Game Preview - Week 16: Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears

Green Bay: The Pack are looking for revenge, suffering their only home loss to the Bears (20-27) in Week 5 and now have an opportunity to grab the top seed in the NFC playoffs with Dallas losing to Philadephia last week. The Cowboys still holds the tiebreaker over Green Bay but one stumble by the boys in Big-D could mean home-field advantage for Favre and Co. throughout the playoffs. A couple of numbers for you… Brett Favre became NFL's all-time leading passer last week (61,405 yards) and wide receiver Greg Jennings has a touchdown catch in 10 of his last 12 games.

Start: QB Brett Favre, WR Greg Jennings, WR Donald Driver, Packers D/ST, TE Donald Lee, RB Ryan Grant, K Mason Crosby
Consider: N/A
Sit: WR James Jones, RB Vernand Morency

Chicago: After giving it their all against the Vikings Monday night and coming up short, the Bears welcome one of the best teams in the league to Soldier Field this weekend. Kyle Orton made his 2007 debut last week looking rusty and inexperienced throwing for 184 yards and 1 INT. What's notable is the lack of catches from wide receivers Bernard Berrian (2) and Muhsin Muhammad (2) as Orton routinely looked for the short passes underneath or to running back Adrian Peterson out of the backfield. Peterson had his worst rushing performance of the season since taking over the starting job… nine carries for 26 yards. This week should be just as bad for Peterson and the entire Bears offense.

Start: Bears D/ST
Consider: RB Adrian Peterson, WR Bernard Berrian, K Robbie Gould
Sit: QB Kyle Orton, TE Desmond Clark, WR Muhsin Muhammad, WR Devin Hester, TE Greg Olsen

Krueger's Rankings/Projections

Green Bay Packers
Rank	Player	Projections
QB 3	Brett Favre	Pass: 245, 2 Rush: 0, 0
RB 8	Ryan Grant	Rush: 105, 1 Rec: 2-15, 0
WR 8	Greg Jennings	Rec: 7-90, 1
WR 22	Donald Driver	Rec: 5-75, 0
WR 73	James Jones	Rec: 2-30, 0
TE 6	Donald Lee	Rec: 3-35, 1

Chicago Bears
Rank	Player	Projections
QB 25	Kyle Orton	Pass: 210, 1 Rush: 0, 0
RB 24	Adrian Peterson	Rush: 75, 0 Rec: 4-25, 0
WR 39	Muhsin Muhammad	Rec: 6-65, 0
WR 43	Bernard Berrian	Rec: 4-50, 0
WR 81	Devin Hester	Rec: 2-30, 0
TE 12	Greg Olsen	Rec: 2-20, 1
TE 31	Desmond Clark	Rec: 1-10, 0

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Past Results and Remaining Schedule

Green Bay Packers
Week	Date	Opp	H/A	Score	Dif
1	2007-09-09	PHI	H	W 16-13	+3
2	2007-09-16	NYG	A	W 35-13	+22
3	2007-09-23	SD	H	W 31-24	+7
4	2007-09-30	MIN	A	W 23-16	+7
5	2007-10-07	CHI	H	L 20-27	-7
6	2007-10-14	WAS	H	W 17-14	+3
7		Bye
8	2007-10-29	DEN	A	W 19-13	+6
9	2007-11-04	KC	A	W 33-22	+11
10	2007-11-11	MIN	H	W 34-0	+34
11	2007-11-18	CAR	H	W 31-17	+14
12	2007-11-22	DET	A	W 37-26	+11
13	2007-11-29	DAL	A	L 27-37	-10
14	2007-12-09	OAK	H	W 38-7	+31
15	2007-12-16	STL	A	W 33-14	+19
16	2007-12-23	CHI	A	L 7-35	-28
17	2007-12-30	DET	H

Chicago Bears
Week	Date	Opp	H/A	Score	Dif
1	2007-09-09	SD	A	L 3-14	-11
2	2007-09-16	KC	H	W 20-10	+10
3	2007-09-23	DAL	H	L 10-34	-24
4	2007-09-30	DET	A	L 27-37	-10
5	2007-10-07	GB	A	W 27-20	+7
6	2007-10-14	MIN	H	L 31-34	-3
7	2007-10-21	PHI	A	W 19-16	+3
8	2007-10-28	DET	H	L 7-16	-9
9		Bye
10	2007-11-11	OAK	A	W 17-6	+11
11	2007-11-18	SEA	A	L 23-30	-7
12	2007-11-25	DEN	H	W 37-34	+3
13	2007-12-02	NYG	H	L 16-21	-5
14	2007-12-06	WAS	A	L 16-24	-8
15	2007-12-17	MIN	A	L 13-20	-7
16	2007-12-23	GB	H	W 35-7	+28
17	2007-12-30	NO	H

Offense Stats Comparison

	GB Offense	CHI Offense	NFL Average
Points for	33.8	18.0	21.6
Rushing yards	111.8	78.3	107.0
Rushing yards per attempt	4.40	3.07	3.97
Completion %	68.4%	57.5%	60.7%
Passing yards	273.5	219.0	214.3
Passing yards per completion	11.65	10.02	10.38
Passing yards per attempt	7.97	5.76	6.30
Interceptions	0.8	0.5	1.1
Fumbles lost	0.3	0.3	0.8
Sacked	0.3	3.3	2.2

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 10 to 15 of the 2007 season after deducting the best and worst value from the data set. The exception is yards per rush attempt, completion %, yards per pass completion, yards per pass attempt and the NFL averages, which are each calculated based on totals through Weeks 10 to 15 with no adjustment.

Defense Stats Comparison

	GB Defense	CHI Defense	NFL Average
Points against	16.0	23.8	21.6
Rushing yards	114.0	122.5	107.0
Rushing yards per attempt	4.43	3.78	3.97
Completion %	53.9%	61.9%	60.7%
Passing yards	200.0	255.8	214.3
Passing yards per completion	11.97	11.88	10.38
Passing yards per attempt	6.45	7.35	6.30
INT return	1.5	1.0	1.1
Fumble recoveries	0.3	1.3	0.8
Sacks	2.3	2.0	2.2

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Team vs. Team History

Green Bay Packers vs. Chicago Bears
Season	Week	Date	Vis	Home	Score	Winner
2000	5	2000-10-01	CHI	GB	27-24	CHI
2000	14	2000-12-03	GB	CHI	28-6	GB
2001	9	2001-11-11	GB	CHI	20-12	GB
2001	13	2001-12-09	CHI	GB	7-17	GB
2002	5	2002-10-07	GB	CHI	34-21	GB
2002	13	2002-12-01	CHI	GB	20-30	GB
2003	4	2003-09-29	GB	CHI	38-23	GB
2003	14	2003-12-07	CHI	GB	21-34	GB
2004	2	2004-09-19	CHI	GB	21-10	CHI
2004	17	2005-01-02	GB	CHI	31-14	GB
2005	13	2005-12-04	GB	CHI	7-19	CHI
2005	16	2005-12-25	CHI	GB	24-17	CHI
2006	1	2006-09-10	CHI	GB	26-0	CHI
2006	17	2006-12-31	GB	CHI	26-7	GB
2007	5	2007-10-07	CHI	GB	27-20	CHI

Note: Only playoff games from the 2004 to 2006 seasons are included in the team vs. team history. Playoff games from seasons prior to 2004 are not currently included in the database.

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