. A 10-point loss is a push and you get your money back.

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At -500 odds, the Saints have an implied 83.33% chance of winning, or 1/5 fractional odds. New Orleans needs to win by at least 11 points for a Saints -10 (-105) ticket to cash.

Also see:

• PK Santos sets franchise consecutive FG record (Bears Wire)
• Tracking New Orleans interview requests from around NFL (Saints Wire)

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