Colts defense hoping to get a reprieve as Caleb Williams and Bears struggling offense visit Indy
Associated PressChicago at Indianapolis Sunday, 1 p.m. EDT, CBS BetMGM NFL Odds: Colts by 1 Series record: Colts lead 24-19 Against the spread: Chicago 1-0-1, Indianapolis 1-1 Last meeting: Colts won 19-11 at Chicago on Oct. 4, 2020. Series notes Indianapolis has won two straight and four of the past six in a series featuring two foes that moved into separate conferences as part of 1970 AFL-NFL merger.. Indy won the only postseason contest, beating the Bears 29-17 to win Super Bowl 41.. Chicago won the first NFL regular-season game played at Lucas Oil Stadium, 29-13 in the 2008 season opener.. Colts owner Jim Irsay grew up in Chicago. Stats and stuff The Bears have won five of their past eight games overall, but have lost eight of their past 10 on the road.. Chicago opened this season with three straight non-division games, the first time that’s happened since 2002.. Williams and backup QB Tyson Bagent are the only Bears rookies to win their first career starts over the past two decades.. WR D.J. The Bears defense has allowed just three points and just 169 yards in the second halves of the first two games.. Chicago is tied with San Francisco for most interceptions since the start of the 2023 season.. Matt Eberflus served as Indy’s defensive coordinator from 2018-2021 before taking the Bears head coaching job.. The Colts are trying to avoid starting a second straight season by losing its first two home games.. Indy averages 6.68 yards per play, the third highest in the NFL, but have finished each of its first two games with 20 or fewer minutes of possession time.. Second-year QB Anthony Richardson has run for five TDs in his first six starts as a pro but owns a 2-4 record.. RB Jonathan Taylor had his first 100-yard game of the season last week and needs two TD runs to pass Marshall Faulk for fourth in franchise history.. WR Alec Pierce is one of four NFL players with two catches of 50 or more yards this season.
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