There's an NFC North tilt kicking off Thanksgiving Day's slate of games as the Detroit Lions (10-1) host the Chicago Bears (4-7). The Lions are winners of nine games in a row. Last Sunday, they beat the Indianapolis Colts, 24-6. It's been the opposite for the Bears, who have lost five games in a row. In Week 12, the Minnesota Vikings topped Chicago, 30-27, in overtime. 

Kickoff at Ford Field is set for 12:30 p.m. ET on CBS and Paramount+ (get a free 7-day trial). Detroit is a 9.5-point favorite in the latest Bears vs. Lions odds via SportsLine Consensus, while the over/under for total points scored is 47.5. The Lions are -505 money-line favorites (risk $505 to win $100), while the Bears are +377 underdogs (risk $100 to win $377).

Before making any Bears vs. Lions picks or predictions of your own, you NEED to see which side SportsLine NFL expert Larry Hartstein is on. 

A former lead writer for Covers and The Linemakers, Hartstein combines a vast network of Vegas sources with an analytical approach he honed working for Pro Football Focus. He tied for 52nd place (out of 1,598 entries) in the 2022 Westgate Las Vegas SuperContest, going 53-34-3 ATS. Hartstein's weekly Vegas contest selections form the basis of his NFL best bets column, which is 79-48-2 (62.2%, +25.95 units) since its inception in 2022. He's also 98-63 (+2324) on his last 161 NFL picks. Anyone following him is WAY UP!

Now, Hartstein has locked in another confident against-the-spread pick for Bears vs. Lions on Thanksgiving Day.

We can tell you he's leaning Under the point total, but he also knows a crucial X-factor makes one side of the spread a MUST-BACK! You ABSOLUTELY need to see what it is before locking in any picks of your own.

So who wins Bears vs. Lions on Thanksgiving Day, and what x-factor makes one side of the spread a MUST-BACK? ... Join SportsLine right now to see which side of the Bears-Lions spread hits HARD, all from the expert who is an AMAZING 98-63 on picks involving the NFL!