The Bears are a 3-point underdog this week, likely creating a passing game script.Accounting for their underlying strategic approach and game dynamics, the Bears are predicted by the predictive model to call only 61.8 offensive plays in this contest: the lowest number among all teams this week.The leading projections forecast D'Onta Foreman to be a much smaller piece of his offense's rushing attack in this contest (22.1% projected Carry Share) than he has been this year (39.6% in games he has played).This year, the feeble Detroit Lions run defense has been gouged for a massive 3.82 adjusted yards-per-carry (YPC) to opposing teams: the 29th-biggest rate in the NFL.When it comes to the defensive ends' role in defending against the run, Detroit's group of DEs has been fantastic this year, ranking as the 4th-best in the league.
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