2010 · Week 17 · Division

Final

Bears

Chicago

QB Jay Cutler

3·10

Packers

Green Bay

QB Aaron Rodgers

Lambeau Field · outdoors · grass · 19°F · wind 14mph

Closing spread

GB -11

Total

43.5

Model margin

+4.9est.

GB perspective

Push chance

1.6%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
  • -0.097EPA / play+0.076
  • 39.0%Success rate45.9%
  • -0.053EPA / dropback+0.186
  • -0.166EPA / rush-0.117
  • 8.3%Explosive rate8.2%
  • +0.87CPOE+5.31
  • 33.1%Third-down rate41.3%
  • 47.3%Red-zone TD rate58.4%
  • 1.43Points / drive1.91
  • 3.2%Turnover rate2.0%

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. 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
Jay Cutler21/3916802

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Matt Forte15916.10
Chester Taylor3113.70
Jay Cutler284.00

Packers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Aaron Rodgers19/2822911

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Aaron Rodgers7213.00
James Starks5204.00
Brandon Jackson7192.70

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 +116.4%7.5%3.2%4.9%3.2%3.0%

Positive margins favour Packers; negative favour Bears.

Half-point at risk

1.55%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

62.2%

Expected total

42.2est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+2.44
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+4.93