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Good morning! Betting is hard, OK?
Let’s be upfront about one thing: Last night’s 16-13 Bears win over the Panthers was a bad football game. We saw five field goals, 12 punts, a combined 57 percent of passes completed, just one offensive touchdown and a missed 59-yard field goal at the end for good luck. Barf.
But! The result does have intriguing butterfly effects:
Chicago’s win puts Carolina at 1-8, tied with Arizona for the worst record in.
A defensive trend among NBA bigs caught on with the new Spur while overseas and should be one of his more subtle, yet effective, ways of impacting games.