For the second week in a row, the Chicago Bears are road favorites heading into Monday night's showdown with the Washington Redskins.
The Bears were a rare road favorite in Denver for the Broncos' home-opener in Week 2, and are a four-point favorite against the Redskins at FedEx Field Monday.
This point spread represents a decent amount of confidence that Chicago will come away with a win Monday night. Home teams normally get a three-point edge by default, so for oddsmakers to like the Bears by four points suggests it should be a game they win by a touchdown or more.
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Whether the Bears can pull off a victory is only part of the story in Week 3. It's already the second game Chicago will play in front of a national television audience, and no player needs a breakout performance worse than Mitch Trubisky. He has to change the narrative that's crystallizing around his career, one that suggests he's a game manager who the Bears win in spite of. He needs a breakthrough game that announces his arrival as a franchise quarterback, and there's no better time to do that than on Monday Night Football.
As for the rest of the NFC North, the Packers are eight-point favorites at home against the Broncos, the Lions are seven-point underdogs on the road against the Eagles and the Vikings are 7.5-point favorites at home against the Raiders.
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