2025 Week 16 — Green Bay at Chicago

Bears host Packers in rematch with NFC North lead on the line

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Green Bay (9-4-1) at Chicago (10-4)

Day/Time/TV: Saturday, 8:20 p.m. EST, Fox.
Series record: Packers lead 109-96-6.
Last meeting: Packers beat Bears 28-21 at Green Bay on Dec. 7.
Last week: Packers lost at Denver 34-26; Bears beat Cleveland 31-3.
Packers offense: overall (13), rush (18), pass (12), scoring (10)
Packers defense: overall (6), rush (8), pass (8), scoring (8)
Bears offense: overall (5), rush (2), pass (17), scoring (9)
Bears defense: overall (24), overall (23), pass (18), scoring (21)
Turnover differential: Packers plus-3; Bears plus-20.

The Chicago Bears were sitting atop the NFC with five straight wins and nine in the previous 10 games going into their most recent meeting with the Green Bay Packers. They came up short when Caleb Williams got intercepted in the end zone. They won’t have to wait long for the rematch.

Chicago and Green Bay meet for the second time in three weeks, this time at Soldier Field on Saturday night with first place in the NFC North on the line and Packers star pass rusher Micah Parsons out with a season-ending knee injury. Both teams have a chance to clinch a playoff spot. “It’s another game,” Williams said. “Go out here and do my job, play well. Start fast, get the energy going for the team and we’ve got a real shot to go win the game.” Williams made it clear after the Bears’ 31-3 romp over Cleveland last week that he was looking forward to the rematch with the Packers. It’s not hard to see why. The Bears (10-4) were threatening to tie or take the lead, only to come away with a 28-21 loss at Lambeau Field when Williams got intercepted in the end zone by Keisean Nixon with 22 seconds remaining on a badly underthrown pass to Cole Kmet. The loss knocked Chicago from first to seventh in the NFC and into second place in the division behind Green Bay.

Chicago bounced back in a big way against Cleveland and regained the North lead with the Packers falling at Denver. Even worse for Green Bay (9-4-1), Parsons tore his left anterior cruciate ligament in the third quarter, a massive blow for a team that came into the season with Super Bowl hopes after acquiring the two-time All-Pro from Dallas just before the opener. “Just understanding what’s in front of us, understanding that we’ve still got the pen in our hand,” Packers defensive end Rashan Gary said. “We can still write our story.”

With or without Parsons, Bears coach Ben Johnson sees a difficult task. “It’s a really good football team and a really good defense,” he said. “I know you kind of lock in on one player, because he does garner a lot of your attention when you go against that defense, and yet, they have some high-caliber players throughout, on the defensive line, the linebacking core and on the back end. Just because one player goes down, that doesn’t mean that this is going to change a whole lot for them.”

Packers player to watch

DL Rashan Gary. The Packers need one of their other pass rushers to step up now that Micah Parsons, who had 12½ sacks, is out for the season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament. Gary is the most proven of the candidates, though he hasn’t played particularly well lately. After recording 7½ sacks in Green Bay’s first seven games of the season, he doesn’t have any in the Packers’ last seven contests. He has a sack in two of his last three games against the Bears.

Bears player to watch

QB Caleb Williams. Williams made it clear after last week’s win that he was looking forward to the rematch with the Packers. Who could blame him? The 2022 Heisman Trophy winner had a rough time at Lambeau Field and it wasn’t just the ending, with an interception in the end zone by Keisean Nixon with 22 seconds remaining on a badly underthrown pass to Cole Kmet. Williams threw for just 186 yards and was 19 of 35 in his sixth straight game completing fewer than 60% of his passes. That streak ended against Cleveland, when he threw two touchdown passes and finished 17 of 28 for 242 yards.

Key matchup

Bears offensive line vs. Packers defensive line. Though Parsons didn’t have a sack in the game at Lambeau Field, he was consistently in Williams’ face. With Parsons out, Williams should have more time to let plays develop behind one of the NFL’s most effective lines.

