Sun, Oct 26, 2025, 1:00 PM EDTWeek 8 · at Baltimore Ravens
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4-2 · Power #16
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1-5 · Power #14
30
▲ winner
Closing spread
BAL -2.5
✓ BAL W
Total
44.5
▲ Over · 46 pts
Model before kickoff
CHI 24–27 BAL
✓ BAL (60%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenBAL -6.5
CloseBAL -2.5
Total50.5 → 44.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
4 pts toward Chicago Bears
Total
Down 6 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened BAL -6.5 · closed BAL -2.5 · moved 4 toward CHImodel BAL -5.5
Opened 50.5 · closed 44.5 · moved 6 downmodel 50
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 1.5–3.5 since 2023: won 65%, covered 55% (173 games)ⓘ
Crossed 3The team the line moved toward covered 46% (37 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenBAL -6.5
CloseBAL -2.5
Total50.5 → 44.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.

Similar games

The recent games that looked most like this one before kickoff, and how they turned out

In the 5 games most like BAL as a 2.5-point home favorite against CHI, the favorite won 5, covered 4, and 3 went over the total.

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This game: BAL won 30–16; the favorite covered, as in 4 of the 5 similar games. 46 points went over 44.5, as in 3 of 5.
Favorite won
5 of 5100%
Normal range · usually 61%
Favorite covered
4 of 4100%
Normal range · usually 51%
Went over
3 of 560%
Normal range · usually 47%

Only 5 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 6.6 against an average line of 2.9; 42.2 points a game (usually 44). Of the 1 over, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 5 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Loose
MIN vs NYJ
2022 · Week 13 · loose · similar situation
-327–22 W O44
Loose
2023 · Week 12 · loose · similar rest & situation
-2.527–20 W O44.5
Loose
LV vs DEN
2022 · Week 4 · loose · similar season form
-332–23 W O45.5
Loose
TEN vs IND
2022 · Week 7 · loose · similar rest & situation
-319–10 W U43
Loose
LAC vs TEN
2022 · Week 15 · loose · similar situation
-317–14 P U46.5
History, not a prediction. Every NFL game from 2022 on is compared with this one as it looked before kickoff (team strength, the betting line, season form, situation, venue and rest), and only close matches are kept. How matches are found

Signals

The data signal, and 7 trends and market moves behind it
Strong Chicago Bears ATS trend Miss
Strong-or-stronger ATS leans went 22-16 (58%) in our 2023–25 backtest.
Mixed signals on the total

None of these signals has beaten the market in our backtest, so this describes why the matchup is interesting — it isn’t a pick.

Chicago Bears 3-1 ATS as an underdog
Covering consistently in the role they have in this game. · Backtest 2023–26: 81-81 (50%)
Baltimore Ravens ATS struggles (1-5)
Baltimore Ravens have covered only 17% of their games with a line this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 62-65 (49%)
Baltimore Ravens home ATS weakness (1-3)
Weak against the spread at home this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 71-65 (52%)
Baltimore Ravens 1-3 ATS as a favorite
Struggling to cover in the role they have in this game. · Backtest 2023–26: 69-56 (55%)
Market moved toward Chicago Bears
4 pts (BAL -6.5 → BAL -2.5), through the key number 3. · Backtest 2024–26: 200-205 (49%)
Both teams trending Over (9-3 combined)
Their games this season have mostly gone over the total. · Backtest 2024–26: 11-13 (46%)
Total moved down 6
50.5 → 44.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 120-135 (47%)
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Matchup stats

Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
CHI−1.4 →−0.5▲ 0.9#21
BAL+3.6 →+0.4▼ 3.2#16
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW7

CHI
Longer bar = better
BAL
#15
Offense
Even
#17
#23
Defense
◀ CHI better
#30
+1.8 #1
Turnovers
◀ CHI better
−1.2 #31
62 plays #14
Pace
◀ CHI faster
54 plays #31
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When CHI has the ball
Advantage: CHI offense
CHI offBAL defEdge
Points / game 25.3 #10 32.3 #32 CHI
Yards / play 5.57 #14 5.67 #27 CHI
EPA / play +0.03 #16 +0.16 #30 CHI
Success rate 44% #18 49% #30 CHI
When BAL has the ball
Advantage: BAL offense
BAL offCHI defEdge
Points / game 24.0 #15 25.8 #25 BAL
Yards / play 5.71 #11 6.19 #32 BAL
EPA / play −0.04 #23 −0.05 #6 CHI
Success rate 43% #20 47% #27 BAL

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams
CHI scoring against the BAL defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
CHI scored
6.7
#4
8.3
#6
15.0
#3
4.5
#18
5.8
#20
10.3
#21
BAL allowed
4.0
#14
8.8
#27
12.8
#24
9.0
#32
10.5
#30
19.5
#32
BAL scoring against the CHI defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
BAL scored
4.3
#15
5.7
#24
10.0
#23
6.8
#4
7.2
#12
14.0
#6
CHI allowed
4.0
#14
8.7
#26
12.7
#23
5.7
#24
7.5
#21
13.2
#23

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
BAL +1.8
home-field points in the model
Weather
60° · 1 mph
gusts 9 mph · at kickoff
Rest
CHI7d
BAL14d bye
BAL +7 days
Tempo
Slow 117 plays
slowavg 122fast
Quarterback
BAL backup QB started
Not on the final injury report