CHI B-tier pick hits. Model was directionally correct.
NAILED IT
Model projected CHI by 5.4. Actual: 7 points. The model was within 1.6 points of the real margin.
INSTANT CLASSIC
The win probability swung past 50% 2 times. One of the wildest games of the week.
COVERED
This pick covered the spread by 3.0 points.
Another data point for the model. B-tier picks continue to track.
BETTING LINE
SOURCE
TEN
CHI
Closing line
+164
-198
Our fair price
+190
-190
Our fair price carries no vig, so it is what the bet is worth, not what anyone will offer you.
SPREAD CHI -4.0 · nflverse market average, not one book's number
RESULT Won · +$0.56
OUR NUMBER
65%
MARKET, VIG REMOVED
64%
DIFFERENCE
+2%
Both figures are for CHI. The market number strips the margin out first, so the two sides are measured the same way.
SITUATIONAL TRENDS
Historical splits, shown for context only. We tested them: picking the situations that beat break-even in training goes 770–760 (50.3%) out of sample, so they are not a betting signal and are not coloured like one.
Our model takes Chicago Bears at 65% win probability, a Tier B pick. The margin models project CHI by 5.4. The market has CHI at -4.0.
Week 1 of the 2024 season, SUN 1:00 PM.
Tennessee Titans, CHI 17, TEN 24 in Week 9 of 2020.
By net EPA per play over the 2024 season, Chicago Bears: TEN -0.146 against CHI -0.088.
WHAT PRO ADDS
Every stat on this page is free, and so is the model's pick for this game. Pro is the separate question of which games we would actually bet, and at what stake, plus player props, unit sizing, and the full profit-and-loss ledger.