Chicago Bears vs. Green Bay Packers

The Chicago Bears will host the Green Bay Packers on December 31 at Soldiers Field in Chicago. Chicago Bears Tickets to the game cost anywhere from $35 to $50,000 through Stubhub.com. This is the Bears final home game of the season and given that the Bears are guaranteed home field advantage through the playoffs, one has to begin to ask what the philosophy should be going into this game. Do you start your best players and crush the Packers, keeping them from going to the playoffs and ending Favre’s career on a downer? Or, do you play your second string to keep your starters healthy for the post-season? Da Bears Blog says to hell with caution, play the starters. “These are the Packers. For ten years they’ve stomped on us while #4 basically set passing records in soldiers Field.”

Soldiers Field

The troubling thing about the win against the Detroit Lions was that it was close. The Bears defense, which had all of its starters, basically let the Lions march up and down the field as they saw fit and was just barely able to hold on for the win. While the Bears have yet to announce their plans for this weekend’s game against the Packers, it remains that the however much Grossman has struggled all season, the Bears keep winning. Now, facing the prospect of finish 14-2 and knocking the Packers out of the playoffs, the question to ask is: Is finishing the season 14-2 worth the gamble of hurting the starters?

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