The Chicago Bears will play host to the New Orleans Saints on “Monday Night Football” to wrap up Week 15 of the NFL season. The Saints opened as a field goal favorite, and the line has stayed pretty steady at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com.
Neither team is doing much of anything at this point in the season. New Orleans is 1-4 against the spread in its last five games. As a road favorite, the Saints covered the spread against the Carolina Panthers in October, but failed to cover the previous seven such games. They are 3-8 straight up in their last 11 road games according to the OddsShark NFL Database.
Chicago is 2-5 ATS in its last seven games, and 3-12-1 in its last 16 home games. The Bears have failed to cover in seven of their last eight games as a home underdog. The Bears are 2-5-2 ATS in their last nine games against the Saints, and 2-3-1 ATS in their last six games at home against the Saints.
The total is set at 54 points on the Week 15 NFL betting lines. The total has gone OVER in four of the Saints’ last five games, and in 12 of the Bears last 17 games. The total has gone OVER in five of the last six games between these two teams in Chicago.
The Saints have two questionable players who will be game-time decisions. Left tackle Terron Armstead and outside linebacker Junior Galette are both dealing with neck injuries. Armstead sat out Thursday’s practice, and was limited Friday and Saturday. Galette sat out Thursday’s and Friday’s practices, and was limited on Saturday.
The Bears will likely be without free safety Chris Conte, who is listed as doubtful. He suffered a back injury in Week 14, and missed all three practices this week. Kicker Robbie Gould and left guard Michael Ola are both listed as questionable. Gould got in one practice session, but if his quadriceps injury remains an issue, Jay Feely will handle kicking duties. Additionally, the team placed inside linebacker Darryl Sharpton on injured reserve, ending his season.
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