2004 · Week 2 · Division

Final

Bears

Chicago

QB Rex Grossman

21·10

Packers

Green Bay

QB Brett Favre

Lambeau Field · outdoors · grass · 74°F · wind 15mph

Closing spread

GB -9

Total

41

Model margin

+2.2est.

GB perspective

Push chance

1.2%est.

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
  • -0.240EPA / play+0.110
  • 35.2%Success rate46.2%
  • -0.283EPA / dropback+0.241
  • -0.177EPA / rush-0.085
  • 6.8%Explosive rate9.4%
  • 25.7%Third-down rate46.7%
  • 43.9%Red-zone TD rate66.5%
  • 0.78Points / drive2.02
  • 3.4%Turnover rate2.6%
  • -0.102EPA / play allowed+0.082

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
Rex Grossman10/1813211

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Thomas Jones231526.61
Bobby Wade22311.50
Anthony Thomas5153.00
Rex Grossman471.80
David Terrell1-15-15.00

Packers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Brett Favre24/4225212

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Ahman Green241285.30
Tony Fisher6152.50
Brett Favre199.00

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 +92.7%7.0%7.5%3.1%4.7%3.0%

Positive margins favour Packers; negative favour Bears.

Half-point at risk

1.19%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

55.0%

Expected total

45.2est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+3.42
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment-3.68
  • Rest differential-0.08
  • Expected margin+2.22