Green Bay offense vs. Chicago defense

	PACKERS OFFENSE
	Ranking in the NFL:
	Run	26
	Pass	5
	Tot. Yds.	10
	Scoring	16
	Int's allowed	15
	Sacks allowed	25
	BEARS DEFENSE
	Ranking in the NFL:
	vs. Run	21
	vs. Pass	30
	Total yds. allowed	28
	# of Ints.	8
	# of Sacks	31
	Turnover differential	-4

Brett Favre has had more success the past two games because he is taking what opposing defenses give him. Instead of forcing the ball into coverage, Favre has smartly dumped the ball off to RB Dorsey Levens or thrown the ball downfield in hopes of drawing pass interference calls on WR's Corey Bradford or Bill Schroeder.

An encouraging sign in the win over San Francisco was the involvement of WR Antonio Freeman in the intermediate passing game. Levens' work in the flats has drawn opposing coverage near the line of scrimmage, which will expose DCs Walt Harris and Terry Cousin this week.

The Packers' offensive line also did an excellent job of protecting Favre last week against a sluggish Niners pass rush. This week the Bears will target fill-in LOT Mike Wahle, who still is having a hard time adjusting to the move from guard.

Chicago has given up a number of big plays through the air all season but were not really tested on Thanksgiving Day against Detroit. One area the Bears must improve is defending the pass on third down. On the final drive last week, Dick Jauron's defense allowed three critical third down conversions which allowed Detroit to run out the clock.

Chicago's run defense seems to be getting more aggressive each week and it did a tremendous job of containing Detroit RB Greg Hill last week. DTs Mike Wells and Jim Flanigan must do a good job of occupying the Packers' interior line in order to free up MLB Sean Harris.

With Levens gaining the bulk of his yards outside, the Bears will run into trouble when Harris is forced to fight through trash inside. The biggest key to Levens' success the past two games has been the exceptional lead blocking of FB William Henderson, who has picked up the slack for a shuffled offensive line.

Although the plan to rest DE Vonnie Holliday on a situational basis worked well on Monday night against San Francisco -- as he got consistent pressure on Steve Stenstrom -- the Packers desperately need someone other than Holliday and Keith McKenzie to make a difference against the pass. If they are forced to go with a blitz-heavy scheme, QBs Cade McNown or Shane Matthews (Jim Miller was suspended for the final four games of the season) will pick apart the Packers defense.

Chicago's offense does an excellent job of creating individual matchups with motion and formation variation and they should be able to hurt the Packers underneath with WR Curtis Conway and over the top with Marcus Robinson and Bobby Engram. Robinson was held in check (4 rec., 66 yds.) in the first meeting but the Packers will have a much more difficult time with Conway now in the lineup.

Chicago had great success on the ground in the first meeting between these teams but they have since scrapped their four-back rotation. RB Curtis Enis, who rushed for 88 yards on 20 carries at Lambeau Field, will get the bulk of the work on Sunday.

Green Bay is giving up 129.1 yards on the ground per game and they were gashed by San Francisco last week despite using eight men in the box. Poor tackling continues to be a problem for the Packers, and they must do a better job of keeping contain on the edges. OLB's Jude Waddy and Anthony Davis didn't fare well against the Niners but the team hopes to get back George Koonce this week.