Key injuries

Packers: Parsons wasn’t the only notable Packers player to get injured against Denver. Other players to exit that game included WR Christian Watson (chest/shoulder), RT Zach Tom (back/knee), S Evan Williams (knee) and TE Josh Whyle (concussion). RB Josh Jacobs re-injured his knee in that game, but played the rest of the way. While Parsons’ season is over, the status for the rest of those players is uncertain for Saturday.

Bears: WR Rome Odunze will miss his third straight game due to a lingering foot injury after being ruled out on Thursday. He was a late scratch against Cleveland after aggravating it in warmups… WR Luther Burden (ankle) is also out. He was hurt against Cleveland… LB Tremaine Edmunds (groin), who has missed the past four games, was a full participant in practice on Thursday and is listed as questionable after the Bears opened a 21-day practice window this week… RB D’Andre Swift (groin) was added to the injury list on Wednesday, when he was limited in practice, and is questionable.

Needing more from Gary

Parsons’ injury means the Packers will need all their healthy pass rushers to raise their games. Perhaps nobody is more equipped to do that than Rashan Gary, who has 46½ career sacks. It’s been an up-and-down season for Gary, who had 7½ sacks in Green Bay’s first seven games but none in the seven games since. “I’ve just got to be myself,” Gary said. “You know, when guys are thinking that they need to do more than what they’ve been doing, you start to strain, start to try to find plays that’s not there.”

Playoff scenarios

Chicago and Green Bay can clinch playoff spots with a win plus a loss or tie by Detroit against Pittsburgh. The two teams also would get in with a tie if the Lions lose. Green Bay is looking to reach the playoffs for the sixth time in seven years under coach Matt LaFleur, while Chicago is trying to make it for the first time since 2020. The Bears have just three trips to the postseason since the 2006 Super Bowl season.

Packers’ injury issues

Parsons isn’t the only notable Packers player who could be missing for Saturday’s game. Injuries knocked out wide receiver Christian Watson (chest/shoulder), safety Evan Williams (knee) and right tackle Zach Tom (back/knee) from the Packers’ loss at Denver. Running back Josh Jacobs said he reinjured his knee early in that game, though he continued to play and scored two touchdowns. The status for each of those players remains uncertain. “Definitely, it sucks to see guys go down that are key points for this team,” Williams said. “But it’s also an opportunity for more opportunities for other people. And that’s pretty cool to see, to see other people get their shot, and to get to see what they get to do with their time on the field.”

Lopsided rivalry

Though the Bears have a chance to add to their division lead, wins over the Packers are rare for them. Green Bay has dominated the NFL’s longest-running rivalry in recent decades, going 30-6 against Chicago since the start of the 2008 season. That includes the 2010 team winning the NFC championship game at Soldier Field en route to capturing the Super Bowl title. The Packers won 11 straight against the Bears before losing last year’s finale at Lambeau Field. Green Bay has won six in a row in Chicago.

Home run

The Bears have won five straight at Soldier Field since a season-opening loss to Minnesota. It’s their best home winning streak since a six-game run in 2005.

Series notes

The Packers are 30-6 against the Bears counting the playoffs since the start of the 2008 season and had won 11 straight in the NFL’s longest-running rivalry before a loss at Lambeau Field in last year’s finale… Green Bay has won six in a row at Soldier Field… This will be the first time the teams meet twice within a 14-day span since 1985… Packers QB Jordan Love has nine touchdown passes and only two interceptions in five career games against the Bears.

