Duh Bares Vs. The Packers
Posted: 26 Nov 2020 05:53
LOCATION
Lambeau Field
Green Bay, WI
The Green Bay Packers will take on the Chicago Bears on Sunday Night Football, marking the 15th consecutive regular season that the Packers and Bears have squared off in primetime, the longest streak in the NFL since the merger (Elias Sports Bureau).
Sunday will mark Game No. 201 in the NFL's oldest rivalry. The Packers hold a 99-95-6 edge in the series, which includes two playoff games (1-1).
Green Bay has won 10 of the last 12 meetings against the Bears at Lambeau Field.
The Packers have outscored Chicago, 320-170, in the last 12 home games, scoring 20-plus points in 10 of those contests.
It is the ninth time in the last 10 years that the Packers-Bears game at Lambeau Field will be played in primetime.
Last season, Green Bay swept the regular-season series between the two teams for the 15th time in the last 26 years (since 1994) and the seventh time in the last 11 seasons.
Each of the last four matchups between the two teams has been decided by eight points or less.
It is the third and final home game in November, the most for Green Bay in the month of November since 2014.
Green Bay will finish the regular season with four of its last six games at home for the first time since 1977.
The Packers have won 12 of their last 15 regular-season games.
This is an abbreviated version of the Dope Sheet. Read the full version here (PDF).
RODGERS AND THE BEARS
With Aaron Rodgers as the starting quarterback, Green Bay is 19-5 (including playoffs) against the Bears, with one loss coming in 2013 after Rodgers left the game with an injury after the first series.
In the 24 games against Chicago, Rodgers has an overall passer rating of 102.1.
Of the players that have attempted 250 or more passes against the Bears (including playoffs), Rodgers' 102.1 passer rating is No. 1 in league history (No. 2 - Drew Brees, 97.1).
Rodgers has posted a 100-plus passer rating in 10 matchups (min. 15 pass att.) and the Packers are 10-0 in those contests. Rodgers trails Pro Football Hall of Famer Brett Favre (11) for the most 100-plus passer-rating games (min. 15 pass att.) against the Bears since 1950 (stathead.com).
Rodgers has six games with a passer rating of 125-plus against the Bears, the most by any QB against the Bears in NFL history (min. 15 att.). Rodgers has three more than any other QB.
WITH THE CALL
NBC will broadcast the game to a national audience. Play-by-play man Mike Tirico joins analyst Tony Dungy with Kathryn Tappen reporting from the sidelines.
Milwaukee's WTMJ (620 AM), airing Green Bay games since November 1929, heads up the Packers Radio Network that is made up of 50 stations in four states. Wayne Larrivee (play-by-play), two-time Packers Pro Bowler Larry McCarren (analyst) and three-time Packers Pro Bowler and two-time All-Pro John Kuhn (sideline) will call the action. McCarren first joined the team's broadcasts in 1995 and enters his 25th season calling Packers games. After originally being paired together in 1999, McCarren and Larrivee enter their 22nd season of broadcasts together. They surpassed Jim Irwin and Max McGee for the most regular-season and postseason games broadcast for the Packers with 313 at the 2018 season opener against Chicago.
The broadcast is also available on Sirius Satellite Radio (WTMJ feed), WTMJ.com via desktop computer and on numerous devices through NFL Game Pass.
Westwood One Sports will air the game on radio across the country. Ryan Radtke (play-by-play) and James Laurinaitis (analyst) will call the action with Scott Graham hosting the pregame and halftime shows.
This is an abbreviated version of the Dope Sheet. Read the full version here (PDF).
THE DOPE ON THIS WEEK'S OPPONENT:
Packers vs. Bears:
Regular season, all-time: 98-94-6
All-time, Postseason: 1-1
All-time, at home: 49-42-4 (28-20-0 at Lambeau Field)
Streaks: The Packers are 16-4 against Chicago in 20 regular-season meetings since the start of the 2010 season
Last meeting, regular season: Dec. 15, 2019, Lambeau Field, Packers won, 21-13
Just Jeff's prediction
Duh Bares 1.7
Packers 380
Lambeau Field
Green Bay, WI
The Green Bay Packers will take on the Chicago Bears on Sunday Night Football, marking the 15th consecutive regular season that the Packers and Bears have squared off in primetime, the longest streak in the NFL since the merger (Elias Sports Bureau).
