I’m not surprised the Panthers are favored if only by 1.5 points, I’m sure others are surprised given the Bears are 4-1. From TopBet.eu:
When you scratch the surface on the Bears victories, you see a Bears team that has one decent win, a one-point squeaker over the Buccaneers (3-2) in which their starting quarterback (Mitch Trubisky) was benched. I loved that win by the way. Two of the Bears other three wins are against 0-5 teams: the Giants and Falcons.