Oddsmaker says Bears over Pack because Bears lines will have best opening 2 series.

[BrentCrude]

Anyone ever hear that if you can statistically add up what football team's offensive and defensive lines most likely will have the best first 2 opening series that it's the most important factor as to who wins the game?Lots of people jumped on the Bears over this factor.That and 15 Packer keystone players being on IR

[Skidcom]

Going to be hard to not take a home dog in a championship game

[shantystar]

gl.

[CHUBNUT]

Anyone ever hear that if you can statistically add up what football team's offensive and defensive lines most likely will have the best first 2 opening series that it's the most important factor as to who wins the game?Lots of people jumped on the Bears over this factor.That and 15 Packer keystone players being on IR

Interesting but you dont say how they come up with the bears, football outlook has stats for lines which quiet frankly only confuse the bigger picture. Green bay does have lots of IRs but their two lines are more than intact.

[jgray]

Interesting but you dont say how they come up with the bears, football outlook has stats for lines which quiet frankly only confuse the bigger picture. Green bay does have lots of IRs but their two lines are more than intact.

Does this mean they get to play with an extra guy? If so, you have to like the Packers in this one.

[jollyoscars]

the bears will not be denied

[Kindred]

The team that wins the battle in the trenches is most likely to win the game, and this usually overlooked by the public/squares who give credit to running backs or QB's. But I never heard this crap about the first 2 series..The team that wins the battle in the trenches the first two series probably wins the battle in the trenches for the entire game which is money.

What does the first 2 series have to do with anything, and if the 1st 2 series are more important than the game than how the hell would you handicap that?