Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2018 · Week 1 · Division

Final

Bears

Chicago

QB Mitch Trubisky

23·24

Packers

Green Bay

QB Aaron Rodgers

Lambeau Field · outdoors · grass · 62°F · wind 10mph

Closing spread

GB -6.5

Total

45

Model margin

-0.6est.

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
  • +0.039EPA / play+0.054
  • 46.3%Success rate45.9%
  • +0.147EPA / dropback+0.093
  • -0.119EPA / rush-0.046
  • 8.0%Explosive rate9.3%
  • +2.41CPOE-1.39
  • 41.4%Third-down rate36.5%
  • 67.8%Red-zone TD rate62.4%
  • 1.96Points / drive2.05
  • 2.3%Turnover rate0.9%

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. 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
Mitchell Trubisky23/3517100

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Jordan Howard15825.50
Mitchell Trubisky7324.61
Tarik Cohen5255.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Allen Robinson47610
Taylor Gabriel55250
Jordan Howard55250
Tarik Cohen34160
Trey Burton15150
Anthony Miller23140
Dion Sims2390

Packers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Aaron Rodgers20/3028630
DeShone Kizer4/75501

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Jamaal Williams15473.10
Aaron Rodgers11515.00
Ty Montgomery273.50

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 +6.54.5%3.0%7.4%7.3%2.9%4.3%2.6%

Positive margins favour Packers; negative favour Bears.

Half-point at risk

4.31%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

47.3%

Expected total

42.7est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-2.38
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin-0.64