3 Chicago Bears Keys to Success for Week 11 vs the Green Bay Packers

2) Take Away Green Bay's Rushing Attack

In a divisional game, controlling the ball and the clock is very important, and the Bears will need more than just the offense's success on the ground to beat the Packers. Defensively, the Bears have struggled to stop the run all season but can rebound with a strong performance against one of the league's top ten rushers through 10 weeks.

The Bears defense has allowed 133 rushing yards per game, which ranks bottom-10 around the league. Over their current three-game losing streak, this figure has skyrocketed to 175 yards per game, the third mark behind the Jacksonville Jaguars and Washington Commanders. If the Bears are going to beat the Packers, they will have to keep Josh Jacobs and company to a much lower total than that.

Unfortunately for the home team, Jacobs has simply been one of the league's best rushers this season. His 762 yards is ranked fourth best in the NFL, and his 4.8 yards per carry ranks as the sixth best amongst all running backs with at least 70 carries. Against a solid offensive line, it is clear that the Bears' interior players Gervon Dexter Sr, Zacch Pickens, Tremaine Edmunds, and T.J. Edwards will all have to take on and beat blocks in the middle of the field to have a chance against Green Bay's offense.