Stats and stuff

Chicago and Green Bay can clinch playoff spots with a win, plus a loss or tie by Detroit against Pittsburgh. The Bears and Packers would also get in with a tie if the Lions lose… Green Bay is looking to reach the playoffs for the sixth time in seven years under coach Matt LaFleur, while Chicago is trying to make it for the first time since 2020… The Packers are 4-0 against the NFC North and are one of only two teams unbeaten against their division. The Los Angeles Chargers are 5-0 against the AFC West… LaFleur’s 76 career wins match Paul Brown for the second-highest total by any coach in his first seven NFL seasons. George Seifert holds the record with 86 wins over that stretch… The Packers are 24-12-1 in prime-time games during LaFleur’s tenure… The Packers are 4-0 against NFC North opponents this season. The only other NFL team that’s undefeated in divisional games is the Los Angeles Chargers… Jacobs has 13 touchdown runs, putting him in a tie for second in the league with Detroit’s Jahmyr Gibbs. Indianapolis’ Jonathan Taylor has 16 touchdown runs. Jacobs also had his first touchdown catch of the season Sunday… The Bears won five straight games and nine of 10 before the loss at Lambeau two weeks ago. They moved back into the NFC North lead with the win over Cleveland and Green Bay’s loss to Denver… Chicago has won five in a row at Soldier Field since a season-opening loss to Minnesota. It’s the team’s best home win streak since a six-game run in 2005… The Bears picked off Shedeur Sanders three times last week and extended their league-leading totals in INTs (21), takeaways (30) and turnover differential (plus-20)… Chicago has takeaways in seven straight games, the longest active streak in the NFL… The Bears have five wins after trailing in the final two minutes of the fourth quarter… Williams has a franchise-record five fourth-quarter comeback wins and is tied with Denver’s Bo Nix for the league lead.

2025 Week 15 — Green Bay at Denver

Packers head to Denver looking to end the Broncos’ 10-game winning streak

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Green Bay (9-3-1) at Denver (11-2)

Day / Time / TV: Sunday, 4:05 p.m. EST, CBS.

Series record: Broncos lead 8-7-1.

Last meeting: Broncos beat Packers 19-17 at Empower Field at Mile High on Oct. 22, 2023.

Last week: Packers beat Bears 28-21; Broncos beat Raiders 24-17.

Packers offense: overall (13), rush (19), pass (12), scoring (10).

Packers defense: overall (5), rush (9), pass (7), scoring (6).

Broncos offense: overall (10), rush (14), pass (13), scoring (14).

Broncos defense: overall (3), rush (2), pass (10), scoring (4).

Turnover differential: Packers plus-4; Broncos minus-3.

For the first time in a decade, Denver Broncos (11-2) stand atop the AFC playoff race heading into the holidays. They’re the league’s only unbeaten team at home. They’ve won 10 consecutive games and they’ve saddled their last 11 visitors with a loss going back 14 months. And they are 2½-point underdogs at home to the Green Bay Packers (9-3-1) on Sunday, according to BetMGM Sportsbook.

It’s the NFL’s Week 15 marquee matchup, a tussle featuring Micah Parsons and Nik Bonitto, Jordan Love and Bo Nix, and pitting teams with obdurate defenses and opportunistic offenses that could very well serve as a Super Bowl appetizer. Oddsmakers, though, have joined the legions of NFL fans who view the Broncos’ longest winning streak in the post-Peyton Manning era with equal doses of criticism and skepticism. “I love it. It fuels me, honestly,” Bonitto said. “I like when people doubt us. They can stay on that side. We’ll go out and prove what we’ve got to prove.”

Just like they’ve been doing ever since their last-second loss at the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 3, which followed a walk-off loss at Indianapolis. Since then, the Broncos have set an NFL record with nine consecutive comebacks, a streak that ended last week with a comfortable win at Las Vegas, and tied another mark with four straight wins by a field goal or less. “Personally, I couldn’t care less,” All-Pro kick returner Marvin Mims Jr. said. “But I mean some guys feel disrespected by it.” Bo Nix isn’t among those who feel offended by the national suspicion of the Broncos’ championship bona fides — or those who install them as home underdogs. “My mom thinks we’ll win,” the Broncos’ second-year quarterback said with a laugh. “So that’s all that matters.”

Watson’s emergence

Packers wide receiver Christian Watson didn’t start playing until Oct. 26 as he returned from a torn ACL, but the 2022 second-round pick still could end up having his best season. Watson has scored five touchdowns, all in his last four games. He has 25 catches for 452 yards in seven games. The TD total is his highest since his rookie season, when he had nine. “He’s making plays, it feels like, every time the ball comes his way,” Love said. “I think he keeps elevating and getting better and better.”

