Sunday Night Football: Packers vs. Bears

[ProfessaPackMan]

The NFL's Longest Standing Rivalry picks back up where it left off last season as the Bears and Packers meet on Sunday Night for their first games of the season.

Both teams looking to improve from last season as they both have made some significant changes to their rosters with the Bears giving up 2 1st rd picks to get QB Jay Cutler from Denver and also picking up T Orlando Pace from the Rams and the Packers are looking to Former Patriots DC Dom Capers to help turn around a Defense that failed them in many games last season.

I'll make a prediction for this as toward the end of the week but you guys can go ahead and make yours right now.

[OSUFan_88]

Re: Sunday Night Football: Packers vs. Bears

35-24 Packers.

[z Revis]

Re: Sunday Night Football: Packers vs. Bears

24-21 Bears

[deaduck]

Re: Sunday Night Football: Packers vs. Bears

My prediction is ProfessaPackMan's prediction is predictable.

[steelcurtain311]

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It's all about GB's defense. Because I don't think the Bears are going to give up that many points to them. So if their new defense can hold Forte, I think it'll be a close game. I think the Bears win it.

[SPTO]

Re: Sunday Night Football: Packers vs. Bears

35-24 Packers.

That looks about right. I was gonna say 37-24 though.

[steelcurtain311]

Re: Sunday Night Football: Packers vs. Bears

I don't really think you're going to see that many points on the board.

[OSUFan_88]

Re: Sunday Night Football: Packers vs. Bears

I don't really think you're going to see that many points on the board.

Why not? Both defenses are not that good, although I will concede that the Bears run defense is pretty good.

Aaron Rodgers is gonna be ripping the Bears secondary to shreds, though.

[steelcurtain311]

Re: Sunday Night Football: Packers vs. Bears

It's a rivalry game, and the first game of the season for both teams. Odds are that their defenses step it up in a big way. I'm not that sold on GB's run defense, which is why I think Chicago could end up putting up some decent points. Curious to see Kampman as a LB'er in a 3-4, that could end up being brutal for the opposition.

I think Chicago will stop Ryan Grant without problems, and it's going to make things more difficult for Rodgers.

Both teams have QB's who can put up points, so I'm not completely writing off that it could be a somewhat high scoring game, I just don't think it is.

[OSUFan_88]

Re: Sunday Night Football: Packers vs. Bears

It's a rivalry game, and the first game of the season for both teams. Odds are that their defenses step it up in a big way. I'm not that sold on GB's run defense, which is why I think Chicago could end up putting up some decent points. Curious to see Kampman as a LB'er in a 3-4, that could end up being brutal for the opposition.

I think Chicago will stop Ryan Grant without problems, and it's going to make things more difficult for Rodgers.

Both teams have QB's who can put up points, so I'm not completely writing off that it could be a somewhat high scoring game, I just don't think it is.

I think you're giving the Bears a lot of credit on defense that they do not deserve.

This isn't the early-mid 2000's Bears D we are talking about here. They are aging and looked really not good last year. In fact, they were one of the worst pass defense's, statistically, in the NFL last year.

I think with the way AR has played since he's become the starter in GB, he's going to light the Bears D up like a Christmas Tree Sunday night.

[SPTO]

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I gotta agree with those talking Rodgers up. The Bears D isn't as good as it once was especially against the pass and Rodgers looks damn comfortable from what i've seen. His passes have been on point and he's already in a groove. The Bears are going to have a LOOOONG night if Rodgers is on his game.

[z Revis]

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I gotta agree with those talking Rodgers up. The Bears D isn't as good as it once was especially against the pass and Rodgers looks damn comfortable from what i've seen. His passes have been on point and he's already in a groove. The Bears are going to have a LOOOONG night if Rodgers is on his game.

You could say that for both teams though. Cutler is just like that. If he gets in a groove and gets hot, he's very hard to stop.

[SPTO]

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You could say that for both teams though. Cutler is just like that. If he gets in a groove and gets hot, he's very hard to stop.

True, but the way the GB defense plays you can count on some questionable plays that don't get called due to the physicality against receivers and that will disrupt things for the Bears offense.

[ProfessaPackMan]

Re: Sunday Night Football: Packers vs. Bears

It's a rivalry game, and the first game of the season for both teams. Odds are that their defenses step it up in a big way. I'm not that sold on GB's run defense, which is why I think Chicago could end up putting up some decent points. Curious to see Kampman as a LB'er in a 3-4, that could end up being brutal for the opposition.

I think Chicago will stop Ryan Grant without problems, and it's going to make things more difficult for Rodgers.

Both teams have QB's who can put up points, so I'm not completely writing off that it could be a somewhat high scoring game, I just don't think it is.

1. I agree and seeing how it's also a division game as well, both teams are really going to bring it, especially the Packers seeing how 3 of our first 4 games are Division games.

2. And you shouldn't really be either but at the sametime you can't really rule them out seeing how this is a completely different defense then last year. However, if we somehow transfer over our Defensive play from the Preseason into this game then Chicago could have an even harder time putting up points as well.

3. I agree with this as well. So far, from everything I've heard and read, he's adjusted fine to that role, although he's not really satisfied with the move(this was as of Mini Camp and OTAs so who knows how he feels now)but the one thing that we usually have struggled with in the past has been Athletic Tight Ends, and seeing how they have Greg Olsen and Desmond Clark, Kampman can be one target I can see Chicago picking on all game.

4. I wouldn't exactly say Chicago will have no problem stopping Ryan Grant. I mean it's practically the same Defense they had last year and the same Defense that allowed him to run for 145 yds at home last year, so we'll see about that part.

5. Yes, both teams do have QBs that can put up points but only one of them have the pieces to actually be able to do that. Im by no means expecting a repeat of what happened last year when we played them at home(37-3)but if it has to come to a shootout, I really can't see how the Bears can match us point for point.

Players that neither team could afford to have real big games:
-Aaron Rodgers
-Matt Forte
-Devin Hester
-Greg Olsen
-Greg Jennings
-Charles Woodson

[J.R. Locke]

Re: Sunday Night Football: Packers vs. Bears

I think Ryan Grant will have a good game as will Rodgers. The Packers will put up 350+ total yards.

What will decide this game is turnovers. I think, and hope, that the Bears will force some fumbles and interceptions that will change the tide of the game.

30-27 Bears....I can't pick against my Bears.