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NFC North Lead on the Line as Bears Visit Packers in Week 14

Projection models indicate the outcome could swing each team’s division-title odds by more than 40 percentage points.

GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN – SEPTEMBER 18: A general view of fans in the stadium of the game between the Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field on September 18, 2022 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
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Overview

  • The Bears are 9-3 and a half-game ahead of the 8-3-1 Packers entering Sunday’s game at Lambeau Field, the first of two meetings in a 14-day span.
  • SportsLine’s model cited by CBS Sports projects Green Bay near 67% to win the division with a victory, while a Chicago win would push the Bears to roughly 70% and drop the Packers to just over 22%.
  • Chicago leads the NFL in takeaways (26) and turnover differential (+17), challenging Jordan Love, who has three interceptions this season and four straight games without a pick.
  • Rhetoric escalated this week, with Packers OC Adam Stenavich saying he took Ben Johnson’s January dig at Matt LaFleur “personal” and Micah Parsons promising to “earn respect” with a dominant performance.
  • Availability is in flux: Bears WR Rome Odunze has missed consecutive practices with a foot injury; the Packers could get WR Jayden Reed back, while RB Josh Jacobs and WR Dontayvion Wicks are questionable, and DT Devonte Wyatt is out for the season.