The Bears took over sole possession of first place in the NFC North on Sunday, improving their record to 7-3, half a game ahead of the 6-3-1 Packers and a full game ahead of the 6-4 Lions. But that doesn’t make the Bears the division favorites.

In fact, the betting odds have the Bears a distant third in the division.

The Lions, despite being in third place, are currently the betting favorites with +130 odds to win the division at DraftKings.com. The Packers are just behind them at +135. The Bears, despite being in first place, are significant underdogs to win the division at +390. The 4-6 Vikings are in last place and have by far the longest odds, at +9000.

A big reason the gambling community isn’t high on the Bears is that they’re winning, but they’re usually just squeaking by their op

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