Bears' Cutler, Packers' 3-4 Bring Fresh Looks To Rivalry

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The opening game of any NFL season includes a number of what players and coaches like to call "unscouted looks," or variations a team has added during the offseason to its offense or defense that can't be studied very extensively on film ahead of time.

But Sunday night's season opener between the Packers and Bears features an even larger portion of the unknown, so to speak, for each team.

For the Packers, it's figuring out how different Chicago's traditional ball-control offense will function with a more athletic, daring passer at the controls in Jay Cutler.

Meanwhile for the Bears, it's facing the Packers' new 3-4 scheme under defensive coordinator Dom Capers, a coach with a long NFL resume who has never brought his wares to the NFC North.

"It goes both ways," linebacker A.J. Hawk said. "That's the good thing about football. It's not an exact science. You have to go out and make plays."

Cutler, acquired via trade from the Denver Broncos i..

Source: Packers.com
 

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