6 Big Questions Facing Green Bay Packers v. Bears

Will this Green Bay Packers OL be able to handle Robert Quinn and Akiem Hicks?

The Green Bay Packers don’t have to face Khalil Mack this time around, who has since been placed on season-ending IR, but they will still have to contend with Robert Quinn and potentially Akiem Hicks, who is listed as questionable, but was a full participant at Friday’s practice.

Despite dealing with several injuries and a lot of movement, this Green Bay offensive line has held up well, all things considered. Although not the dominant unit that they were a season ago, the run game has been effective enough, and Rodgers more often than not has the time he needs.

While this group may be coming off an impressive performance against Aaron Donald and a stout Rams’ defensive front, each week is going to come with the question, can they do it again?

Quinn has tallied 11 sacks already this season, which is the seventh most in football per PFF, and I expect to see a lot of him on Yosh Nijman. Meanwhile, Hicks is a potential game wrecker with the push that he can generate up the middle –although with this possibly being his first game back since Week 9, it’s fair to wonder if he will be on a pitch count — and he will be up against two young Green Bay guards.

With that said, and as we’ve seen, there are ways for Green Bay to mitigate that Bears’ pass rush, including tight end chips, leaning on the run game as well as the quick passing game. Once again, I’m sure we can anticipate seeing plenty of these strategies.