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2011 NFC Championship: Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears Predictions and Odds

January 22, 2011   ·     ·   Jump to comments

The last few weeks we've heard a lot of chatter about rivalries in the NFL Playoffs. Well, I got news for you: there are few better rivalries in the entire sports world than the Green Bay Packers versus the Chicago Bears.
Maybe it is the 21 combined championships. Maybe it is the 48 combined members in the Hall of Fame. Maybe it is the tradition or the at-its-roots nostalgia that these two ancient Midwestern franchises conjure up. But when the Packers travel to Soldiers Field at 2 p.m. on Sunday for their 183rd meeting with the Bears, there will be a lot more at stake than pride.
The Bears and Packers will square off in the NFC Championship Game for a shot at the ultimate prize in our nation's prominent sport—the Super Bowl title. This is the first time in 70 years that these two have met in the postseason, and this has to be considered one of the most monumental games in this matchup's history.
But that is the past. And the Super Bowl is in the future of the winne...

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