A throwing game script is implied by the Bears being a -3-point underdog in this week's game.With a 33.9% rate of running the ball (in a neutral context) this year, the 4th-least run-heavy offense in the NFL has been the Bears.While Khalil Herbert has received 35.9% of his offense's run game usage in games he has played since the start of last season, the leading projections forecast him to be a much smaller part of Chicago's running game in this game at 21.1%.Since the start of last season, the anemic Texans run defense has conceded a monstrous 3.62 adjusted yards-per-carry (YPC) to opposing offenses: the 32nd-worst rate in the NFL.
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