The San Francisco 49ers enter the 2022 season with a proficient roster and excessive expectations which are making them a landing favourite on the rebuilding Chicago Bears in Week 1. Right here we talk about the chances and evaluation from a betting perspective.
- When: Sunday September eleventh, 2022 at 10:00am PT (FOX)
- The place: Soldier Subject, Chicago, Illinois
- Strains: 49ers -7, o/u 41, 49ers staff whole o/u: 23.5, Bears staff whole o/u: 17.5
Chicago Bears
The Chicago Bears cleaned home after their 6-11, 2021 marketing campaign, changing normal supervisor Ryan Tempo and head coach Matt Nagy with Ryan Poles and former Indianapolis Colts defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus, respectively. Chicago’s new offensive and defensive coordinators are Luke Getsy and Alan Williams, respectively, and the home has been cleaned as solely 19 of the 77 gamers Poles inherited from Tempo are on the present 53-man roster.
The Bears success shall be depending on how Justin Fields performs and develops getting into his second season with Darnell Mooney and Cole Kmet his main receiving targets, David Montgomery and Khalil Herbert popping out of the backfield. Chicago has a younger and presumably susceptible offensive line, ending 2021 ranked thirty second in go safety, and the Bears claiming first-round bust Alex Leatherwood off of waivers to shore up their safety doesn’t bode effectively for that unit.
Eberflus is a defensive minded coach who could have Roquan Smith anchoring his protection, Robert Quinn and Trevis Gipson producing a go rush however the departure of Khalil Mack, Akiem Hicks, Bilal Nichols and Eddie Goldman raises questions on present defensive expertise, which can have led to their selecting defensive backs, Kyler Gordon and Jaquan Brisker, with their first two picks within the 2022 draft.
San Francisco 49ers
For a staff that mortgaged its future to maneuver as much as the third decide within the 2021 draft, the time is now for Trey Lance and the San Francisco 49ers to make a run for the staff’s sixth Tremendous Bowl title. Kyle Shanahan misplaced offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel, together with stable offensive place coaches, however could have on paper one of many extra proficient rosters within the league.
If Deebo Samuel, George Kittle, Trent Williams and Elijah Mitchell can keep wholesome, and sure that may be a gargantuan ‘if’, Trey Lance could have one of many stronger offenses, factoring within the enhancing Brandon Aiyuk and constant Kyle Juszczyk enjoying vital roles as effectively. Laken Tomlinson and Alex Mack are gone and Mike McGlinchey is getting back from harm and the items success, and Lance’s well being, might hinge upon how the offensive line performs this season.
The 2021 49ers had a league-high 21 go interference penalties with its secondary being probably the most obvious vulnerability on a protection that completed fifth in weighted defensive defense-adjusted-value-over-average (DVOA), making it no shock that San Francisco’s huge, free-agency contract went to cornerback Charvarius Ward who will be part of Emmanuel Mosely and Ambry Thomas within the backfield. With Jaquiski Tartt gone and Jimmie Ward nursing a hamstring harm, nonetheless, uncertainty stays within the 49ers secondary and Tashaun Gipson was signed to assist.
San Francisco will hope a dominant go rush could make up for vulnerabilities within the backfield, drafting edge rusher Drake Jackson to affix Nick Bosa, Arik Armstead and Javon Kinlaw on the line of defense, and the 49ers characteristic one of many league’s greatest linebacking corps with Fred Warner, Dre Greenlaw and Aziz Al-Shaair.
Prediction
On paper, this match up pits one of the crucial proficient rosters towards one of the crucial depleted rosters within the league and it must be San Francisco’s sport to lose. Gun to our head if we had been pressured to select a aspect we might lay the factors with San Francisco however a complete landing on the highway to a defensive-minded staff with a brand new coach looks like a bit a lot.
Kyle Shanahan might play it near the vest with Trey Lance in his first season-opening begin however as soon as he will get the run sport going will discover methods to place up factors towards a younger protection that has had a variety of turnover, having put up 33 at Soldier Subject final season with Jimmy Garoppolo towards arguably a greater Bears’ protection in 2021. Fields’ potential for a giant play or two, together with remaining questions concerning the 49ers secondary, make us lean towards over this very low whole however a insecurity within the Bears’ offense leads us to really feel most snug with San Francisco’s staff whole.
Choose: 49ers staff whole over 23.5 (-130)
