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The Chicago Bears have something special heading into the 2024 season, something they haven’t had in some time.
Their fanbase is hopeful for what they can do in 2024, which will hopefully be a season that sets them up well for the foreseeable future
Analysis: The betting lines, trends and fantasy football tips for Sunday’s game at Soldier Field between the Bears and Tennessee Titans as Caleb Williams makes his debut at QB.
Will Levis has nine games experience heading into the opener at Soldier Field but it’s nine games more than Caleb Williams.
Former Bears coaches Lovie Smith and Marc Trestman used to like saying each season is an entity unto itself.
In other words, there is no carryover. The season ends and everything starts anew the next year. Even Matt Eberflus has talked in these terms before, but it isn’t really true. It’s not naive because they all know this, it’s just coachspeak to keep alive hope for teams who haven’t arrived or won’t.
It’s especially true in the betting world. Even when there is regime change in the NFL, good and bad betting trends for teams continue on until they are reversed.
The Bears had a long run as betting dogs and now they seem to have reversed the trend. The Titans are in the middle of being dogs and have yet to reverse the trend.
There are trends that have nothing to do with betting that supersede the betting trends. Tennessee has lost 10 of its last 11 and also has lost 10 of its last 11 road games.
Those are the really difficult trends to reverse, and no coaching regimes, new general managers and more talent usually need time to flip it. The Bears have already found this out.
Here are the top numbers and also top plays and top fantasy players for Bears and Titans at Soldier Field in Week 1.
If DJ Moore rates high on your plans at receiver but there are other options, it’s a good game to use the other options. Not only is Moore being targeted by a rookie quarterback in his first start, but he’s going to be facing cornerback L’Jarius Sneed most of the time.
The Titans do have a formidable group of cornerbacks and the only reason to think they would struggle is it’s their first game in the scheme, but facing a rookie QB starting for the first time more than eliminates this handicap.
Keenan Allen and D’Andre Swift are better fantasy plays in this game as Allen is their slot receiver in a three-receiver set and the middle of the field is where the Titans’ defensive personnel are least formidable. Swift, in his first starts each of the last two seasons had 144 yards rushing and 175 yards rushing for two different teams. Now it’s a third different team.
Another player Williams is likely to lean on extensively, who might be overlooked, is Gerald Everett. Their second tight end is the move target at this position and with so many targets at wide receiver who are threats, the Titans might not be able to devote enough attention to a tight end in coverage.
