The New York Jets hit the road to Chicago to face the Bears in one of the last weeks of football regular season. The New York Jets, who are now second in the AFC East, hold a 10-4-0 record going in to Sundays matchup.
The Bears, who have been remarkable this year, go into the Holiday weekend at the leading of the NFC North with the same record, at 10-4-0. In recent New York Jets news. Their Quarterback, Mark Sanchez had to undergo an MRI on Monday for his shoulder as it got a little messed up in the 22-17 win over the Steelers in Week 16. Mark Sanchez says he’ll be set to play in the New York Jets’ competition at Chicago on Sunday, in spite of being restricted in practice by a tender right shoulder.
Sanchez competed most of the Jets’ 22-17 win at Pittsburgh last Sunday with a banged-up throwing shoulder after he “fell funny” on New York’s second drive. Sanchez had an MRI exam on the shoulder Monday, which revealed no serious injury.
The second-year qb did mostly soft-tossing early in practice Wednesday, and even threw a couple of passes left-handed.
Sanchez says he’s “playing, that’s all there is to it,” if he feels 100 percent.
In the mean time, wide receiver Santonio Holmes didn’t practice, sitting out with turf toe, but is furthermore expected to play
Coach Rex Ryan attempted to play down the MRI proclaiming that it was a precautionary measure more than anything. He believes that Sanchez should be back on the field the day after Christmas. Sanchez was 19 of 29 for 170 yards with a td rushing and no picks, snapping an eight-game streak of being picked off at least one time. Ryan obtained that Sanchez could be restricted at practice this week due to the fact he got beat up okay, together with a number of teammates in a physical match with the Steelers. He also exposed that he took some practice snaps away from Sanchez, a week ago to tick him off more than anything else. Sanchez had been troubled arriving into the game versus the Steelers, having thrown one touchdown and five interceptions in his last three matches in sports betting.
The Chicago Bears have been successful all month long, with the exception of a loss to the strongest squad in the nfl, the New england patriots, in week 14. Both teams are on their way to the playoffs, as the Bears have put on on tight to the NFC North, thanks to Lovie Smith doing one more great year as head coach. The Bears average 20.9 points and 291.6 yards per game whilst their defense has granted only 17.3 points and 310.9 yards per competition. The Chicago Bears were the first team to secure their division, defeating the Vikings last evening. The 1st AFC team can do so this weekend too.
When wagering on nfl note that the Bears are the minus 2 .5 point home favorites this weekend.