Bears -1.5 The Bears and Jaguars haven't squared off since Week 5 of 2012 The Jaguars are coming off a bye after beating the Colts two weeks ago in London The Bears are 1-1 at Soldier Field Hoyer is expected to make his fourth start in place of Jay Cutler, who remains sidelined because of a thumb injury has thrown for 1016 yards over his past three games he has completed 71.1 percent of his passes (91 of 128) six touchdowns and no interceptions He is the first Bear quarterback to eclipse 1000 passing yards in a three-game span since Josh McCown had 1055 yards in Weeks 12-14 in 2013 Rookie Jordan Howard has 418 scrimmage yards (296 rushing and 122 receiving) in his first four games this season. Since 1960, this is the third most scrimmage yards by any Chicago player in his first four career games (Thomas Jones had 517 in 2004 and Matt Forte had 494 in 2008) QB Jacksonville Blake Bortles has completed 61.3 percent of his passes, the best mark of his career, for 1,050 yards, seven touchdowns and six interceptions in four games Jaguars linebacker Telvin Smith has six-plus tackles in 20 consecutive games Aaron Colvin joins a high-caliber defense started 15 games last season and finished with 73 tackles, four sacks, seven pass breakups and a forced fumble
Bears -1.5 The Bears and Jaguars haven't squared off since Week 5 of 2012 The Jaguars are coming off a bye after beating the Colts two weeks ago in London The Bears are 1-1 at Soldier Field Hoyer is expected to make his fourth start in place of Jay Cutler, who remains sidelined because of a thumb injury has thrown for 1016 yards over his past three games he has completed 71.1 percent of his passes (91 of 128) six touchdowns and no interceptions He is the first Bear quarterback to eclipse 1000 passing yards in a three-game span since Josh McCown had 1055 yards in Weeks 12-14 in 2013 Rookie Jordan Howard has 418 scrimmage yards (296 rushing and 122 receiving) in his first four games this season. Since 1960, this is the third most scrimmage yards by any Chicago player in his first four career games (Thomas Jones had 517 in 2004 and Matt Forte had 494 in 2008) QB Jacksonville Blake Bortles has completed 61.3 percent of his passes, the best mark of his career, for 1,050 yards, seven touchdowns and six interceptions in four games Jaguars linebacker Telvin Smith has six-plus tackles in 20 consecutive games Aaron Colvin joins a high-caliber defense started 15 games last season and finished with 73 tackles, four sacks, seven pass breakups and a forced fumble