The Green Bay Packers (12-3) and Chicago Bears (8-7) both come into Week 17 with plenty of motivation. Green Bay can secure the NFC’s No. 1 seed with a win, while Chicago needs a win or a loss by the Arizona Cardinals for a wild-card berth. Sunday’s kickoff at Soldier Field will be at 4:25 p.m. ET. Below, we preview the Packers-Bears betting odds and lines and make our NFL picks and predictions.
Packers at Bears: Betting odds, spread and lines
Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated Friday at 3:09 p.m. ET.
- Money line: Packers -250 (bet $250 to win $100) | Bears +200 (bet $100 to win $200)
- Against the spread/ATS: Packers -4.5 (-115) | Bears +4.5 (-105)
- Over/Under: 51.5 (O: -105 | U: -115)
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Packers at Bears: Game notes
- In addition to the Packers vying for home-field advantage through the playoffs, QB Aaron Rodgers will also try to secure the AP MVP. He’s the betting favorite at BetMGM with odds of -400. His top competitor in Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes (+350) isn’t playing this week.
- Rodgers, a two-time MVP, has completed 70.3% of his passes for 4,059 yards and a league-high 44 touchdowns against just 5 interceptions. He has another 3 rushing scores.
- The Bears have won three straight games, including last week’s 41-17 whopping over the Jacksonville Jaguars, to get back into playoff position. QB Mitchell Trubisky has thrown for 734 yards and 6 TDs against 2 picks in those wins.
- The Packers beat the Bears 41-25 in Week 12. Rodgers threw for just 211 yards but with 4 TDs and no picks. Trubisky had 2 interceptions in the loss.
- The Packers have won three straight games against the Bears. They swept the head-to-head season series in four of the last five years.
Packers at Bears: Key injuries
Packers
- OT David Bakhtiari (knee) out
- OT Rick Wagner (knee) questionable
- LB Za’Darius Smith (ankle, thumb) questionable
Bears
- S Deon Bush (foot) questionable
- CB Jaylon Johnson (shoulder) out
- CB Buster Skrine (concussion) out
- S Tashaun Gipson (neck) questionable
- TE Cole Kmet (shoulder) questionable
- WR/RB Cordarrelle Patterson (knee) questionable
Packers at Bears: Odds, betting lines, predictions and picks
Prediction
Packers 24, Bears 21
Money line (?)
The PACKERS (-250) are on the expensive side, but they should be bet to win outright with Rodgers looking to put the finishing touches on his third MVP campaign.
The injuries in Chicago’s secondary further play to his advantage.
Against the spread (?)
The Packers are riding a five-game win streak with each of those wins coming by 7 or more points, but the BEARS +4.5 (-105) will keep it close in a low-scoring game.
The Chicago team that lost to Green Bay earlier this season is much different than the one we’ve seen in recent weeks with Trubisky and second-year RB David Montgomery playing the best football of their respective careers.
Over/Under (?)
Take the UNDER 51.5 (-115) on one of the highest projected totals of Week 17. Rodgers will do enough to seal the MVP but could be taken out early if the Packers get a big enough lead.
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Also see:
- Green Bay’s Super Bowl hopes still realistic despite Bakhtiari injury (Packers Wire)
- Kmet hated the Packers growing up (Bears Wire)
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