Soldier Field – Chicago, Illinois<\/strong> The Green Bay Packers got a bit of a scare last week from Cam Newton and the Carolina Panthers.\u00a0 It was a surprise as the veteran Pack was supposed to show the rookie a thing or two about life in the NFL.\u00a0 Instead he showed that Green Bay is hardly invulnerable, in fact they may have a defensive issue or two after getting shredded through the air a couple of times already this season.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n It is possible that the Packers might have been looking ahead to this week when they play the hated Chicago Bears.\u00a0 Don\u2019t forget it was the Bears that won the division last year beating Green Bay at home during the regular season (thought the Packers got even in the playoffs).\u00a0 Neither team has played a division game this year so whoever wins this one will have a significant leg up on the other.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n There is no doubt that the Packers are a good team but the reason many thought they could repeat as champs is because they have great balance.\u00a0 That hasn\u2019t been the case as their defense has performed well below expectations.\u00a0 They are giving up an average of 400 yards through the air.\u00a0 That number will likely come down after facing Chicago but it is an indicator that the Pack are not as far ahead of the pack as we originally thought.<\/p>\n Chicago<\/strong><\/p>\n It looked like the Chicago Bears dominated Atlanta more than they really did in the opener so it should not have come as a surprise when they got beat by almost the same score at New Orleans last week.\u00a0 This Bears team really isn\u2019t all that good so it should not be surprising to see drastic home\/road splits, especially when they are playing at a team with a distinct home field advantage like the Saints. [soliloquy id=”82219″]<\/p>\n The biggest problem the Bears have is on the offensive line.\u00a0 Last week they gave up 7 sacks to New Orleans and you can bet the Packers will dial up the pressure again this week.\u00a0 We all know that Jay Cutler and pressure are not a good combination in terms of producing winning football for Chicago.\u00a0 The line also has trouble getting a push up front making running back Matt Forte more of a threat in the passing game than running the ball.\u00a0 Green Bay\u2019s defense has been exposed so far this season but I don\u2019t think the Bears have the personnel to do it to the same extent as New Orleans and Carolina.<\/p>\n Being at home is an advantage for the Bears as they have won 3 of 5 at Soldier Field against Green Bay.\u00a0 If they want to have success on Sunday they need something special out of their defense and return ace Devin Hester as their is no way their offense can stay with Green Bay\u2019s.\u00a0 The 3.5 points seems like an easy number for the Green Bay side.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n ATS Pick:\u00a0 Green Bay -3.5<\/strong><\/p>\n Over\/Under Pick:\u00a0 Over<\/strong><\/p>\n Score Prediction:\u00a0 Green Bay 30 – Chicago 21<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Green Bay Packers vs Chicago Bears Soldier Field – Chicago, Illinois Sunday September 25 – 4:15PM Moneyline:\u00a0 Green Bay -200, Chicago +170 Spread (ATS): Green Bay -3.5 Over\/Under: 45.5 Odds courtesy of 5Dimes Green Bay The Green Bay Packers got a bit of a scare last week from Cam Newton and the Carolina Panthers.\u00a0 It […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":32218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,1141],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43784"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43850,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43784\/revisions\/43850"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nSunday September 25 – 4:15PM<\/strong>
\nMoneyline:\u00a0 Green Bay -200, Chicago +170<\/strong>
\nSpread (ATS): Green Bay -3.5<\/strong>
\nOver\/Under: 45.5<\/strong>
\nOdds courtesy of 5Dimes<\/em>
\nGreen Bay<\/strong><\/p>\n