Craig Horlbeck· Sep 26, 2025
Horlbeck takes the Bears plus a point against the Raiders in Las Vegas, believing Caleb Williams builds on his Dallas performance against a Raiders team that can't run the ball and turns it over.
“I'm taking the Bears plus one against the Raiders.”
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- Game Outcome PicksChicago BearsSep 26, 2025
Chicago Bears to beat Raiders
“I'm taking the Bears plus one against the Raiders... I do think what I saw last week against Dallas is replicable against Vegas.”
Hit · 100Scored 100a naive guess scored 0+183 skillHow this was scored
- won:
- CHI
- score:
- 25-24
- skill:
- 183
- they picked:
- CHI
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 0
- the naive pick:
- LV
- difficulty:
- 1.83
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 15
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