Sunday will mark Game No. 201 in the NFL's oldest rivalry. The Packers hold a 99-95-6 edge in the series, which includes two playoff games (1-1).
Green Bay has won 10 of the last 12 meetings against the Bears at Lambeau Field.
The Packers have outscored Chicago, 320-170, in the last 12 home games, scoring 20-plus points in 10 of those contests.
It is the ninth time in the last 10 years that the Packers-Bears game at Lambeau Field will be played in primetime.
Last season, Green Bay swept the regular-season series between the two teams for the 15th time in the last 26 years (since 1994) and the seventh time in the last 11 seasons.
Each of the last four matchups between the two teams has been decided by eight points or less.
It is the third and final home game in November, the most for Green Bay in the month of November since 2014.
Green Bay will finish the regular season with four of its last six games at home for the first time since 1977.
The Packers have won 12 of their last 15 regular-season games.
This is an abbreviated version of the Dope Sheet. Read the full version here (PDF).
RODGERS AND THE BEARS
With Aaron Rodgers as the starting quarterback, Green Bay is 19-5 (including playoffs) against the Bears, with one loss coming in 2013 after Rodgers left the game with an injury after the first series.
In the 24 games against Chicago, Rodgers has an overall passer rating of 102.1.
Of the players that have attempted 250 or more passes against the Bears (including playoffs), Rodgers' 102.1 passer rating is No. 1 in league history (No. 2 - Drew Brees, 97.1).
Rodgers has posted a 100-plus passer rating in 10 matchups (min. 15 pass att.) and the Packers are 10-0 in those contests. Rodgers trails Pro Football Hall of Famer Brett Favre (11) for the most 100-plus passer-rating games (min. 15 pass att.) against the Bears since 1950 (stathead.com).
Rodgers has six games with a passer rating of 125-plus against the Bears, the most by any QB against the Bears in NFL history (min. 15 att.). Rodgers has three more than any other QB.
WITH THE CALL
NBC will broadcast the game to a national audience. Play-by-play man Mike Tirico joins analyst Tony Dungy with Kathryn Tappen reporting from the sidelines.
Milwaukee's WTMJ (620 AM), airing Green Bay games since November 1929, heads up the Packers Radio Network that is made up of 50 stations in four states. Wayne Larrivee (play-by-play), two-time Packers Pro Bowler Larry McCarren (analyst) and three-time Packers Pro Bowler and two-time All-Pro John Kuhn (sideline) will call the action. McCarren first joined the team's broadcasts in 1995 and enters his 25th season calling Packers games. After originally being paired together in 1999, McCarren and Larrivee enter their 22nd season of broadcasts together. They surpassed Jim Irwin and Max McGee for the most regular-season and postseason games broadcast for the Packers with 313 at the 2018 season opener against Chicago.
The broadcast is also available on Sirius Satellite Radio (WTMJ feed), WTMJ.com via desktop computer and on numerous devices through NFL Game Pass.
Westwood One Sports will air the game on radio across the country. Ryan Radtke (play-by-play) and James Laurinaitis (analyst) will call the action with Scott Graham hosting the pregame and halftime shows.
This is an abbreviated version of the Dope Sheet. Read the full version here (PDF).
THE DOPE ON THIS WEEK'S OPPONENT:
Packers vs. Bears:
Regular season, all-time: 98-94-6
All-time, Postseason: 1-1
All-time, at home: 49-42-4 (28-20-0 at Lambeau Field)
Streaks: The Packers are 16-4 against Chicago in 20 regular-season meetings since the start of the 2010 season
Last meeting, regular season: Dec. 15, 2019, Lambeau Field, Packers won, 21-13
Just Jeff's prediction
Duh Bares 1.7
Packers 380