The Giants know they can't continue to put the stress of the offense on RB Saquon Barkley the way they have. Minus a plethora of wide receivers, New York must involve Kenny Golladay, who has experience against the Bears from his time with the Lions. Look for the Giants to continue benefitting from a friendly early schedule as they do enough to get past Chicago.

There are a lot of similarities between the Bears and Giants. Both teams can really run the football, both have opportunistic defenses and both have QBs that have struggled so far this season. Expect this game to be a tight one, especially considering the potential sloppy weather conditions. Fortunately for the Bears they have two things that give you confidence in this one: they've played in horrible weather before and won (Week 1 vs SF) and they have a QB that's capable of breaking the game open.

Here’s a counterintuitive stat: The Under has carried the day way more than not recently with a total in the 30s. Look for another low score as Chicago’s Justin Fields has completed a measly 23 passes this season -- a single day’s work for many QBs. The Bears prefer to stay grounded offensively, which keeps the clock ticking. The Giants will sorely miss injured Sterling Shepherd, their only reliable WR. New York’s games are averaging 38 points, two more than Bears’ outings.

Gonna make some early-week NFL picks on the real chance I don't have power for a while (#*%& you Ian!). I'm really getting tired of the Bears being stuck in the stone age when it comes to offense. Are you aware they are averaging 78.3 yards passing?! 78.3!?!?! They can't even throw for their body temperature? Top running back David Montgomery is in question for Sunday. Short week for the Giants but not like they had to travel. While Sterling Shepard was lost for the season on Monday, it sounds as if fellow wideouts Kadarius Toney (hamstring) and Wan'Dale Robinson (knee) will be good to go in this one. Chicago is near the bottom in rush defense, so Saquon Barkley should be the difference.