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Sun 18 Oct 2026, 1:00PM ET

Chicago Bears

3-1 · 1-0 awayWLWW

VS

Atlanta Falcons

2-2 · 0-1 at homeLLWW

Chicago Bears vs Atlanta Falcons prediction and odds · Sun 18 Oct

Atlanta Falcons host Chicago Bears on Sunday 18 October.

Sunday 18 October 2026: Chicago Bears at Atlanta Falcons

Atlanta Falcons host Chicago Bears on Sunday 18 October. The bookies see it as close to a coin flip. Our model's pick lands about 5 days before kickoff.

How they've been scoring this season

	Chicago Bears	Atlanta Falcons
Won-lost	3-1	2-2
Points scored per game	28.0	24.0
Points allowed per game	16.3	23.0
On the road / at home	1-0 away	0-1 at home
Last 5 games	WLWW	LLWW

Their games average 45.6 total points this season.

From the 4 Chicago Bears and 4 Atlanta Falcons games on our books this season.

Chicago Bears vs Atlanta Falcons odds

Prices for this game

Best price: Falcons pay $2.14, Bears pay $1.82 (the best of 9 bookies we checked). $100 on the Bears returns $182.

Fair chance (our read of the prices, with the bookies' cut taken out): Falcons about 5 in 10, Bears about 5 in 10.

How much the bookies keep: about $4.37 of every $100 bet on this game.

Since betting opened: the price has barely moved.

Our pick for this game

Our model's pick lands about 5 days before kickoff. Today's NFL picks are already up: see today's NFL picks.

Injuries & who's out

Injuries & availability

Chicago Bears

• Anthony Johnson Jr. SOut
• Kyle Monangai RBQuestionable
• D'Andre Swift RBQuestionable
• Caleb Williams QBOut
• Kyler Gordon CBOut
• Joe Thuney GQuestionable
• Darnell Wright OTQuestionable
• Keyshaun Elliott LBQuestionable
• Jonah Jackson GQuestionable
• Braxton Jones OTOut

Atlanta Falcons

• Divine Deablo LBQuestionable
• Samson Ebukam DEQuestionable
• Yasir Abdullah LBQuestionable
• Jake Matthews OTQuestionable
• Za'Darius Smith DEQuestionable

Availability updated Oct 8, 9:53PM UTC — NFL availability is season-pending (off-season); treat as a placeholder until the season opens. · refreshed roughly every 4 hours.

Chicago Bears vs Atlanta Falcons head-to-head record

Final scores · 4 meetings on record

Even at 2–2 across the last 4 meetings · these games average 50.3 points (meetings on record since 2017)

Last meeting: Sun 31 Dec 2023, Atlanta Falcons at Chicago Bears: the Bears won 37-17.

Date	Game	Score	Winner
31 Dec 2023	Atlanta Falcons @ Chicago Bears	37–17	Chicago Bears
20 Nov 2022	Chicago Bears @ Atlanta Falcons	27–24	Atlanta Falcons
27 Sep 2020	Chicago Bears @ Atlanta Falcons	26–30	Chicago Bears
10 Sep 2017	Atlanta Falcons @ Chicago Bears	17–23	Atlanta Falcons

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