{"id":1027512,"date":"2026-10-14T17:39:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T17:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/1027512\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T17:39:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T17:39:15","slug":"falcons-vs-bears-odds-opening-lines-for-week-6-matchup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/1027512\/","title":{"rendered":"Falcons vs. Bears odds: Opening lines for Week 6 matchup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Falcons fell short in overtime to a depleted but clearly still dangerous Ravens team in Week 5, ending their hot streak since Michael Penix Jr.\u2019s return. With Penix Jr. exiting the game with a rib injury\u2014which doesn\u2019t appear to be serious\u2014Atlanta\u2019s ability to compete in Week 6 and beyond becomes murkier. While the Falcons were in excellent position to win the game in regulation on Sunday Night Football, this team\u2019s old habits of blowing late leads reared their ugly head once more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">That makes projecting Atlanta all the more difficult heading into this week\u2019s matchup with the red-hot Chicago Bears offense. <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsbook.fanduel.com\/navigation\/nfl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FanDuel currently has the Falcons as 2.5-point home underdogs to the Bears<\/a>, with an over\/under set at 50.5. This is clearly expected to be an offensive showcase, but questions about the starting quarterbacks for both teams linger. Will Caleb Williams and Michael Penix Jr. both return for the game on Sunday, or will one (or both) miss the contest?<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">That\u2019s casting a bit of a shadow over this matchup, as the Bears are coming off their worst performance of the season against a Packers team that the Falcons absolutely embarrassed just a few weeks prior. If Williams returns, I\u2019d expect the line to shift heavily towards Chicago before kickoff. If Penix Jr. returns, I\u2019d think the same for Atlanta. If both are slated to play, things may largely stay the same\u2014just with the over\/under increasing several points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">We\u2019ll hope for positive health updates for the Falcons this week as we await the status of multiple players who left Sunday night\u2019s game, including multiple cornerbacks. Atlanta\u2019s defense has weathered injuries well thus far, but they\u2019re becoming perilously thin in the secondary and at edge rusher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Falcons fell short in overtime to a depleted but clearly still dangerous Ravens team in Week 5,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1027513,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2074],"tags":[223,254,20809,2554,224,7,6],"class_list":["post-1027512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-atlanta-falcons","tag-atlanta","tag-atlanta-falcons","tag-atlanta-falcons-odds","tag-atlantafalcons","tag-falcons","tag-football","tag-nfl"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/117440489948331317","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1027512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1027512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1027512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1027513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1027512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1027512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1027512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}