Packers facing a streaking team

According to Elias Sports Bureau, this marks the second straight year — and the fourth time ever — that the Packers have faced a team that has won at least 10 straight games with all the victories in the same season. Last season, the Packers lost 34-31 at Detroit for the Lions’ 11th straight victory. The Packers won their other two times in this situation. They beat Detroit 3-0 on Nov. 25, 1934, and they defeated Seattle 23-17 on Jan. 1, 2006. The trip to Denver is sandwiched between two games against the rival Chicago Bears. The Packers snapped Chicago’s five-game winning streak with a 28-21 victory at Lambeau Field on Sunday. The Packers face the Bears again on Dec. 20 in Chicago. “What a great challenge,” coach Matt LaFleur said. “But also, I think there’s great opportunity that goes with that.” The Broncos also have a challenging stretch run with visits from the Jaguars and Chargers, both 9-4, sandwiched around a Christmas night game at Kansas City, where the Broncos haven’t won since 2015.

Premier pass rushers

Sunday’s game features two of the NFL’s most prolific pass rushers in Green Bay’s Parsons and Denver’s Bonitto. They each have 12½ sacks this season, putting them in a tie for third in the league. Since the NFL started officially tracking sacks in 1982, Parsons is the first player to have at least 12 in each of his first five seasons. Bonitto could join Simon Fletcher as the only Broncos ever to have at least 13½ sacks in back-to-back seasons.

Strength in numbers

It’s not just Bonitto the Packers are concerned about. The Broncos lead the league with 55 sacks, putting them on pace for 72, which would tie the NFL record set by the 1984 Bears. “I think they have a really solid group all around,” Love said. “It’s not just one guy that you can finger-point out, but all around that defense and especially that D-line, you look at it and they got playmakers and guys who are making plays and winning their 1-on-1 matchups. It’s a little bit different than a team that maybe only has one solid edge rusher that you make sure you get chips and lockdown that side.” And don’t forget Denver’s stout secondary, led by reigning NFL defensive player of the year Pat Surtain II. “There’s sometimes you see on film when he’s breaking on things before the receiver’s even breaking,” Love said. “I think it just goes into his film study, his knowledge of the game and his confidence in himself. I think he does a lot of things at a very high level.”

Packers player to watch

QB Jordan Love. This is the time of the season when Love typically heats up and it’s happening again this year. Love has thrown seven touchdown passes with only one interception over his last two games. Love finally has two of his top wideouts — Christian Watson and Jayden Reed — healthy at the same time. That should enable Love to continue thriving late in the season but he’s not faced a pass rush like this one.

Broncos player to watch

QB Bo Nix. In his second season, Nix seems to be hitting his stride down the stretch just as he did in his rookie season last year before Jayden Daniels ran away with Rookie of the Year honors. Nix has fixed his footwork issues with three straight solid games in that regard. Like his counterpart with the Packers, Nix will have to deal with an excellent pass rush that could disrupt his rhythm and the progress he’s made of late.

Key matchup

Packers edge rusher Micah Parsons, who has 12½ sacks, vs. Denver’s stout offensive line led by LT Garett Bolles, who has surrendered just a single sack this season.

Key injuries

Packers: Packers RB Josh Jacobs (knee) missed his second straight practice Thursday… DL Lukas Van Ness (foot) has missed seven of Green Bay’s last eight games… LB Kristian Welch, who contributes primarily on special teams, left the Bears game with a concussion… WR Dontayvion Wicks (ankle) played just six snaps and WR Matthew Golden (shoulder) played five against Chicago due to their injuries.

Broncos: Rising rookie WR Pat Bryant (ankle) didn’t practice Wednesday during the game plan installation. ... DT D.J. Jones (ankle) missed last week’s game, but was back at practrice as a full participant. ... Also back practicing are TE Nate Adkins (knee) and OL Ben Powers (biceps).

