{"id":457463,"date":"2025-10-18T23:44:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T23:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/457463\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T23:44:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T23:44:12","slug":"bear-minimum-bets-new-orleans-saints-at-chicago-bears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/457463\/","title":{"rendered":"Bear Minimum Bets: New Orleans Saints at Chicago Bears"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coming off a tough win, the Chicago Bears welcome the struggling New Orleans Saints to Soldier Field.<\/p>\n

Sunday 10\/19\/2025 \u2013 Fox (1:00 p.m. EST)<\/p>\n

A beautiful fall weekend with temps reaching the low 70s provides for some very busy chipmunks. If you\u2019ve followed Bear Minimum Bets, you know Harry and Flower, my faithful chippies, are at a crucial stage of collecting. <\/p>\n

The Chicago Bears are also doing some collecting as of late, collecting wins, and we hope they find another this weekend. Fall weather also provides for perfect football weather. With the New Orleans Saints rolling into town <\/a>at 1-5, look for the Bears and Ben Johnson to come out fast, with some chunk plays to offset a mid-ranked Saints defense.<\/p>\n

\"OctPhoto: Peter Casey-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

De\u2019Andre Swift<\/p>\n

Is this really happening? Am I really advocating for placing a bet on De\u2019Andre Swift? Finally, a RESOUNDING yes!<\/p>\n

Story continues below.<\/p>\n

More Sports News<\/p>\n

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After weeks of subpar performances for Swift, it appeared as though the Chicago Bears had finally found a starting five on the O-line, while also realizing what works. And what has worked is the outside zone run and matching Swift up with LBs in the passing game. It seems Ben Johnson has found something. <\/p>\n

With guards and tackles pulling alike, Swift\u2019s number of 53.5 per DK seems highly attainable. Looking back on the Saints\u2019 schedule, the most similar back they\u2019ve faced would be James Cook for the Buffalo Bills. Well, let\u2019s just say Cook went for over 100 on the ground while also hauling in 3 receptions.<\/p>\n

Gimme the over.<\/p>\n

\"OctChicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams (18) throws the ball against the Washington Commanders during the third quarter at Northwest Stadium. Credit: Peter Casey-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Caleb Williams <\/p>\n

Caleb Williams continues to blossom in Ben Johnson\u2019s offense. Each week, he looks more comfortable, the line looks more comfortable, and he continues to ascend. Expect more of the same for Williams, with a passer rating of 98.0 through the first 5 weeks.<\/p>\n

The Saints give up the 4th most passing touchdowns per game, with a secondary that has struggled this year. The Bears\u2019 defensive coordinator, Dennis Allen, knows the Saints and their personnel quite well, having coached in New Orleans for 15 years across two separate tenures. Ben Johnson\u2019s statements this week on what it means to have him going against his former squad and the advantage it brings should come to fruition on the gridiron.<\/p>\n

Williams has a plethora of receiving options this season, look for him to continue to move the ball down the field in similar fashion as weeks prior. Please give me the overs.<\/p>\n

\"SepPhoto: Stephen R. Sylvanie-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Rome Odunze<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t expect these numbers from the books to stay this low for Rome Odunze for long. This week\u2019s number comes in at 63.5, similar to weeks past. With last week being a one-off, due to Swift\u2019s production vs Washington, expect Odunze to get back on the horse at home.<\/p>\n

Odunze continues to show he is the Bears\u2019 new #1 WR, surpassing D.J. Moore quickly. Williams continues to pepper targets Odunze\u2019s way for good reason. With last week being the only week without a TD, I fully expect Odunze to corral his 6th touchdown on the year at home for a loud home crowd.<\/p>\n

With winds expected to be a subtle 5 mph and temperatures approaching 60 degrees for kickoff, we couldn\u2019t ask for better football weather.<\/p>\n

(Riskier) Loveland 20+ yards receiving. Burden 20+ Receiving\/ may be worth a look with DJ Moore\u2019s hip issue.<\/p>\n

I check numbers for MGM<\/a>, ESPN Bet<\/a>,\u00a0FanDuel<\/a>,\u00a0DraftKings<\/a>, and\u00a0Fanatics<\/a>\u00a0sportsbooks.<\/p>\n

All odds are at the time of writing\u2026<\/p>\n

Player \/ PropSportsbookBetCaleb WilliamsDraftKings<\/a>Passing TD\u2019s 2+ -120
Passing Yards 218.5+ -111De\u2019Andre SwiftDraftKings<\/a>Rushing Yards +53.5 -115Rome OdunzeDraftKings<\/a>Receiving Yards +59.5 -114<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re not obligated to win. You\u2019re obligated to keep trying. To the best you can do every day.\u201d
\u2015\u00a0Jason Mraz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Coming off a tough win, the Chicago Bears welcome the struggling New Orleans Saints to Soldier Field. Sunday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":457464,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2076],"tags":[391,7,6124,896,55,2572,2571,6,397],"class_list":{"0":"post-457463","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-orleans-saints","8":"tag-chicago-bears","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-gambling","11":"tag-new-orleans","12":"tag-new-orleans-saints","13":"tag-neworleans","14":"tag-neworleanssaints","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-saints"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115397831658375716","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457463","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=457463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/457464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}