A Difficult Position for the Bears

The ancient rivalry between the Bears and the Green Bay Packers is often called the greatest in the National Football League and sometimes called the greatest in all of sports. The Bears dominated for most of the first seven decades--with the notable exception of the 1960s, during which Green Bay won five world championships.  

     By the end of the 1991 season, the Bears held a comfortable advantage in the series, at 80-57-6. But beginning in 1992, just two quarterbacks--Hall of Famer Brett Favre and future Hall of Famer Aaron Rodgers--have started 96 percent of the Packers' games between them. Meanwhile, 33 different quarterbacks have started for the Bears, and only Jay Cutler has started as many as 50 games.

     Not coincidentally, the history of the rivalry has tilted dramatically in Green Bay's favor. The Bears' 23-game margin after 1991 has evaporated and then some. The Packers have won 43 of the 58 meetings since 1992, and their convincing victory over the Bears on Sunday night was their 100th of the series. The overall ledger now stands at 100-95-6 in favor of Green Bay. 

 

JAY CUTLER

 

Below is the complete list of Packers quarterbacks who have started a regular-season game since the beginning of the 1992 season, with each player's number of starts in parentheses.

  1. Don Majkowski, 1992 (3)

  2. Brett Favre, 1992 - 2007 (253)

  3. Aaron Rodgers, 2008 - 2020 (185 through November 2020)

  4. Matt Flynn, 2010 - 2013 (6)

  5. Scott Tolzien, 2013 (2)

  6. Seneca Wallace, 2013 (1)

  7. Brett Hundley, 2017 (7)

 

Below is the complete list of Bears quarterbacks who have started a regular-season game since the beginning of the 1992 season, with each player's number of starts in parentheses.

  1. Jim Harbaugh, 1992 - 1993 (28)

  2. Peter Tom Willis, 1992 - 1993 (3)

  3. Will Furrer, 1992 (1)

  4. Steve Walsh, 1994 (11)

  5. Erik Kramer, 1994 - 1998 (46)

  6. Dave Krieg, 1996 (12)

  7. Rick Mirer, 1997 (3)

  8. Steve Stenstrom, 1998 (7)

  9. Moses Moreno, 1998 (1)

10. Shane Matthews, 1999 - 2001 (15)

11. Cade McNown 1999 - 2000 (15)

12. Jim Miller, 1999 - 2002 (26)

13. Chris Chandler, 2002 - 2003 (13)

14. Henry Burris, 2002 (1)

15. Kordell Stewart, 2003 (7)

16. Rex Grossman, 2003 - 2008 (31)

17. Craig Krenzel, 2004 (5)

18. Chad Hutchinson, 2004 (5)

19. Jonathan Quinn, 2004 (3)

20. Kyle Orton, 2005 - 2008 (33)

21. Brian Griese, 2007 (6)

22. Jay Cutler, 2009 - 2016 (102)

23. Todd Collins, 2010 (1)

24. Caleb Hanie, 2011 (4)

25. Josh McCown, 2011 - 2013 (7)

26. Jason Campbell, 2012 (1)

27. Jimmy Clausen, 2014 - 2015 (2)

28. Matt Barkley, 2016 (6)

29. Brian Hoyer, 2016 (5)

30. Mike Glennon, 2017 (4)

31. Mitchell Trubisky, 2017 - 2020 (45 through November 2020)

32. Chase Daniel, 2018 - 2019 (3)

33. Nick Foles, 2020 (7)

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