Series notes

Both teams have taken care of their home field throughout the series. The Broncos are 7-1 against Green Bay at home with their only loss coming in 2007 in overtime. The Packers are 6-0-1 against Denver at home. Of course, the biggest game in the series came in Super Bowl 32 when John Elway and Terrell Davis led the Broncos to a 31-24 win over the Packers, led by Brett Favre and Reggie White.

Stats and stuff

The Packers have won four straight to take over first place in the NFC North… This is the second straight week the Packers have faced a team that’s the projected top seed in its conference. Chicago temporarily had the No. 1 seed in the NFC before losing at Green Bay and falling to the No. 7 position… According to the Elias Sports Bureau, this is the fourth time the Packers have faced a team that was on at least a 10-game, single-season winning streak. The Packers have gone 2-1 in those games. They beat Detroit 3-0 on Nov. 25, 1934, beat Seattle 23-17 on Jan. 1, 2006, and lost to Detroit 34-31 on Dec. 5, 2024… The Packers have won nine of their last 10 against AFC teams… Jacobs’ 12 touchdown runs put him in a tie for third place in the NFL. He’s behind Indianapolis’ Jonathan Taylor (15) and Detroit’s Jahmyr Gibbs (13)… WR Christian Watson has five TD catches in his last four games. He had four catches for 89 yards and two TDs against the Bears… DE Micah Parsons and Denver’s Nik Bonitto are tied for third in the NFL with 12½ sacks. They’re behind Cleveland’s Myles Garrett (20) and the New York Giants’ Brian Burns (13). Parsons has an NFL-leading eight sacks in the fourth quarter or overtime. He also has a league-high 87 quarterback pressures, according to NFL Next Gen Stats… CB Keisean Nixon is tied for second in the NFL in passes defensed with 16. He’s behind Cincinnati’s D.J. Turner (17)… The Broncos’ 10-game winning streak is tied with the New England Patriots for the longest active streak in the NFL. Denver hasn’t won this many in a row since 2012, when they finished the regular season an 11-game winning streak during Peyton Manning’s first season with the Broncos…  Bo Nix is the first Broncos quarterback to record at least four rushing scores in back-to-back seasons. His eight TD runs are four shy of Tim Tebow for second place in team history… Evan Engram has 40 receptions this season, making him just the second tight end in NFL history with at least 40 catches in each of his first nine NFL seasons. Jeremy Shockey is the other… Marvin Mims Jr. had his first punt return for a touchdown 

2025 Week 14 — Chicago at Green Bay

Bears face Packers at Lambeau Field with NFC North lead in the balance

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Chicago (9-3) at Green Bay (8-3-1)

Day/Time/TV: Sunday, 4:25 p.m. EST, FOX

Series record: Packers lead 108-96-6

Last meeting: Bears beat Packers 24-22 at Green Bay on Jan. 5

Last week: Bears won 24-15 at Philadelphia on Nov. 28; Packers won 31-24 at Detroit on Nov. 27.

Bears offense: overall (6), rush (2), pass (15), scoring (8)

Bears defense: overall (27), overall (28), pass (22), scoring (25)

Packers offense: overall (13), rush (16), pass (13), scoring (10)

Packers defense: overall (4), overall (8), pass (6), scoring (6)

Turnover differential: Bears plus-17; Packers plus-4

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The NFC North leaders are eager to show they’re not the same old Chicago Bears who continually took their lumps against the Green Bay Packers over the last 15 years or so. Chicago snapped an 11-game skid in this rivalry when it ended the 2024 regular season by winning at Green Bay. The Bears (9-3) have built on that momentum this year as they have the NFC’s best record and carry a five-game winning streak into their Sunday matchup with the Packers (8-3-1) at Lambeau Field. “I think throughout this whole year, what we’ve been able to accomplish has given us extreme confidence,” Bears quarterback Caleb Williams said. “And then, for myself, being a part of something that, everybody knows the stats of the Bears going up there before last year, it wasn’t the best. And so being able to be a part of that (win), being able to contribute to that, provides confidence for myself, and I’m going to exude that to the other guys.”

