2023 · Week 1 · Division

Final

Packers

Green Bay

QB Jordan Love

38·20

Bears

Chicago

QB Justin Fields

Soldier Field · outdoors

Closing spread

CHI -1

Total

41

Model margin

+0.1est.

CHI perspective

Push chance

2.2%est.

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
  • +0.075EPA / play-0.052
  • 45.1%Success rate41.6%
  • +0.155EPA / dropback-0.057
  • -0.054EPA / rush-0.045
  • 9.2%Explosive rate9.6%
  • +1.07CPOE+0.01
  • 47.4%Third-down rate41.7%
  • 56.0%Red-zone TD rate62.5%
  • 2.16Points / drive1.72
  • 1.5%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. 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
2022 · W13GB @ CHI2819GB
2022 · W2CHI @ GB1027GB

Box score

Individual performances

Packers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Jordan Love15/2724530

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Aaron Jones9414.61
Patrick Taylor5224.40
AJ Dillon13191.50
Jordan Love3124.00
Sean Clifford100.00
Jayden Reed1-2-2.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Aaron Jones24861
Luke Musgrave34500
Jayden Reed25480
Romeo Doubs45262
Samori Toure23180
AJ Dillon23170
Dontayvion Wicks0200
Malik Heath0100

Bears

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Justin Fields24/3721611

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Justin Fields9596.60
Khalil Herbert9273.00
Roschon Johnson5204.01
D'Onta Foreman5163.20
Cole Kmet100.00

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 +12.7%4.4%2.9%7.3%7.4%2.9%4.4%2.7%

Positive margins favour Bears; negative favour Packers.

Half-point at risk

2.16%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

49.5%

Expected total

45.0est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-1.55
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+0.15