Bears vs. Eagles predictions, odds, time: Week 3 'Monday Night Football' picks from proven model — SkimNews
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- Philadelphia Eagles visit the Chicago Bears on Monday Night Football (8:15 p.m. ET, Soldier Field), with Philadelphia coming off a 24-20 win over Tennessee and Chicago coming off a 9-3 loss to Minnesota
- Bears ruled out starting QB Caleb Williams (hamstring); 14th-year veteran Case Keenum, who hasn't played a regular-season game since 2023 with Houston, gets the start while Tyson Bagent (concussion) is available
- Eagles are 3.5-point favorites with the over/under set at 41.5 points; Philadelphia will be without TE Dallas Goedert (knee) but cleared RB Saquon Barkley (stinger) and WR DeVonta Smith (hamstring)
- SportsLine's model — which simulates every NFL game 10,000 times — is going Under 41.5, noting the Under has hit in each of the last five Bears-Eagles meetings, including Chicago's 24-15 road win last November
- Jalen Hurts completed 26 of 37 for 264 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions in the Eagles' comeback win over the Titans, while Keenum carries a career 62.3% completion rate with 79 TDs and 51 INTs
- The model projects exactly 41 combined points and finds Under value in 55% of simulations; it enters Week 3 on a 53-41 run on top-rated NFL picks since 2024
Why it matters: Chicago is forced to start a backup quarterback who hasn't taken a regular-season snap since 2023 against an unbeaten Philadelphia defense, and the betting market reflects it — the Eagles are laying only 3.5 points despite facing a depleted offense, with the SportsLine model projecting a total that falls just below the posted 41.5 line 55% of the time.
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