Chicago hasn’t had a winning season since 2018, but the Bears’ emergence doesn’t surprise Packers safety Xavier McKinney. McKinney was impressed with the creativity new Bears coach Ben Johnson showed as Detroit’s offensive coordinator when the Lions swept the Packers last season. “I knew they were going to be good,” McKinney said. “Especially whenever they ended up getting Ben Johnson, I was, ‘OK, they’re going to be a problem this year.’” The Packers also are feeling good about themselves. They’ve won three straight and are eager to regain control of this rivalry.

These two teams will face each other twice in a span of 14 days in a pair of games that will go a long way toward determining the NFC North champion. They meet again Dec. 20 at Chicago. “I feel like our team knows that we control our destiny at this point,” Packers safety Evan Williams said. “There’s a lot that’s to be said about the Bears and how they’re doing right now. They’ve put together a hell of a season. But at the end of the day, I feel like we all understand if we go out there, put our best foot forward and play our best ball, that we don’t feel there’s a team that can hang with us.”

Another frantic finish?

The two matchups between the Packers and Bears last season both were decided by field-goal attempts on the final play. Chicago’s Cairo Santos made a 51-yarder in the Bears’ 24-22 victory at Green Bay after having a 46-yarder blocked by Karl Brooks to end the Packers’ 20-19 triumph at Chicago.

Feasting on turnovers

Chicago has an NFL-leading plus-17 turnover margin. The Bears have 26 takeaways, four more than any other team. Packers coach Matt LaFleur credits the arrival of former New Orleans Saints coach Dennis Allen as Chicago’s defensive coordinator. “He does such a great job getting that out of his guys, but I also think it’s a credit to his players in regards to just, they’ve got tremendous ball skills, really, on every level of the defense,” LaFleur said. Chicago might have a tougher time taking the ball away from Green Bay, which hasn’t committed a single turnover during its three-game win streak.

Passing on it

Johnson raised some eyebrows Monday when he said the Bears are winning “in spite of our passing game, not because of it.” He walked that comment back somewhat the next day. “It is easily construed as I’m not happy with the quarterback,” Johnson said. “That’s not the case whatsoever. He continues to get better each and every week and I couldn’t be more pleased with how he played last week and I know what the stats say. Throw those out the window.” Against Philadelphia last week, Williams was 17 of 36 for 154 yards and finished with the second-worst completion percentage (47.2) of his career. He has completed only 53.2% of his passes in the past five games and ranks last in the NFL in accuracy at 58.1% this season, though the issues aren’t all on him. In the game against the Eagles, for example, receivers lost their footing on several well-placed throws.

Johnson feels blessed to be back

Bears cornerback Jaylon Johnson felt “a little sore” and definitely “blessed” after returning from a groin injury last week. The two-time Pro Bowler didn’t think he would play again this season. “But God had different plans and God pushed me and told me I’m on His time and not what anyone else says,” he said. Johnson, who had surgery in September, was in on 61% of Chicago’s defensive plays against Philadelphia after missing the previous nine games. His only other appearance was in a loss at Detroit in Week 2. During one 10-day period in his recovery, Johnson said he consumed only fruits and water.

Surging Parsons

Green Bay’s Micah Parsons has six sacks in his last three games to improve his season total to 12½. He’s the first player to have at least 12 in each of his first five NFL seasons since the statistic started getting tracked in 1982.

Bears player to watch

QB Caleb Williams. Williams became the first Bears quarterback to win at Lambeau Field since Jay Cutler in 2015 when Chicago beat Green Bay in last season’s finale. If he’s going to make it two in a row, a little more accuracy would help. Williams has completed only 53.2% of his passes in the past five games and ranks last in the NFL in accuracy at 58.1% this season. He had a particularly rough time against Philadelphia, when he was 17 of 36 for 154 yards and finished with the second-worst completion rate (47.2 percent) of his career, though it wasn’t all on him. Receivers lost their footing on several well-placed throws.

