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GREEN BAY (2-0) At CHICAGO (2-0)
Monday, 8:30 p.m., ESPN
OPENING LINE – Packers by 3
RECORD VS. SPREAD – Packers 2-0; Bears 1-1
SERIES RECORD – Bears lead 91-82-6
LAST MEETING – Packers beat Bears 21-14, Dec. 13, 2009
LAST WEEK – Packers beat Bills 34-7; Bears beat Cowboys 27-20
PACKERS OFFENSE – OVERALL (15T), RUSH (14), PASS (16)
PACKERS DEFENSE – OVERALL (3), RUSH (28), PASS (3)
BEARS OFFENSE – OVERALL (5), RUSH (28T), PASS (3)
BEARS DEFENSE – OVERALL (12), RUSH (1), PASS (14)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES – No teams have met more than these two. … Packers have taken three of four from Bears and swept them last season. Last year, Chicago’s Brian Urlacher suffered season-ending wrist injury in a 21-15 season-opening loss at Lambeau Field, and Green Bay’s Ryan Grant ran for 137 yards and two TDs in December. Grant is out the rest of this season after injuring right ankle in opener against Philadelphia. … Packers lead league with 10 sacks after registering six in opener and four last week. … LB Clay Matthews has a league-high six sacks, with a career-best three in each of first two games. He is first Packer with back-to-back three-sack games since it became an official statistic in 1982 and first in NFL since Seattle’s Patrick Kerney (Nov. 18-25, 2007). … DE Cullen Jenkins has posted a sack in each game. … Jordy Nelson ranks second in NFL with a 31.0-yard average on seven kickoff returns. … Jermichael Finley ranks fourth among NFL tight ends with 150 yards on eight receptions. … Bears are 2-0 for first time since 2006 Super Bowl team won its first seven. … Bears’ offense has 771 yards, the most in first two games by Chicago since the 1985 Super Bowl champions racked up 805. … Bears have allowed 56 yards rushing, holding Detroit to 20 and Dallas to 36. … Chicago has forced six takeaways and is tied for second in league. … Bears will wear throwback 1940s uniforms to honor Monsters of the Midway. … Matt Forte’s 188 yards receiving lead all running backs and are tied for sixth in the NFL. … QB Jay Cutler is averaging a league-leading 10.1 yards per completion, ranks third in yards passing (649), is tied for fourth in completion percentage (68.8) and has five TDs with one INT after throwing an NFL-worst 26 interceptions last season. … WR Johnny Knox had career-high 86 yards receiving last week, including 59-yard reception. … CB D.J. Moore had two interceptions last week. … LS Patrick Mannelly is expected to play in his 192nd game and set Bears all-time record t his week, moving ahead of Steve McMichael.
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