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Predicting the Final Score of Chicago Bears vs. Green Bay Packers

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The Week 10 Sunday night game will feature NFC North rivals Green Bay Packers (5-3) and Chicago Bears (3-5) meeting for the second time this season. This time they’ll square off at Lambeau Field. This will be the 190th meeting between these two teams, and the Bears hold a 93-90-6 series lead (1-1 in playoff games). However, the Packers have won 10 of the last 12 meetings with the Bears, and under head coach Mike McCarthy (who just received a nice contract extension) the Packers are 12-6 against the Bears.

The Packers and Bears also played each other in Week 4 at Soldier Field in Chicago. The Packers proved to be too much for the Bears and won 38-17 on the road. In that game Packers QB Aaron Rodgers threw for 302 yards and four TDs. Bears QB Jay Cutler threw for 256 yards and two TDs, but he had two INTs as well. Both teams are coming off of a Week 9 bye and both lost their last game. Both teams really want to win on Sunday, but based on their records, the Bears need the win more. What outcome should NFL fans expect when the game clock reaches zeroes Sunday night?

Rodgers and Cutler are both averaging 262 passing yards per game this season, but Rodgers has thrown 19 TDs with only three INTs while Cutler has thrown 17 TDs with eight INTs. Mr. Discount Double Check’s rating of 113.6 is best in the NFL this season, and Cutler is ranked 11th with a rating of 95.8. Green Bay is scoring 27.8 points per game (6th) this season, and Chicago, with all of their offensive weapons, is ranked 19th, scoring 22.5 points per game.

The Packers’ defense is allowing 379.3 yards per game (25th), and Chicago’s is allowing 372.4 (21st). Green Bay’s pass defense is giving up 225.8 yards per game (9th) while Chicago is allowing 262.3 yards per game (23rd) through the air. Green Bay’s rush defense is atrocious, allowing a league worst 153.5 yards per game on the ground, while Chicago is giving up 110.1 yards per game (13th) rushing. Those numbers indicate that Rodgers should be able to put up some good passing numbers, and Bears RB Matt Forte, who is averaging 70.3 rushing yards per game (7th), has an opportunity to be extremely productive running the ball against a Packers defense that, to put it bluntly, cannot stop the run to save their lives.

What does all of this mean and who will win?

Let’s not think too hard about this. Chicago’s overall defense may be slightly better than Green Bay’s, but Green Bay has the better pass defense, and of the two QBs, Rodgers is easier to trust. Cutler has tons of talent and it’s not even a big deal that he’s not some rah-rah type always wearing his emotions on his sleeve. It’s the turnovers that are a problem. Rodgers is better at protecting the football than Cutler is. Forte may have a big day for the Bears, but Rodgers is better at utilizing his weapons (mainly wide receivers Jordy Nelson and Randall Cobb) while Cutler and the Bears offense can’t seem to get the ball to their huge receivers Alshon Jeffery (6-foot-3), Brandon Marshall (6-foot-4) and TE Martellus Bennett (6-foot-6) enough. Jeffery has 38 receptions, three TDs and he is averaging 70.4 yards per game. Marshall has 34 catches with five TDs, and he’s averaging 48 yards per game. Bennett has recorded 47 receptions and five TDs while averaging 64.6 yards per game.

Cutler and the Bears’ offense need to find ways to minimize the turnovers and to get the ball to their big receivers. It won’t happen on Sunday, and the Packers will outscore the Bears, all but ending the Bears’ season.

Final Score Prediction: Packers 35, Bears 24

Justin Patrick is a New England Patriots writer for www.RantSports.com. Follow him on Twitter @calling_allfans, like him on Facebook and add him to your network on Google. You can also email him at [email protected]

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