Are the Bears being disrespected?

Won the NFC North last year,  came very close to making the Super Bowl,  blow out Atlanta in the first game this year,  and they were good on the road too last year.

Getting almost a TD vs the Saints?      

Bears seem like a dog that could win straight up to me.   

Cutler and Bears looked good last week, now we will see how really good they're this week in NO.

Saints are going to be without one of their starting corners (Tracy Porter),  their starting #1 wide receiver (Marques Colston),  their starting defensive end (Will Smith), and their starting strong safety is questionable (Roman Harper).

That's a secondary that didn't play very well against Aaron Rodgers last week.   

Another questionable thing about the Saints is their O-Line.    The guards are good but the Tackles (Bushrod and Strief) and the Center (100 yr old Olin Kreutz) are a little shaky.  

Julius Peppers vs Jermon Bushrod?    Run for your life Brees.  

The Bears O-Line is a little shaky too though.    

And if Roy Williams is out for the Bears that could be a blessing in disquise because a lot of people think Johnny Knox is a better receiver anyway.   

Last year in Week 2,  the Bears went into Dallas as 7 point dogs and won 27-20 after barely beating the Lions in Week 1 with the  help of that controversial TD reversal against Calvin Johnson at the end of the game.    

Cutler still at QB?

maybe, that's why.

1. Jay Cutler vs. The Saints' Secondary

This is the unquestioned biggest matchup of the game. The Saints' secondary is nothing to be too proud of, but Cutler will have to decide that. When Jay Cutler has a rating over 100, we are 16-0. If he has a good game, the Bears probably win. If he has a bad game, the Bears probably lose.

Cutler has good track record indoors: It's dome sweet dome for Bears QB Jay Cutler heading into a Week 2 road trip against the Saints. In Cutler's last four games indoors, he has completed 66.9 percent of his passes (81 for 121) for 975 yards, 10 touchdowns and no interceptions. In his only matchup in his career against the Saints in 2008, which wasn't in a dome, Cutler threw for 264 yards, two touchdowns and one interception. New Orleans did allow Green Bay QB Aaron Rodgers to rack up 312 passing yards and three touchdowns in Week 1. 
(Updated 09/15/2011)

Cutler is coming off a pretty strong performance in Week 1, throwing for 312 yards and two touchdowns against the Falcons. It seems the matchup in Week 2 is a favorable one for Cutler, but the Saints are very good at home. They were on the road last week when Green Bay burned them for all those yards. You might consider starting Cutler because of his history indoors and the shaky performance New Orleans turned in last week, but he is still looking like a No. 2 QB in most formats for Week 2.
(Updated 09/15/2011).

Bears were 5-2-1 against the spread on the road last year,   9-6-1 overall ATS.

Saints were 4-4 against the spread at home last year ,  7-9 overall ATS

Well Werker,   they sure blew the doors off Atlanta in Week 1.    And I'm a Packer fan so I know they played the Packers tough all 3 games last year and the Packers have a high flying offense just like the Saints.     Dallas was still a team with high expectations and a lot of hope last year in Week 2.    Also beat Jets and Eagles.

I'm sure you could go throw every teams schedule and find games that they were lucky to win.    Maybe not as many as the Bears but at least a few. 

It's not the Bears people have no respect for, it's Cutler.  The issue is if the Bears line can hold the Saint's D line.  

It's obvious that Cutler can throw.  He just isn't the same under pressure.

"Won a playoff game at home against possibly the worst playoff team in NFL history, and then knocked out by the Packers."

Do you mean that same "worst playoff team in NFL history" that the Saints lost to in Round 1 of the playoffs last year?     

Werker - I agree with you.  The Atlanta game last week was a good win for Chicago, however I am not impressed.  Atlanta's tackling was horrible.  2 screen passes went for 50 plus yards, a fumble recovery in the EZ, and 3 drops by the Falcons' secondary. 

I'm not saying that this team isn't good, I just think that New Orleans is a better football team.  This line is screaming to take the Bears.  I would definately be hesitant to bet the Bears here (just like betting the Chargers last week was a suckerbet).  7 points to last year's #2 seed is too good to be true..

Looks like Werker just got owned.   

MrAmageddon

You could go through a list of the Packers' wins last year and say the same thing. It's just nitpicking. The Bears are good people. Their defense is great (only D that didn't allow a TD last week), and they have a lot of weapons on offense, not to mention the best kick returned in NFL history.

Let me ask you something?  Do you have any stats on how often this angle produces a winner for you?    It's another one of those statements that you see endlessly on Covers but nobody knows how often it wins.   Just like "the public side",  the square side",  etc.

9 dogs covered in week 1

7 favorites covered in week 1

the average winning / losing margin against the point spread was 12 points.

No, I don't have any stats regarding that claim.  I objectively put a spread on each game before I look them up. 

Vegas is begging for people to take the Bears here with this line.  There are always a couple 'too good to be true' lines every week.  The Titans game is another one this week.