{"id":3109,"date":"2008-12-22T10:37:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-22T15:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/packers-bears-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-22T10:37:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-22T15:37:00","slug":"packers-bears-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/packers-bears-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Packers-Bears Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears will both be gunning for a victory on Monday when they meet at Soldier Field. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Bears listed as 4-point favorites versus the Packers, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 40. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Packers lost to <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>Jacksonville<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 20-16 as a 3-point favorite last week. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (45.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Aaron Rodgers threw for 278 yards with a touchdown and an interception for <st1:City><st1:place>Green Bay<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> and James Jones caught four passes for 132 yards. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Robbie Gould kicked a 35-yard field goal to lift the Bears to a 27-24 victory over the Saints in Week 15. The Bears could only PUSH against the 3-point spread, while the 51 points made it OVER the posted total of 46. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Matt Forte carried the ball 11 times for 34 yards and a TD, while QB Kyle Orton threw for 172 yards and ran for a touchdown in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Green Bay<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 4 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Green Bay<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 5-9 SU, <st1:date Month=\"6\" Day=\"7\" Year=\"2001\">6-7-1<\/st1:date> ATS <br \/>Chicago: 8-6 SU, <st1:date Month=\"6\" Day=\"6\" Year=\"2002\">6-6-2<\/st1:date> ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Green Bay most recently:<br \/>When playing in December are 7-3<br \/>When playing on grass are 3-7<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 5-5<br \/>When playing within the division are 7-3<\/p>\n<p>Chicago most recently:<br \/>When playing in December are 6-4<br \/>When playing on grass are 6-4<br \/>After being outgained are 8-2<br \/>When playing within the division are 5-5<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Green Bay is 12-2 SU in its last 14 games when playing on the road against Chicago<br \/>Green Bay is 7-2 ATS in its last 9 games when playing on the road against Chicago<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 16 of Green Bay&#8217;s last 23 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 13 of Green Bay&#8217;s last 19 games when playing on the road against Chicago<br \/>Chicago is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 7 of Chicago&#8217;s last 9 games at home<br \/>Chicago is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing Green Bay<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 13 of Chicago&#8217;s last 19 games when playing at home against Green Bay<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Green Bay<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, December 28<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:City><st1:place>Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, December 28<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears will both be gunning for a victory on Monday when they meet at Soldier Field. Oddsmakers currently have the Bears listed as 4-point favorites versus the Packers, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 40. The Packers lost to Jacksonville 20-16 as a 3-point favorite last week. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/packers-bears-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Packers-Bears Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3109\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}