2016 · Week 15 · Division

Final

Packers

Green Bay

QB Aaron Rodgers

30·27

Bears

Chicago

QB Matt Barkley

Soldier Field · outdoors · grass · 11°F · wind 12mph

Closing spread

GB -4.5

Total

40

Model margin

-1.2est.

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
  • +0.127EPA / play-0.042
  • 45.9%Success rate44.1%
  • +0.243EPA / dropback-0.001
  • -0.138EPA / rush-0.111
  • 8.9%Explosive rate10.0%
  • +2.71CPOE-0.10
  • 47.4%Third-down rate37.8%
  • 63.8%Red-zone TD rate52.5%
  • 2.39Points / drive1.41
  • 1.5%Turnover rate2.9%

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 Rodgers19/3125200

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Ty Montgomery1616210.12
Christine Michael44511.31
Aaron Rodgers3196.30

Bears

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Matt Barkley30/4336223

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Jordan Howard17905.31
Jeremy Langford144.00
Ka'Deem Carey111.00

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 -4.52.9%4.6%3.0%7.5%7.2%2.8%4.2%

Positive margins favour Bears; negative favour Packers.

Half-point at risk

2.50%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

45.7%

Expected total

46.1est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-2.98
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin-1.24