GREEN BAY (9-4) At CHICAGO (8-5)
Sunday, 1 p.m., FOX
OPENING LINE – Packers by 3
RECORD VS. SPREAD – Green Bay 7-6; Chicago 6-7
SERIES RECORD – Bears lead 92-87-6
AP PRO32 RANKING – Packers No. 6 (tie); Bears No. 12
LAST MEETING – Packers beat Bears 23-10, Sept. 13
LAST WEEK – Packers beat Detroit 27-20; Bears lost to Vikings 21-14
PACKERS OFFENSE – OVERALL (17), RUSH (18), PASS (12)
PACKERS DEFENSE – OVERALL (17), RUSH (15), PASS (17)
BEARS OFFENSE – OVERALL (28), RUSH (10), PASS (27)
BEARS DEFENSE – OVERALL (5), RUSH (12), PASS (6)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES – Packers have won seven of eight and can clinch second straight NFC North title with win. … Green Bay has also won five straight and seven of eight against Chicago, including NFC title game two years ago. Packers eyeing third season sweep in four years against Bears. … Win would give Green Bay fourth straight season with double-digit victories, tying team record. … Packers have won franchise-record 11 straight division games. … Packers sixth in NFL with 35 sacks. … Packers sacked Chicago’s Jay Cutler seven times and intercepted him four times in first meeting this season. … CB Charles Woodson (broken collarbone) out for seventh straight game. … LB Clay Matthews practiced Wednesday for first time since pulling hamstring last month and was eager to play this week. Had career-high 3 1/2 sacks against Cutler last time and leads Packers with nine despite missing past four games. … Bears have dropped four of five after 7-1 start. … Chicago placed K Robbie Gould (left calf), CB Sherrick McManis (knee) and S Craig Steltz (chest) on injured reserve and signed veteran K Olindo Mare to one-year contract. … Bears lead NFL with 35 takeaways. … Defense has seven touchdowns, all on interception returns. … Cutler expects to play after leaving last week’s game with sore neck. Including NFC title game two years ago, Cutler 1-7 against Packers with twice as many interceptions (16) as touchdowns (eight). Cutler’s 11,754 yards passing rank second in team history behind Sid Luckman’s 14,686. … WR Brandon Marshall had two catches for 24 yards last time against Green Bay. Leads NFL with franchise-record 101 receptions, ranks second in league in yards receiving with career-high 1,342 and tied for third with nine TD catches, one behind league leaders A.J. Green of Cincinnati and New England’s Rob Gronkowski. … CB Charles Tillman has career-high nine forced fumbles.
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