Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2001 · Week 13 · Division

Final

Bears

Chicago

QB Jim Miller

7·17

Packers

Green Bay

QB Brett Favre

Lambeau Field · outdoors · grass · 33°F · wind 12mph

Closing spread

GB -5.5

Total

37.5

Model margin

+3.5est.

GB perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Packers
  • Bears

How each play moved the game.

Packers winsBears wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

Season-long league percentiles for both sides, mirrored. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge.

Bearsedge mapPackers
  • -0.063EPA / play+0.054
  • 39.4%Success rate42.5%
  • -0.033EPA / dropback+0.197
  • -0.099EPA / rush-0.149
  • 7.6%Explosive rate9.5%
  • 33.3%Third-down rate35.7%
  • 52.2%Red-zone TD rate63.7%
  • 1.28Points / drive1.76
  • 2.1%Turnover rate2.6%
  • -0.146EPA / play allowed-0.110

Bar length is league percentile, already oriented so longer is better. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge; rows within ~12 points are washed as even.

The rivalry

GB lead 40–16 since 1999

CHI have won 2 straight. Meetings average 42.8 points. GB are 37-18-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · playoffsGB @ CHI2731CHI
2025 · W16GB @ CHI1622CHI
2025 · W14CHI @ GB2128GB
2024 · W18CHI @ GB2422CHI
2024 · W11GB @ CHI2019GB
2023 · W18CHI @ GB917GB
2023 · W1GB @ CHI3820GB
2022 · W13GB @ CHI2819GB

Box score

Individual performances

Bears

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Jim Miller18/3313901

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Anthony Thomas15543.61
Leon Johnson2-1-0.50
Jim Miller2-3-1.50

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Dez White56480
Fred Baxter59360
Anthony Thomas45200
Marty Booker24140
James Allen0270
David Terrell1630

Packers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Brett Favre15/2720711

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Ahman Green291254.31
Dorsey Levens5265.20
Donald Driver188.00
Brett Favre188.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Ahman Green24490
Antonio Freeman27361
Bill Schroeder34340
Corey Bradford24300
Bubba Franks22250
Dorsey Levens1250

Where this game is likely to land

  • Model
  • Smooth (normal)
  • Betting line

Probability of each final margin. Football scoring clusters — the spikes at 3 and 7 are real, and a smooth model misses them.

line +5.53.8%6.8%7.5%3.1%4.8%3.1%2.8%

Positive margins favour Packers; negative favour Bears.

Half-point at risk

3.15%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

58.5%

Expected total

42.9est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+1.03
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential-0.08
  • Expected margin+3.52