It's Packers and Bears Week

Some comedy from Brett Favre during Packers and Bears week.

Packers and Bears to Tee It Up in Ryder Cup Golf Event

The Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers will take their storied rivalry off the football field and onto the golf course.

The bitter rivals will compete in a Ryder Cup-formatted event called Rivalry Cup 2012 to raise money for their respective charities: Bears Cares and the Green Bay Packers Foundation. The event will be held at the Medinah Country Club’s course No.3- host venue of the 2012 Ryder Cup.

The participants will be current and former players and coaches.

The teams will get their chance to clinch the win for charity and bragging rights on Monday, June 18. Tee times begin at noon and the event program convenes at 6 p.m.

2012 Green Bay Packers Schedule Released

And it really begins with a bang.

The 49ers, the Bears, at Seattle, then the Saints?

It's gets a little more manageable after that, but there is a 3-game road trip thrown in.

There is no way this is the 2nd easiest schedule in the NFL.

Who knows what will happen, but I'll say 11-5.

Week 15 NFL Play: Green Bay

It's Christmas Day and it's the Packers and Bears.

It's been the Packers' series recently and they are still playing for something.  The Bears are limping to the finish line this season with a ton of injuries.

The Packers and giving Chicago 11.5 and they need to lock up homefield advantage this week. Look for the starters to play, and play better than they did last week in Kansas City.

Take the Pack, give the 11.5.

Special Teams May Determine NFC Championship

After splitting two meetings this season the Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears will square off in a rubber match this Sunday afternoon that will also determine which NFC will make a little trip to Dallas for a game called the Super Bowl.

While the Packers feature the best quarterback this postseason in Aaron Rodgers along with four dangerous wideouts, the Bears counter with a stingy defense looking to put pressure on Rodgers at every opportunity.  The Bears have a capable quarterback of their own in Jay Cutler who will face Clay Matthews Jr., Charles Woodson and Tramon Williams and the rest of the Packer defense.

The one area where the Bears have an advantage through and through is special teams.  The Packers rank 24th against punt returns, and Bears return specialist Devin Hester broke one 62 yards for a critical late TD in the Bears’ 20-17 win at Soldier Field. The Packers ranked 13th against kickoffs but allowed a 102-yard return to Atlanta’s Eric Weems last week. Hester set an NFL season record for highest average on punt returns (17.1), so Packers punter Tim Masthay likely will take aim at the sidelines.

All this makes a Packer fan nervous.  What are the Packer's special teams to do?

1.  Kick away from Hester.  Or at the very least a high punt angled to the corner will give the Packer's gunners a chance to surround Hester or force a fair-catch.

2. Mason Crosby.  Is it just me or have other Packer fans lost a little confidence in the big legged Crosby?  He needs to make his field goals, and that is a tough task at Soldier Field.

3. Make tackles.  Can't afford to miss tackles.

4. Take away the lanes.  They need to be disciplined and take away the running lanes from the Bear returners.

Will they do all of this?  Not sure, but they need to be better than they have been in other big games this season.  At the very least if the Packers do 3 out of the 4, they should be able polka on down to "Big D" and try to win a 4th Super Bowl.