CHICAGO (5-11) at GREEN BAY (7-9)
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OPENING LINE – Packers by 7 1/2
RECORD VS. SPREAD – Chicago 8-6-2, Green Bay 7-9
SERIES RECORD – Packers lead 96-94-6
LAST MEETING – Packers beat Bears 23-16, Nov. 12, 2017
AP PRO32 RANKING – Bears No. 28, Packers No. 9
BEARS OFFENSE – OVERALL (30), RUSH (16), PASS (32).
BEARS DEFENSE – OVERALL (10)
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PACKERS OFFENSE – OVERALL (26), RUSH (17), PASS (25).
PACKERS DEFENSE – OVERALL (22), RUSH (17), PASS (23).
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES – 197th meeting in NFL’s oldest rivalry, dating to 1923. … Bears have lost four straight and eight of last nine vs. Green Bay. … Eighth straight night game at Lambeau Field for Bears. … Head coaching debut of Bears’ Matt Nagy. … QB Mitchell Trubisky set team rookie records last year with 193 completions and 2
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Nine days ago, Hue Jackson let it slip in a press conference that he had selected Baker Mayfield to backup Tyrod Taylor. The Browns coach
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鈥淚 pretty much have my mind made up on where that is,鈥?Jackson backtracked to reporters. 鈥淚 haven鈥檛 set it officially so you guys can write it. I like to tell my team first before I make those decisions on what we鈥檙e doing. We will kind of go from there.鈥?/p>
On Tuesday, Hard Knocks let everyone behind the scenes when Jackson told the quarterbacks of his decision.
Near the end of the final episode, Jackson called Mayfield and Drew Stanton into this office to let them know the No. 1 overall choice would begin the season active on game days as the No. 2 quarterback.
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Jackson dismissed Stanton before further addressing Mayfield, who went 35-of-61 for 501 yards with two touchdowns and an interception in the preseason.
鈥淚鈥檓 proud of what you鈥檝e done
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鈥淚鈥檓 going to keep creating situations for you to even do more. You keep doing your part every day. This is going to be your life for a long time, so I hope you understand the opportunity that鈥檚 in front of you right now. But you鈥檝e earned it. I鈥檓 not just giving it to you. You鈥檝e earned it.鈥?/p>
Mayfield thanked Jackson, and the coach added, 鈥淚鈥檓 proud of you.鈥?/p>
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