2011 · Week 16 · Division

Final

Bears

Chicago

QB Josh McCown

21·35

Packers

Green Bay

QB Aaron Rodgers

Lambeau Field · outdoors · grass · 37°F · wind 13mph

Closing spread

GB -13

Total

41.5

Model margin

+5.8est.

GB perspective

Push chance

1.9%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
  • -0.110EPA / play+0.230
  • 39.3%Success rate48.2%
  • -0.105EPA / dropback+0.405
  • -0.117EPA / rush-0.114
  • 9.6%Explosive rate10.2%
  • -2.53CPOE+8.47
  • 32.9%Third-down rate48.7%
  • 62.0%Red-zone TD rate75.2%
  • 1.37Points / drive2.85
  • 2.9%Turnover rate1.1%

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
Josh McCown19/2824212

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Kahlil Bell231215.30
Armando Allen11403.60
Josh McCown8384.80

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Roy Williams69810
Dane Sanzenbacher47510
Earl Bennett13490
Kahlil Bell44380
Kellen Davis33211

Packers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Aaron Rodgers21/2928350

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Ryan Grant8445.50
Aaron Rodgers4184.50
James Starks6132.20
Brandon Saine188.00
Matt Flynn2-2-1.00

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 +137.4%3.2%5.0%3.3%3.1%

Positive margins favour Packers; negative favour Bears.

Half-point at risk

1.86%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

64.4%

Expected total

45.2est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+2.91
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment+0.39
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+5.78