2017 · Week 4 · Division

Final

Bears

Chicago

QB Mike Glennon

14·35

Packers

Green Bay

QB Aaron Rodgers

Lambeau Field · outdoors · grass · 65°F · wind 5mph

Closing spread

GB -7.5

Total

44

Model margin

+6.0est.

GB perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

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
  • -0.112EPA / play-0.023
  • 38.5%Success rate45.2%
  • -0.099EPA / dropback-0.019
  • -0.130EPA / rush-0.032
  • 7.7%Explosive rate6.2%
  • -3.10CPOE-1.27
  • 34.8%Third-down rate39.5%
  • 61.2%Red-zone TD rate61.8%
  • 1.22Points / drive1.77
  • 2.1%Turnover rate2.2%

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
Mike Glennon21/3321812

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Jordan Howard18532.91
Benny Cunningham5265.20
Tarik Cohen6244.00
Mike Glennon100.00

Packers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Aaron Rodgers18/2617940
Brett Hundley1/1000

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Aaron Jones13493.81
Ty Montgomery5285.60
Jamaal Williams4112.80
Aaron Rodgers1-1-1.00

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 +7.53.3%6.2%7.4%3.2%5.0%3.3%3.1%

Positive margins favour Packers; negative favour Bears.

Half-point at risk

2.22%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

64.8%

Expected total

44.2est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-0.66
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment+4.88
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+5.96