The 11-5 Bears won the first game between the long time rivals, on September 27, by 20-17 at Soldier Field. The 10-6 Packers, won at home in the final game of the season, 10-3, preserving their spot in the playoffs as the sixth seed in the NFC. If the Packers were to win, they would join the 2005 Pittsburgh Steelers as the only #6 seeds to play in the Super Bowl. In the playoffs so far, Aaron Rodgers has thrown for three touchdowns at Philadelphia, in their 21-16 win, and he went 31 of 36 for 366 yards and three TD’s in last Saturday’s 48-21 win at Atlanta. Rodgers has a 125 passer rating over his last nine games, with 22 touchdowns and two interceptions, as noted by ESPN.com. He has won four of six starts against the Bears,completing 68.6% of his passes, with seven TD’s and four interceptions. In that final game of the season, Jay Cutler threw for 221 yards and a touchdown, but he was sacked six times, and picked off twice. In the Bears playoff 35-24 win against the Seahawks, he threw for 274 yards and two touchdowns. Cutler also ran for two TD’s. Against the Bears, he is 1-4, with nine interceptions and five touchdowns. Cutler will have to keep an eye on Packers cornerback Tramon Williams, who intercepted Michael Vick in the end zone to finish off the Eagles postseason,and then had two more against Atlanta, and ran the second one back for a touchdown. Defensively, the Packers rank second in the league, in giving up 15 points per game during the regular season, while the Bears are the fourth best, in giving up an average of 17.9 points per game. The Packers have won their two playoff games on the road, but have lost three of their last four trips to Chicago. As noted by ESPN.com, each of the past five meetings have been won by seven points or less.
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