Chargers over Bears

Put aside the recent regression of Super Bowl losers in this one, there is plenty else to look at here. The Bears were extremely reliant on turnovers last year getting multiple TOs in all but 2 victories. Add in the 9 D/ST TDs scored and you have a team very reliant on its defense for points. Losses along the DL are bigger than many are letting on, no one on the team has faith in Rex (they blame him for the SB loss) and Cedric Benson has not proven capable of shouldering the load. CHI is a bad road dog as well. On the other side you have a team that covets the football (only 11 TOs last season), the best player in the game in LT, a QB going in the right direction and a stout D. If this line were 3-4 points(like the public apparently believes it should be), I would pause, but with an open at -5 and a quick jump to -6, I feel affirmed in my analysis, this is a great matchup for SD and a bad one for CHI. SD(-6) 27 CHI 13 [2$]