STAFF PREDICTIONS

DAVE HYDE

Sports Columnist

Prediction: Dolphins 13, Bears 12 Season record: 5-0 Comment: In the high-scoring NFL, this will be a Stone Age game between two solid defenses and questionable offenses. Sure, the Bears scored 48 points against Tampa Bay’s porous defense. The Dolphins aren’t them. The Dolphins also score nearly double at home than on the road. The day could hinge on Dolphins kicker Jason Sanders and former Dolphins kicker Cody Parkey.

OMAR KELLY

Dolphins Writer/ Columnist

Prediction: Dolphins 21, Bears 20

Season record: 3-2 Comment: The Bears have a forceful defense led by star pass rusher Khalil Mack. Ja’Wuan James will be responsible for containing Mack, and the hope is he can prevent him from making impact plays. If Miami’s defense can continue their stingy ways and the offense can put up three scores, the Dolphins should improve to 3-0 at home.

KATHY LAUGHLIN

Sports Editor

Prediction: Dolphins 14, Bears 10 Season record: 5-0 Comment: Neither offense will have it easy, but playing at home should help the Dolphins overcome Khalil Mack and the rest of the Bears’ tough defense. It’s a battle of two quarterbacks who have made some sloppy mistakes this season, and if Mitch Trubisky can achieve 75 percent of what he did against the Bucs, the Dolphins will be in trouble.

KEVEN LERNER

Assistant Sports Editor

Prediction: Bears 23, Dolphins 20 Season record: 3-2

Comment: The first-place Bears, three-point favorites, have won three straight games and are coming off a bye. Chicago's defense, which ranks second in the NFL, has 18 sacks and eight forced fumbles in four games this season. Khalil Mack has had a strip-sack in each game. Dolphins QB Ryan Tannehill has fumbled 51 times in his career and is on pace for a season-high 13 this year.

STEVE SVEKIS

Senior Content Editor

Prediction: Dolphins 20, Bears 10

Season record: 3-2 Comment: The Dolphins offense had been averaging 22.7 points a game in the first three, when Ryan Tannehill was using his legs as a weapon. That aspect of his game evaporated in the two losses. With a dilapidated offensive line, the Dolphins need to get him back rolling away from blind-side pressure in the form of stud pass rusher Khalil Mack.