Chicago Bears season-to-date: 5-2 ATS, 50.4% average bet share, 46.0% money share.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| ATS record (tracked games) | 5-2 |
| Average bet % | 50.4% |
| Average money % | 46.0% |
| Games as public favorite (60%+ bets) | 2 |
| ATS record as public favorite | 1-1 |
| Fade-the-public record (vs them as public fav) | 1-1 |
The Chicago Bears don't have a strong public-vs-money pattern this season. Across the 7 games we've tracked, the average bet percentage on Chicago Bears is 50.4% and the average money percentage is 46.0%. Those are middle-of-the-pack numbers — bettors are split, dollars follow the bet count, and the line generally reflects the matchup rather than the public lean.
With 7 games on the board, the data is starting to mean something — and what it means is that Chicago Bears aren't a high-conviction fade or follow play. There's no consistent edge in either direction.
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| Date | Matchup | Result | Chicago Bears bet % | Chicago Bears money % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-22 | New England Patriots @ Chicago Bears | Covered 30-24 (-3) | 32.0% | 37.0% |
| 2026-10-18 | Chicago Bears @ Atlanta Falcons | Covered 31-23 (-1.5) | 42.0% | 41.0% |
| 2026-10-11 | Chicago Bears @ Green Bay Packers | Failed to cover 7-31 (-1.5) | 53.0% | 47.0% |
| 2026-10-04 | New York Jets @ Chicago Bears | Covered 23-12 (-3.5) | 53.0% | 51.0% |
| 2026-09-28 | Philadelphia Eagles @ Chicago Bears | Covered 27-7 (+3.5) | 42.0% | 26.0% |
The Chicago Bears are 5-2 against the spread in the games where we have a closing split. That's the number that matters for a bettor — a team can win outright every week and still lose money for the people backing it at the number.
When 60% or more of spread tickets land on the Chicago Bears, they're 1-1 ATS this season. Books shade lines toward the side they know the public wants, so heavily backed teams as a group have historically covered a little under half the time — which is why this number gets its own row.
1-1 ATS this season — the mirror of their public-favorite record, because the fade covers exactly when the public side doesn't. We show it as a record rather than a recommendation; a handful of games is not a pattern, and the line already builds in some of the public lean.
On the games we've tracked this season, the Chicago Bears draw 50.4% of spread tickets on average. Around 63% is typical for the more popular side of an NFL game, so a team living above 65% is one the crowd keeps coming back to — usually on name recognition, recent results or primetime exposure.
From publicly reported sportsbook handle, captured on a sub-hourly cadence for every NFL game from the moment a line is posted. The team figures on this page use each game's closing snapshot — the last read before kickoff — so every number reflects what a bettor could actually have known.
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Last updated: October 30, 2026 at 5:48 AM UTC
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