{"id":26635,"date":"2012-12-13T13:46:19","date_gmt":"2012-12-13T18:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=26635"},"modified":"2012-12-13T13:46:19","modified_gmt":"2012-12-13T18:46:19","slug":"nfl-week-15-predictions-green-bay-packers-vs-chicago-bears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-week-15-predictions-green-bay-packers-vs-chicago-bears-26635\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 15 Predictions: Green Bay Packers vs. Chicago Bears"},"content":{"rendered":"

Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears
\nSunday, 12\/16\/12, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Green Bay -3
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Green Bay -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 42
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 43
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Bears<\/a>
Chicago Bears QB Jay Cutler hasn’t enjoyed very much success against the Green Bay Packers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Green Bay has won seven of its last eight games entering Sunday\u2019s contest at Soldier Field, as it comes off a 27-20 victory over the Detroit Lions as six-point home favorites despite being out-gained by 98 yards.\u00a0 \u201cThe division is the first goal,\u201d stated Packers head coach Mike McCarthy.\u00a0 The Packers have certainly taken care of business against NFC North foes, winning a franchise-record 11 consecutive games versus division opponents.\u00a0 Green Bay is 4-0 ATS versus such teams this year, with the UNDER going 4-0 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Packers current five-game winning streak against the Bears is their longest since a seven-game streak from 2000-03, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the pro football odds page.\u00a0 Green Bay has won 10 of its last 14 regular-season road contests, while going 26-5 in its last 31 games overall.\u00a0 Quarterback Aaron Rodgers has posted a combined 108.8 passer rating against division opponents, throwing for 54 touchdowns and just 15 interceptions.<\/p>\n

Chicago has lost four of its last five games and will be hard-pressed to turn around its fortune against Sunday\u2019s opponent, considering quarterback Jay Cutler is 1-6 in this series since coming to the Windy City.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve been on the wrong end of it a number of times,\u201d stated Bears offensive coordinator Mike Tice.\u00a0 The Bears managed to gain just 168 total yards in dropping a 23-10 decision as five-point road underdogs in the first series meeting this year.\u00a0 Chicago is 4-2 ATS as a home underdog of three or less points since 2010.<\/p>\n

The Bears have scored just 72 combined points over their last five games, as they look to bounce back from a disappointing 21-14 setback to the Minnesota Vikings last week despite winning the statistical battle by 190 yards.\u00a0 Chicago will need a huge game from wide receiver Brandon Marshall, who leads the NFL with 101 catches, while ranking second with 1,342 receiving yards.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Bears due to their 11-4-1 ATS mark in Week 15, while the Packers are 1-1 ATS as road favorites of three or less points.<\/p>\n

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Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears Sunday, 12\/16\/12, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Green Bay -3 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Green Bay -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 42 Current Total:\u00a0 43 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Green Bay has won seven of its last eight games entering Sunday\u2019s contest at Soldier Field, as it comes off […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[416,359,1119,763,2589,5431],"class_list":["post-26635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-aaron-rodgers","tag-chicago-bears","tag-green-bay-packers","tag-jay-cutler","tag-nfc-north","tag-soldier-field"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26635"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26636,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26635\/revisions\/26636"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}