2008 · Week 16 · Division

Final / OT

Packers

Green Bay

QB Aaron Rodgers

17·20

Bears

Chicago

QB Kyle Orton

Soldier Field · outdoors · grass · 2°F · wind 9mph

Closing spread

CHI -4

Total

40

Model margin

-0.4est.

CHI perspective

Push chance

2.4%est.

the line sits on a key number

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
  • +0.051EPA / play-0.095
  • 43.8%Success rate39.3%
  • +0.134EPA / dropback-0.083
  • -0.072EPA / rush-0.111
  • 8.3%Explosive rate7.2%
  • +4.24CPOE-3.00
  • 44.1%Third-down rate35.1%
  • 66.2%Red-zone TD rate59.3%
  • 1.94Points / drive1.70
  • 1.9%Turnover rate2.3%

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
Aaron Rodgers24/3926021

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Ryan Grant25612.40
Matt Flynn166.00
DeShawn Wynn144.00
Aaron Rodgers2-6-3.00

Bears

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Kyle Orton14/2714212

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Matt Forte23733.21
Adrian Peterson221.00
Kyle Orton1-1-1.00

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 +42.8%4.5%3.0%7.4%7.3%2.9%4.4%2.7%

Positive margins favour Bears; negative favour Packers.

Half-point at risk

2.43%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

48.1%

Expected total

44.8est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-3.10
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential+0.24
  • Expected margin-0.38