The Chicago Bears will battle the Green Bay Packers on Sunday, where Ben Johnson is looking for his third straight win over Green Bay and first at Lambeau Field.
While starting quarterback Caleb Williams is questionable after returning to practice, in limited fashion, for the first time since suffering a hamstring injury, the expectation is Tyson Bagent will make his second straight start. But Chicago's offense will look to take advantage of Green Bay's struggling run defense, although they'll be without Kyle Monangai, who is dealing with a toe injury. The Bears defense has been one of the NFL's best over the last three weeks, and they'll look to continue that in their biggest game of the season to date.
The Bears are on the road for back-to-back
games after a three-game home-stand, and this one means more following the passing of Hall of Famer Mike Ditka. Can Chicago win their third straight, jump out to a 4-1 record and pay tribute to Ditka in the best way?
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Bears vs. Packers predictions, picks for Week 5
Alyssa Barbieri
Bears 24, Packers 17: There's nothing like a Bears-Packers rivalry when it's competitive -- especially when you're on the side that's aiming to win a third straight game. The arrival of Ben Johnson has reignited this rivalry, and it's everything the NFL has been missing. Chicago has yet to win in Green Bay since Johnson took over -- granted it was just one game last year and they fell just one Caleb Williams interception short of a potential win -- and this is the perfect opportunity for Johnson to make a statement in this rivalry amid extenuating circumstances.
Bold prediction: Rookies Dillon Thieneman and Malik Muhammad both get interceptions
Brendan Sugrue
Bears 27, Packers 19: Despite Chicago starting backup quarterback Tyson Bagent and a few injury questions on offense, this unit is poised to control the clock and exhaust Green Bay’s defense. The Bears are No. 1 in time of possession, averaging 36:35 minutes with the ball—nearly four minutes longer than the next team. The Packers are in second-to-last place with 26:14 minutes. If the Bears can replicate their success they had against the New York Jets, this could be a long day for Green Bay.
Bold prediction: Bears force two fumbles
Mike Pendleton
Bears 38, Packers 13: Given the bitterness of this rivalry and head coach Ben Johnson’s desire to stick it to Green Bay, this one should get out of hand fairly quickly if Johnson has his way. This game lines up to be the blowout that many expected against the New York Jets last week, the significance of a bitter rivalry should lead to better execution, especially in the red zone.
Bold prediction: Bears sack Jordan Love 4 times
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Vincent Parise
Bears 31, Packers 24: The Chicago Bears are not as dominant without Caleb Williams as they are with him. If they were, they would have scored 50+ again against the New York Jets last week. If the time of possession favors them like that again, there would be a lot more than 23 points. Still, Case Keenum and Tyson Bagent have both been more than good enough to keep the Bears afloat without their star QB. That should be able to continue on Sunday when they visit Lambeau Field.
Bold prediction: Jordan Love throws 3 interceptions
Ariana Pensy
Bears 27, Packers 20: The Bears defense has been pretty good this season, so they will be able to prevent Green Bay from getting a lot of points especially since the Packers cannot run the ball and have a running back on their injury report. This probably will go down to the wire because of the history between these rivals, but Chicago will beat the Packers for the third time in a row which would be their longest winning streak against Green Bay since 2005-2006.
Bold prediction: The Bears have over 200 rushing yards for the third time this season
Randy Holt
Bears 23, Packers 14: I think we’ll see some aggression on the part of Chicago's defense early. If they’re able to stifle Jordan Love and co. in the first half, they’re going to do that thing where they progressively gain confidence and force a few mistakes on Green Bay’s end of things later in the game. I don’t think this will be as comfortable a win as last week was, but I tend not to think that Johnson, his staff, and his players are going to let an opportunity to make an early statement against their rival pass them by.
Bold prediction: Bold prediction: One of the Odunze/Burden/Loveland contingent reaches 100 yards receiving.
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