When the Bears and Packers tee it up and kick off on Saturday night at Soldier Field, they’ll be doing so with one of the most flag-happy officiating crews in the NFL this season.
Saturday night’s Wild Card matchup between the NFL’s two oldest rivals is scheduled to be officiated by Adrian Hill and his crew. Hill’s crew has been responsible for the sixth-most flags thrown this season (251) of any officiating crew despite calling just 14 games, which is the fewest of any crew. On a per-game basis, Hill’s team has averaged 17.93 flags, which is the second-highest average in the NFL as well. All of this info comes via NFL Penalties.
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The Bears have had Adrian Hill’s crew twice so far this season. The first game was in Vegas, where the Bears were flagged eight times for 60 yards. The second was at Soldier Field against the Giants, in which they were flagged just three times for 25 yards. The Packers, meanwhile, have yet to play in front of Hill’s crew in this current campaign.
Overall, after a rough and undisciplined start to the season, Ben Johnson’s squad has done a great job limiting their penalties in the second half of the campaign. Through the first eight games of the 2025-26 season, Chicago averaged 8.8 penalties committed per game, including three matchups with double-digit flag totals. The penalty yardage average in the span was 72 yards per game.
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In the last nine outings, the Bears have cut down on their penalties quite a bit. Over that span, they’ve committed just 5.4 penalties per game, good for only 43.7 yards on average. One of the biggest criticisms of Ben Johnson in the early stages of his Bears tenure was his team’s lack of discipline and their tendency to commit penalties. Clearly, whatever steps he’s taken to correct that are working.
As for the Bears’ two games against Green Bay this year, well, they’ve been on both ends of the spectrum. The last time these two rivals played, just three weeks ago at Soldier Field, the Bears committed a whopping 10 penalties for 105 yards. Those 105 yards were the second-most penalty yards they accrued this season, and the 10 penalties were tied for the third-most flags thrown on them. However, in the first matchup in Green Bay, Chicago earned only 17 penalty yards against them on just four flags.
So, what does this all mean for Saturday? Who knows, really. I would expect to see maybe a few more flags, given the crew that’s in charge. Having said that, with the way Ben Johnson’s team is trending in the penalty department, and the fuel he’ll have to get the message through to his team from the previous 10-penalty game, I would think we’ll see one of the more disciplined efforts from the Bears that they’ve put in this season.
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