# Bill Huber: Huber picks the Bears to beat the Packers in Green Bay, predicting a close game in which Chicago pulls away late for a 31-21 win.

**Claimed:** Oct 11, 2026
**Pundit:** Bill Huber — https://missedtakes.co/pundits/bill-huber
**Outlet:** Sports Illustrated — https://missedtakes.co/outlets/sports-illustrated
**How it reached us:** published in writing
**Original:** https://www.si.com/nfl/packers/onsi/packers-bears-predictions-rivalry-changing-opportunity-is-on-silver-platter

One checkable claim, graded on its own against what actually happened.

The call scored 16.7 out of 100, against 50 for a naive guess at the same calls.

> Prediction: Bears 31, Packers 21.

*(their words, quoted for attribution)*

## The claims

- **Chicago Bears 31 — Packers 21**
  - Kind: Score Predictions · About: Chicago Bears
  - Verdict: scored 16.67 out of 100, against 50 for a naive guess
  - Line: Closing line (Oct 11, 2026): Bears by 1.5, total 46.5 · this 31–21 calls a bigger Bears win (by 10) and more points (52). Source: nflverse; context only, never part of the grade.

## Who this take is about

- Chicago Bears — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/teams/bears

## What others said about the same people

- Jacob Westendorf on Chicago Bears: Westendorf also picks Chicago, saying the mistake-prone Packers will lose a third straight game to the Bears, 34-17. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/d4dcda0b-14c7-451c-88c2-2020e2dbd32f (scored 33.33)
- Pete Martuneac on Chicago Bears: Martuneac predicts the Bears dominate the Packers in Week 5, winning 31-13, with Tyson Bagent starting in place of a sidelined Caleb Williams and D'Andre Swift rushing for 120 yards. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/2d816270-bb29-4a26-871b-3d05402e59a3 (scored 35.71)
- TJ Starman on Chicago Bears: Sees the Bears taking a fairly close game, 24-20. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/0c8235b8-e920-4f33-822b-ef52f2942c72 (scored 2.38)
- Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. on Chicago Bears: Predicts the Bears beat the Packers 28-17 behind their running game. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/2a53e005-4046-414c-a27b-786cc535a236 (scored 19.05)
- Gary Baugher Jr. on Chicago Bears: Predicts a Bears win by at least two scores, 27-13. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/fec0e99f-6349-44b5-b00d-2b62865ced82 (scored 26.19)
- Donald Gooch on Chicago Bears: Predicts a 42-10 Bears rout with two rushing touchdowns and over 100 rushing yards for D'Andre Swift, a short-yardage score and 50 rushing yards for Roschon Johnson, just over 200 passing yards and a touchdown to Colston Loveland from Tyson Bagent, two sacks for Sweat plus one each for Booker and Dayo, and an interception for Muhammed. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/ab12af7d-78cf-421f-a6d2-c5aef8947aba (scored 30.95)

## More score predictions

The same kind of call, about other players and teams.

- Jared Dubin on Los Angeles Rams: Dubin picks the Rams to beat the Bills in the Week 5 Monday night game, projecting a 28-24 final score as Los Angeles' Nacua-Adams-Williams trio proves too much for Buffalo's defense. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/4d5c92bc-d4b9-48e9-bb9f-695f82fee90b (scored 47.62)
- Ty Schmit on Los Angeles Rams: Predicted a 38-34 Rams win over the Bills on Monday night, and said Micah Parsons will be back on the field for the Packers within the next week or two. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/95627559-9ab1-4c1a-bb21-bb46709b6b6f (scored 47.62)
- Tyler Sullivan on Los Angeles Rams: Sullivan picked the Rams to beat the Bills 28-24 on Monday night. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/71e3f67c-e086-4efb-ac04-e77eeafc855b (scored 47.62)
- Jordan Dajani on Buffalo Bills: Dajani picked the Bills to beat the Rams 30-27 on Monday night. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/09826cd4-dbcf-4c85-aa4a-450c3b8c8125 (scored 100)
- Pete Prisco on Los Angeles Rams: Prisco picked the Rams to edge the Bills 34-33 on Monday night. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/260feea4-f6df-4ec7-bafc-1d4803807bc6 (scored 45.24)
- John Breech on Los Angeles Rams: Breech picked the Rams to beat the Bills 38-31 on Monday night, and after San Francisco's road win in Seattle suggested the NFC West would run through the 49ers. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/dbfca0ed-5831-4722-a2f4-263fd14485ba (scored 40.48)

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