(670 The Score) The Bears (4-5) will host the Green Bay Packers (6-3) on Sunday, with kickoff set for noon CT from Soldier Field.
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David Haugh (5-4): Packers 27, Bears 23
Thanks to new offensive coordinator Thomas Brown, the Bears will do a better job of controlling their attitude and effort – but the Packers just have too much talent. Matt LaFleur dominates this rivalry, and there isn’t enough evidence to suggest that'll change Sunday. The Packers will run the ball against the Bears and create a turnover that matters, and LaFleur will improve to 11-0 against his rival.
Matt Spiegel (5-4): Bears 24, Packers 21
Chris Tannehill (4-5): Packers 34, Bears 13
Matt LaFleur has beaten the Bears 10 consecutive times. In a week-to-week league known for parity, this is disgusting to me. Unfortunately, this streak goes to 11. I don’t see another winnable game on Chicago’s schedule and while it may be too late to matter, it may also be time to Evan Thomas my way (fade the Bears) through the rest of this newly miserable season.
Chris Emma (5-4): Packers 24, Bears 17
I picked the Bears to win their last two games, believing there was a bounce-back coming. Fool me once ... fool me twice? I'm picking against them until this football team proves it has a beating heart left.
Paul Pabst (5-4): Packers 24, Bears 17
It would be the most Bears thing ever to actually beat the Packers at home when it feels like all hope is lost for this season. As much as everyone would enjoy that, it’s hard to picture. The Packers aren’t great, but they are good and consistent … and not dysfunctional. If the Bears defense was at full strength, then maybe I’d pick the upset. I think it will be close-ish, but Green Bay wins.
Evan Thomas (6-3): Packers 31, Bears 20
After another week of chaos at Halas Hall and the firing of offensive coordinator Shane Waldron, you’d think the Bears should play inspired ball against the rival Packers at home. Will they? I have the Packers taking down the Bears.
Alex Kuhn (5-4): Packers 28, Bears 7
The Packers once again show their balance offensively in surgically dismantling the Bears. I expect nearly equal success from Jordan Love as I do the Green Bay running game. The Packers will easily win the battle of the trenches in this matchup. They get the running game going and also get to Caleb Williams on the other side of the ball.
Tyler Ferengul (5-4): Packers 30, Bears 17
As much as I hate to be realistic, I have to be. The Packers have owned the Bears for the better part of the last 15 years, and with the way the Bears are trending right now, that will continue this Sunday. I'm suddenly not as fearful of this Bears defense as I was early on in the season. We know the whole story on offense. Do I think the offense will look better with Thomas Brown calling plays for the first time? There’s a very good chance that's a yes, but it isn’t going to be enough to beat a Packers team that has big-play ability with Jordan Love under center and a which is second in the NFL in takeaways. I said last week that the gauntlet was about to begin for the Bears, as six of their final eight games will come against the NFC North. The Bears will have to be nearly perfect on both sides of the ball to win Sunday, and I don't think that will happen. The season really starts to get lost on them as they fall to 4-6.
Robbie Triano (5-4): Packers 28, Bears 10
Great, the Bears moved on from Shane Waldron and Nate Davis. Sadly, Matt Eberflus is still the head coach. And as long as he’s the head coach, I’ll always believe the Bears are the worse team on the field. The Packers continue to do what they do against the Bears.
Tyler Buterbaugh (4-5): Packers 24, Bears 10
Shane Waldron’s firing takes care of one of the Bears’ problems, but there are still a lot of issues on this team. The Bears haven’t scored a touchdown since Oct. 27, and Caleb Williams has regressed every week since the bye. Even with a new offensive coordinator in Thomas Brown, I don’t expect to see much of a difference with the performance of the offense this week. But I do have optimism that Brown can bring a little fire to the players and help Williams’ development.
Sean Sears (5-4): Packers 27, Bears 13
Kyle Long said it, and we've all been thinking it. I'm saying it too: The Bears are cooked. I want to believe Thomas Brown can utilize the pieces of this offense better than Shane Waldron did, but Chicago’s offensive line is still banged up and bad. Caleb Williams is very good, DJ Moore is very good, D'Andre Swift is very good, Cole Kmet is very good, Keenan Allen is (supposedly) good and a future Hall of Famer – how is this Bears offense this bad? And then add in that the Packers are coming to town – we've seen how these games end for the Bears.