Commanders at Bears on Thursday night: NFL betting odds, picks, tips

Betting analysts Doug Kezirian, Tyler Fulghum, Joe Fortenbaugh, Anita Marks and Erin Dolan, fantasy and sports betting analysts Eric Moody and Andre Snellings, ESPN Stats & Information's Seth Walder, Jason Fitz and Football Outsiders' Aaron Schatz give their top plays for the game.

Washington Commanders and Chicago Bears are playing in the NFL on Thursday night. Washington Commander's are 1-4 and the Bears' are 2-3. Chicago is coming off a 29-22 road loss to the Vikings.

Commanders and Bears are playing on Thursday night. The Bears rank 31st in total yards per game and 30th in scoring. Commanders rank 19th and are averaging 18.3 points per contest.

Commanders at Bears on Thursday night is a low-scoring game. Chicago has a better record than Washington. Bears quarterback Carson Wentz is the better player. Commanders have a home-field advantage. Washington has lost four straight games. The Bears are getting back corner Jaylon Johnson back from injury. The game is at Soldier Field. It's a Thursday. Fortenbaugh advises to bet half-unit on the under. Marks takes the Bears -1. Walder picks the team with the best offensive line. Fitz takes under on all Thursday nights. He thinks the trend will continue. For the Commandors, he picks Justin Fields.

Commanders at Bears on Thursday night is a game to watch. Quarterbacks Carson Wentz and Justin Fields are struggling. Wenttz has surpassed 223.5 passing yards in three out of five games this season. Chicago gives up a lot of rushing yardage, but it doesn't give up big leads. Chicago should slow down the Washington running game.

Wentz is averaging 278 passing yards per game this season. Chicago's defense is giving up 367 yards a game. The Bears are last in the NFL on third downs and in bottom third in red zone. Fitz takes the over on the Bears. Fortenbaugh takes it on Wentz.

Fields is almost a third of the way through the season. He's coming off his best passing game of this season, throwing for 208 yards on the road against a stingy Vikings defense. The week before, he managed 174 passing yards against an even stingier Giants pass defense, so he's trending in the right direction as a passer.

Both Washington and Chicago are struggling early in the season. The Commanders are 1-4 and the Bears are 2-3. Washington is 10-1 to make the playoffs and 50- 1 to win the NFC East. Chicago is 40-1000 to reach the postseason and 100-000 to be crowned NFC North champion.

The Bears and Commanders are irrelevant in the playoff conversation. Neither team accumulates a lot of yards or score a lots of points. Both teams play in very competitive divisions and don't have stout defenses. Three division foes starting 4-1 or better would block the Commander from a playoff spot.

Commanders play Bears on Thursday night. Snellings has some doubts about the Commanders, but he thinks the Bears are within the realm of possibility. The Bears have a chance to win the North.

Commanders play Bears on Thursday night. Last Thursday, there were no touchdowns scored in the Colts' 12-9 win over the Broncos. Caesars Sportsbook has "No TD" posted at 29-1 this week. Neither Moody nor Fitzpatrick are taking it. Marks will play Brian Robinson to score a touchdown. Tight end Cole Turner gets the start and is +550.

Brian Robinson played his first NFL game since suffering gunshot wounds against the Titans. He finished with 22 rushing yards on nine attempts. The Bears' defense is allowing 170 rushingyards per game.

Fortenbaugh, Dolan, Fitzpatrick, Marks and Walder give their picks on Thursday night's game between the Washington Redskins and the Chicago Bears. Wentz is an automatic interception bet each week. Fields is going to try to be dynamic however he can be. Brian Robinson will carry the rock at least 15 times. Cole Kmet is under 29.5 receiving yards. He's averaging 6.4 yards per target this year. The Bears' defense has eight takeaways this season. It's ranked 22nd in the league. They play the Commanders on the Thursday. Chicago is 1-4.

Commanders are playing the Bears on Thursday night. Snellings takes Commanders over 0.5 touchdown passes and Darnell Mooney over 44. 5 receiving yards.