The Green Bay Packers have won three games in a row. The Chicago Bears have won nine of their last 10. On Sunday at Lambeau Field, they’ll meet with first place in the NFC North on the line.
Here are three reasons why the Packers will beat the Bears, continue their domination of the series and tell shirtless Ben Johnson to show some respect.
1. Packers Will Run Over Bears
There’s a lot of focus on Chicago’s powerhouse rushing attack, and for good reason. The Bears are No. 2 in the NFL rushing this season and No. 1 by a mile since Week 5. They just destroyed an Eagles defense that mostly shut down Packers running back Josh Jacobs.
However, the Packers could have a big advantage of their own in the running game with Jacobs attacking Chicago’s defense.
The Bears rank 28th against the run with 133.8 yards allowed per game. They are 30th with 5.18 yards allowed per carry. It’s not as if they started poorly and have regrouped. They’ve allowed more than 5.0 yards per carry in each of their last four games.
While the Bears limited Saquon Barkley and the Eagles to 87 yards last week (on only 17 carries), the previous five weeks they allowed 177 rushing yards to the Ravens, 169 against the Giants and 186 against the Steelers. It’s not as if the Giants or Steelers have anyone like Jacobs in the backfield.
Green Bay’s rushing attack has been a disappointment for most of the season but got rolling a bit against Detroit last week. Rookie right guard Anthony Belton is a work in progress in pass protection but an upgrade over Jordan Morgan in the run game. Aaron Banks is healthy and performing well at left guard. Center Sean Rhyan as a run blocker might be better than Elgton Jenkins.