TNF Week 5- Tampa Bay at Chicago

Tonight on Thursday Night Football it is an actually intriguing matchup between the Tampa Bay Bucs and the Chicago Bears. Both teams sit at 3-1 after a tale of two similar seasons already. The Bucs lost week 1 against the Saints and now have won three straight against the Panthers, Broncos, and Chargers. Two of those wins are considered successful in terms of opponent, only the Broncos started Jeff Driskel instead of Drew Lock in week 3. The Bears started 3-0 with wins over the Lions in the 4th quarter comeback in which the Lions almost won, then beat the Giants who lost Saquon Barkley during the game. They then beat the lowly Falcons who blew another double-digit lead in the second half, followed by their first loss to the Indianapolis Colts. Both these teams have wins over questionable teams but themselves have question marks surrounding them. The Bears is centred around Nick Foles and Mitch Trubisky. Which my suggestion is to let Trubisky start the first half and Foles play the second half like they are in a preseason game. For the Bucs, it is now a question of is this sustainable and are they only good against bad teams. This is where some of the questions will be answered but for now, it is a Thursday Night matchup of two successful teams so far this season. The Bucs are favoured by 5.5 in this game and I like them to win but the Bears and Foles keep it close and cover the spread.

Record

Straight: 42-21

Spread: 30-33