Packers player to watch

WR Christian Watson. The previous time the Packers faced the Bears, Watson tore his anterior cruciate ligament. Watson returned to action Oct. 26 and has since emerged as perhaps the Packers’ most reliable receiver. Watson has three touchdown catches over his past three games and has 21 overall receptions for 363 yards in six games.

Key matchup

Bears RBs Kyle Monangai and D’Andre Swift vs. Packers run defense: Monangai and Swift each rushed for at least 125 yards and scored a touchdown in the Bears’ road victory over the defending Super Bowl champion Eagles. Swift has 774 yards rushing and Monangai has 591 this season. Green Bay limited Detroit’s dynamic duo of Jahmyr Gibbs and David Montgomery to a combined 100 yards on 28 carries last week, but DT Devonte Wyatt suffered a season-ending ankle injury in that game.

Key injuries

Bears: CB Jaylon Johnson said he felt “definitely a little sore” following his return last week after missing nine games because of a groin injury that required surgery. The two-time Pro Bowler was in on 61% of Chicago’s defensive plays… LB T.J. Edwards (hand/hamstring) has missed the past four games.

Packers: DT Devonte Wyatt suffered a season-ending ankle injury against Detroit… WR Matthew Golden (wrist) has missed three of Green Bay’s past four games… DL Lukas Van Ness (foot) has been out for six of the Packers’ past seven games… CB Nate Hobbs (knee) has missed four straight games… LB Quay Walker (neck) has been unavailable for two consecutive games… WR Savion Williams (foot) and DL Karl Brooks (ankle) also didn’t play last week… WR Jayden Reed (foot/shoulder) has been working his way back after being placed on injured reserve in mid-September, but it remains uncertain whether he will play Sunday.

Series notes

The Bears had lost to the Packers 11 straight times before winning 24-22 at Lambeau Field in their 2024 regular-season finale. Both Packers-Bears games last season came down to a field-goal attempt as time expired. Cairo Santos made a 51-yard field goal to win the game at Lambeau Field after his 46-yard attempt was blocked by Brooks to end the Packers’ 20-19 victory at Soldier Field. The Packers and Bears meet again in Chicago on Dec. 20. The two NFC North rivals play each other twice each season, and this is the longest they’ve gone in a season before facing off since 1998. The Packers’ 108 victories over the Bears match the highest total by any NFL team over another. The New York Giants have beaten Washington 108 times.

Stats and stuff

The Bears clinched a winning record for the first time since the 2018 NFC North championship team went 12-4… Chicago’s five-game win streak is its longest since a five-game run in 2018. The Bears haven’t won six in a row since 2012… The Bears haven’t won consecutive games at Lambeau since 2004 to 2007… Chicago leads the league in interceptions (17), takeaways (26) and turnover differential (plus-17)… Coach Ben Johnson could join George Halas in 1920 as the franchise’s only first-year head coaches to win 10 of their first 13 games… S Kevin Byard leads the NFL with six interceptions — two shy of his career high. CB Nahshon Wright is tied for second with five, and LB Tremaine Edmunds has four… Packers QB Jordan Love has six touchdown passes and only one interception in four career starts against the Bears. Love matched a career high by throwing four touchdown passes in Green Bay’s Thanksgiving Day victory at Detroit… Green Bay has allowed fewer than 20 points in each of its six home games, marking the first time since 1969 that’s happened… Packers RB Josh Jacobs has 11 touchdown runs this season, tying him with Buffalo QB Josh Allen for second place in the NFL. Indianapolis’ Jonathan Taylor has 15 touchdown runs… Packers DE Micah Parsons is the first player to have at least 12 sacks in each of his first five seasons since the stat started getting officially recorded in 1982. Parsons has six sacks during the Packers’ three-game winning streak. ... Packers WR Dontayvion Wicks caught six passes and scored two touchdowns at Detroit to match his career single-game highs. His 94 yards receiving were three off his career high… Packers LB Isaiah McDuffie has 31 tackles over his past three games.