2015 · Week 1 · Division

Final

Packers

Green Bay

QB Aaron Rodgers

31·23

Bears

Chicago

QB Jay Cutler

Soldier Field · outdoors · grass · 72°F · wind 11mph

Closing spread

GB -5.5

Total

48.5

Model margin

+1.3est.

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
  • +0.002EPA / play-0.020
  • 42.3%Success rate42.8%
  • +0.075EPA / dropback+0.051
  • -0.134EPA / rush-0.113
  • 8.1%Explosive rate8.8%
  • -0.77CPOE+1.51
  • 33.6%Third-down rate42.3%
  • 62.9%Red-zone TD rate59.4%
  • 1.72Points / drive1.74
  • 1.5%Turnover rate1.9%

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 Rodgers18/2318930

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Eddie Lacy19854.51
Aaron Rodgers8354.40
Richard Rodgers11111.00
James Starks221.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Davante Adams48590
James Jones44512
Randall Cobb55381
Richard Rodgers33270
Eddie Lacy23140

Bears

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Jay Cutler18/3622511

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Matt Forte241415.91
Jay Cutler4317.80
Jacquizz Rodgers4164.00
Jeremy Langford111.00

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 -5.54.2%2.8%7.2%7.5%3.0%4.6%2.9%

Positive margins favour Bears; negative favour Packers.

Half-point at risk

1.79%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

52.5%

Expected total

44.3est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-1.22
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+1.27