The Green Bay Packers are off the bye and headed south for the winter.

Ok, not entirely.

A short trip to Chicago will be their first of three games in 11 days.

The Packers are 6-3 and coming off of their bye week.

The Bears have lost three straight games, and are in flux.

They've changed offensive coordinators, and may have some players on the team wishing that they'd bench Caleb Williams for Tyson Bagent.

Simply put, they're a mess.

The Packers should win this going away, right?

The Packers Win If: Start Fast

The Bears are in shambles.

They reportedly have some veteran players pining or a quarterback change. They have a new offensive coordinator who was in Carolina a season ago.

They've lost three games in a row, and have not scored a touchdown since late October.

Simply put, the easiest path to victory in Green Bay is to kick Chicago while they're down.

Chicago looks like a broken team that is ready to give up on the season with a daunting schedule in front of them.

Starting fast, and putting Chicago in a 10-0 hole early could turn this game into another blowout in Green Bay's favor.

The Packers Lose If: Chicago's Defense Rules The Day

Stop me if you've heard this before. The Chicago Bears are run on the strength of their defense.

That's especially true in the passing game, where the Bears are second in the NFL in opponent's passer rating behind only the Detroit Lions.

Perhaps Jordan Love's issues with turning the ball over is just the medicine this defense ordered after being beaten into submission by New England a week ago.

Love is tied for the league lead with 10 interceptions on the season, and the Bears are in the top five in the NFL in takeaways.

If the defense is able to take the ball away from Green Bay's offense, they can give their struggling offense short fields.

If Love takes care of the ball the way he promised he would before the bye week, Chicago's defense could have a long day ahead of them.

Winner: Packers 31 Bears 13

The Bears at this point of the season look like a team that is dreaming about a golf course.

They've struggled immensely and were openly asking for their offensive coordinator to be fired.

The Packers have dominated the Bears since 1992, going 51-15 in that timeframe.

This week, the Packers have every off-field advantage imaginable. They're rested. They're stable. They're healthy.

The Bears are not rested.

They're certainly not stable.

They're not healthy either.

If the Packers are serious Super Bowl contenders as they've consistently claimed they are, they should win this game going away.

Player of the Game: Edgerrin Cooper

Last week, the Patriots used one of their linebackers as a way to spy Caleb Williams when he broke the pocket, due to his propensity to hold onto the ball.

Edgerrin Cooper seems like a player fit for that role. He's been good at hunting quarterbacks this season, and in a copycat league could find a similar role given to him this week by Jeff Hafley.

A big day from Cooper, the playmaking second-round pick, who should be in line for more snaps, should go a long way to keeping a struggling Bears offense on the mat.

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