Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2006 · Week 17 · Division

Final

Packers

Green Bay

QB Brett Favre

26·7

Bears

Chicago

QB Rex Grossman

Soldier Field · outdoors · grass · 50°F · wind 10mph

Closing spread

CHI -2.5

Total

37

Model margin

+2.6est.

CHI perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Bears
  • Packers

How each play moved the game.

Bears winsPackers wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Packersedge mapBears
  • -0.067EPA / play-0.046
  • 40.0%Success rate40.3%
  • -0.018EPA / dropback-0.039
  • -0.146EPA / rush-0.054
  • 8.1%Explosive rate9.4%
  • -5.72CPOE-3.50
  • 38.9%Third-down rate37.7%
  • 36.6%Red-zone TD rate50.6%
  • 1.28Points / drive1.80
  • 2.9%Turnover rate3.0%

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. CHI are 18-37-1 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

Packers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Brett Favre21/4228511

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Ahman Green22713.20
Vernand Morency9374.10
Ingle Martin2-5-2.50
Donald Driver1-6-6.00

Bears

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Brian Griese5/1512412
Rex Grossman2/123303

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Cedric Benson131098.40
Thomas Jones9273.00
Rex Grossman2-1-0.50

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 +2.54.0%2.7%7.0%7.5%3.1%4.7%3.0%2.7%

Positive margins favour Bears; negative favour Packers.

Half-point at risk

7.52%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

56.1%

Expected total

40.5est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+0.30
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential-0.24
  • Expected margin+2.63