Redskins-Bears
Time: NOON CT
Spread: CHI -3
Total: 43
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The Washington Redskins are 5-7 on the season and still control its own fate to make the postseason. Where it gets dicey for Skins fans is that the team has not won a road game in over a year, and now it has to play three of its final four away from home. Washington will travel to Soldier field where the hosting Chicago Bears are 3-point favorites in NFL odds.
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The Redskins have lost its last five away from home and is 0-9 on the road since its last win on Oct 27, 2014. No team has been more futile on the road. It has won just one time since Oct of 2013, and is 1-12 the last two seasons under HC Jay Gruden. Gruen said, “We have to address them (road struggles) head on and go compete against Chicago.”
Redskins QB Kirk Cousins has thrown for 3,006 yards this season at a 68.6 percent clip while averaging 239.2 yards per game. He has 17 TD passes but has thrown 10 INTs and been sacked 20 times. His passer rating is 92.4. Cousins top passing targets are Jordan Reed and Pierre Garcon, both of whom have caught 83 passes on the season and over 560 yards each. Reed has six of the Redskins 17 receiving TDs this year, while Garcon is tried for No. 2 on the team with DeSean Jackson.
In the backfield the Redskins have struggled badly, though, with Alfred Morris and Matt Jones both averaging about 3.5 yards per carry. Morris has rushed for 494 yards but has not scored a TD, while Jones has three TDs on the season.
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The Skins are 5-2 at home where it has allowed 20 or more from an opponent just once this year, but on the road it allows 32.4 points per game. The Redskins also average just 17.2 points on the road while scoring 24.4 points per game at home.
Turnovers have a lot to do with it, as the team has six turnovers at home this season and 14 on the road. The fact that it manages to rush for 129.6 yards per game at home and just 44.8 on the road is also very destructive and telling. Trent Williams said “You search for answers, it’s hard, You can’t just put your finger on one thing. If that was the case, then it would have been fixed. It’s always something different..every time.”
The Redskins have performed well against the Bears, though, and Chicago is just 1-5 at home this season. Washington has won five straight in this series and 11 of the past 13. The Redskins will have to win at least once to beat the Philadelphia Eagles and New York out for the playoff berth, as both clubs are also 5-7. The Redskins host Buffalo next wee and close the season at Philly and Dallas.
Monday the Redskins lost 19-16 at home to the Dallas Cowboys and that kept its winning streak alive while muddling the division that much further. The Chicago Bears are also 5-7 but are not in playoff contention after last week’s 26-20 loss to the San Francisco 49ers.
The Bears offense scored just seven points in the second half while doing little in OT, and defensively the Bears allowed Torrey Smith to catch a 71-yard TD pass to seal the game. RT Kyle Long said, “I promise you, it will get better…we’re in every game, but it’s not good enough and we need to be better.”
Perhaps being better is the only thing the Bears are really playing for in a very disappointing season. The Bears losing its fourth straight game by less than seven is not really encouraging, because the team just cannot manage to close out close games.
Chicago is also without TE Martellus Bennett who was placed in IR with a fractured rib. He leads the team with 53 receptions and that is even considering he missed the win over Green Bay while playing few plays against the 49ers.
Eddie Royal should be back after injuring his knee, and No. 7 overall pick Kevin White will be returning from a leg stress fracture, as well. Royal has not played since Nov. 1 and the Bears have until Tuesday to activate White.
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