The Chicago Bears and Pittsburgh Steelers will meet up on Monday night to finish off Week 9. The Bears are third in the NFC North with a 3-5 record and are riding a three-game losing streak after a 33-22 home loss against the San Francisco 49ers. Justin Fields finished 19-of-27 for 175 yards with a touchdown and an interception.
The Steelers are third in the AFC North with a 4-3 record and are on a three-game winning streak after beating the Cleveland Browns on the road 15-10. Ben Roethlisberger went 22-of-34 for 266 yards and a touchdown.
Bears at Steelers Betting Analysis
On the Bears side
Rookie running back Khalil Herbert has been doing well without David Montgomery active. So far this season, Herbert has 81 rushing attempts for 351 yards (4.3 yards per carry) and a single rushing touchdown, as well as nine catches for 44 yards (4.9 yards per reception).
In the last game against the 49ers, Herbert finished rushing 23 times for 72 yards (3.1 yards per run) and two catches for -4 yards (-2 yards per reception).
The Chicago Bears are a decent defensive team so far this season, as they are allowing 24.4 points per game. In their previous game against the San Francisco 49ers, the Bears allowed 33 points on 467 total yards of offense (322 passing, 145 rushing).
The Bears need to improve at stopping the run as they allowed San Fran to average 5.6 rushing yards per run. They did do a good job of forcing the 49ers into punt formation as they ended up 4-of-10 on third down attempts and converted their only fourth down attempt.
On the Steelers side
Rookie running back Najee Harris has been doing well thus far this season as he has 128 carries for 479 yards (3.7 yards per rush) with three rushing touchdowns as well as 37 receptions for 273 yards (7.4 yards per catch) with a pair of touchdown receptions.
In his last game against the Browns, Harris finished with 26 rushing attempts for 91 yards (3.5 yards per run) with a rushing touchdown and three catches for 29 yards (9.7 yards per reception).
The Pittsburgh Steelers have been a good defense so far as they are giving up 20.3 points per game. In their previous game against the Cleveland Browns, the Steelers allowed 10 points on 306 total yards of offense (210 passing, 96 rushing).
The Browns went just 3-of-10 on third down tries and did not convert on either of their fourth down opportunities. Pittsburgh did do well as they forced Cleveland to throw for just six yards per attempt.
Bears at Steelers Prediction
As of this writing, the top sportsbooks are all keeping this game under the important seven-point spread, which is promising. Both teams are under .500 against the spread this season, so there is really no lean there either.
The defenses are going to keep this game close as the Bears are allowing 23.6 points in their last five games while the Steelers are giving up 20 points in that span.
Neither team has been incredible offensively. All in all, go with the Chicago Bears getting almost a full touchdown in this game to cover the spread on the road here.