2018 · Week 15 · Division

Final

Packers

Green Bay

QB Aaron Rodgers

17·24

Bears

Chicago

QB Mitch Trubisky

Soldier Field · outdoors · grass · 45°F · wind 10mph

Closing spread

CHI -6

Total

46.5

Model margin

+4.1est.

CHI perspective

Push chance

3.2%est.

the line sits on a key number

Availability

The injury report

The official league filing for this week — game designations first, then who missed or was limited in practice.

Packers

Bears

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
  • +0.054EPA / play+0.039
  • 45.9%Success rate46.3%
  • +0.093EPA / dropback+0.147
  • -0.046EPA / rush-0.119
  • 9.3%Explosive rate8.0%
  • -1.39CPOE+2.41
  • 36.5%Third-down rate41.4%
  • 62.4%Red-zone TD rate67.8%
  • 2.05Points / drive1.96
  • 0.9%Turnover rate2.3%

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 41–16 since 1999

Meetings average 42.7 points. CHI are 18-38-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2026 · W5CHI @ GB7–31GB
2025 · playoffsGB @ CHI27–31CHI
2025 · W16GB @ CHI16–22CHI
2025 · W14CHI @ GB21–28GB
2024 · W18CHI @ GB24–22CHI
2024 · W11GB @ CHI20–19GB
2023 · W18CHI @ GB9–17GB
2023 · W1GB @ CHI38–20GB

Possession by possession

How it unfolded

Every drive: who had the ball, how far it went, how it ended, and the score as it settled.

Drive-by-drive log
BallStartPlaysYardsResultGB–CHI
CHIQ1 15:00534Punt0–0
GBQ1 12:43615Punt0–0
CHIQ1 8:29960Touchdown0–7
GBQ1 2:08628Punt0–7
CHIQ2 14:0138Punt0–7
GBQ2 12:29843Field goal3–7
CHIQ2 7:27949Punt3–7
GBQ2 2:1739Punt3–7
CHIQ2 1:42561Touchdown3–14
GBQ2 0:30427End of half3–14
GBQ3 15:001050Field goal6–14
CHIQ3 9:26620Turnover on downs6–14
GBQ3 6:25550Touchdown14–14
CHIQ3 4:101052Turnover14–14
GBQ4 14:183-2Punt14–14
CHIQ4 13:12732Touchdown14–21
GBQ4 10:163-5Punt14–21
CHIQ4 9:1239Field goal14–24
GBQ4 6:43966Turnover14–24
CHIQ4 3:0438Punt14–24
GBQ4 2:421042Field goal17–24
CHIQ4 0:1100End of half17–24

Box score

Individual performances

Packers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Aaron Rodgers25/4227401

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Jamaal Williams12554.61
Aaron Rodgers3258.30
Aaron Jones482.00

Bears

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Mitchell Trubisky20/2823520

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Jordan Howard19603.21
Tarik Cohen5244.80
Mitchell Trubisky3165.30
Taquan Mizzell111.00
Benny Cunningham1-1-1.00

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 +63.7%6.6%7.5%3.2%4.9%3.2%2.9%

Positive margins favour Bears; negative favour Packers.

Half-point at risk

3.17%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

60.1%

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+4.12