NFL picks and predictions 2013, Week 9: Bears vs. Packers

The Green Bay Packers host the Chicago Bears in an NFC North showdown on Monday Night Football. Most experts are picking the Packers to win.

The two teams are separated by just one game in the division standings, but things are looking down for the Bears. They lost Jay Cutler for several weeks and Lance Briggs also went down, another blow to a defense hurt by injuries. Josh McCown will be starting against a Packers defense that barely saw the field last week. Aaron Rodgers suffocated the Vikings despite not having Randall Cobb, James Jones or Jermichael Finley. Jones is hoping to be back soon, but it might not be this week.

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