2005 · NFC

NFC North

BearsLionsPackersVikings

Division table

NFC North table
TeamW-LDivNetTitleest.
Bears11-55-1+58100%
Vikings9-75-1-380%
Lions5-111-5-910%
Packers4-121-5-460%

The rivalriessince 1999 · franchise-aware

  • GB31–24–2MIN57 mtgsavg 46.8
  • CHI16–40GB56 mtgsavg 42.8
  • CHI28–26DET54 mtgsDET W4avg 43.4
  • CHI26–28MIN54 mtgsavg 41.8
  • DET18–36GB54 mtgsavg 45.9
  • DET18–36MIN54 mtgsavg 44.5

Head to head

Division meetings, 2005

12 played · 0 to come. Six of every team's seventeen games are in this room.

GB@DET3–17DET@CHI6–38MIN@CHI3–28GB@MIN20–23CHI@DET19–13DET@MIN14–27MIN@GB20–17GB@CHI7–19MIN@DET21–16DET@GB13–16CHI@GB24–17CHI@MIN10–34

Movement

New in the division

Skill players on a different roster than last season, plus arriving rookies.

Bears

Lions

Packers

Vikings

Storylines

Something to prove

Data-derived, not editorial: veterans on new teams, production collapses, lost seasons of health, early draft capital.

Muhsin Muhammadnew teamWR · CHINew team — 20.6 PPR/gm for CAR last season has to translate.
Koren Robinsonnew teamWR · MINNew team — 10.3 PPR/gm for SEA last season has to translate.
Rod Gardnernew teamWR · GBNew team — 9.2 PPR/gm for WAS last season has to translate.
Brad Johnsonnew teamQB · MINNew team — 8.8 PPR/gm for TB last season has to translate.
Marcus Pollardnew teamTE · DETNew team — 8.7 PPR/gm for IND last season has to translate.
Jeff Garciabounce-backQB · DETProduction fell from 17.4 to 9.8 PPR/gm — a bounce-back year.
Jim KleinsasserhealthTE · MINPlayed only 1 games last season after 14 the year before — a healthy year to prove.
Travis TaylorhealthWR · MINPlayed only 10 games last season after 16 the year before — a healthy year to prove.
Cedric BensonrookieRB · CHIPick #4 — first-round-money expectations from day one.
Troy WilliamsonrookieWR · MINPick #7 — first-round-money expectations from day one.