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 41–16 since 1999

Meetings average 42.7 points. CHI are 18-38-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2026 · W5CHI @ GB7–31GB
2025 · playoffsGB @ CHI27–31CHI
2025 · W16GB @ CHI16–22CHI
2025 · W14CHI @ GB21–28GB
2024 · W18CHI @ GB24–22CHI
2024 · W11GB @ CHI20–19GB
2023 · W18CHI @ GB9–17GB
2023 · W1GB @ CHI38–20GB

Possession by possession

How it unfolded

Every drive: who had the ball, how far it went, how it ended, and the score as it settled.

Drive-by-drive log
BallStartPlaysYardsResultGB–CHI
GBQ1 15:00629Punt0–0
CHIQ1 11:0639Punt0–0
GBQ1 9:08616Punt0–0
CHIQ1 6:3535Punt0–0
GBQ1 4:41528Turnover0–0
CHIQ1 2:11514Punt0–0
GBQ2 13:581586Touchdown7–0
CHIQ2 6:21416Field goal7–3
GBQ2 4:06763Touchdown14–3
CHIQ2 1:0434Punt14–3
GBQ2 0:3100End of half14–3
CHIQ3 15:0033Punt14–3
CHIQ3 13:03527Touchdown14–10
GBQ3 10:5969Punt14–10
CHIQ3 7:1931Punt14–10
GBQ3 6:12647Missed field goal14–10
CHIQ3 3:31313Turnover14–10
GBQ3 1:57820Field goal17–10
CHIQ4 12:58936Turnover17–10
GBQ4 9:36413Punt17–10
CHIQ4 7:14851Touchdown17–17
GBQ4 3:11615Missed field goal17–17
CHIQ4 0:1800End of half17–17
CHIOT632Field goal17–20

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