Schule's NFL THURSDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN - DAL@CHI
(NFL) Dallas vs. Chicago, 12/04/2014 3:25 PM, Score: 41 - 28
Point Spread: -3.50 | -105.00 Dallas (Away)
Result: Win
This is an 8* play on the Dallas Cowboys.

Both the Cowboys and the Bears are coming off ugly Thanksgiving day losses, but Dallas still has plenty to play for trailing the Eagles by just one game in the NFC East. The Bears on the other hand have already started thinking ahead to next year, as this season has turned into another lost cause.

Perhaps Chicago needs to seriously reconsider Jay Cutler as it's starting quarterback. He comes into tonight's game with 22 turnovers, the most of any player in the NFL. Cutler was picked off twice, throwing for 280 yards and a pair of TDs in a 34-17 loss to Detroit on Thanksgiving Day.

DeMarco Murray is coming off his worst performance of the season, with just 73 yards and a TD on 20 carries in the loss to the Eagles. He was playing on short rest though, against a very good Philly defense. Tonight he faces a soft Chicago defense off a full week of rest, so expect another 100+ yard performance for the league's leading rusher.

The Bears have a losing record at home, while Dallas is 5-0 on the road. Chicago's defense ranks dead last in the NFL in points allowed, and I don't see them improving on those numbers against the Cowboys Thursday.

Take DAL.

GL,

Jesse Schule