For only the third time in the rivalry’s history, the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers will battle it out in the opening round of the NFC playoffs.
The Bears, capturing the No. 2 seed in the NFC, will host the Packers next weekend at Soldier Field, with the NFL set to announce the schedule for the opening round of the postseason in the coming hours.
The two teams have played more than 200 times in their storied history, but only two of those matchups have come in the playoffs. The first came in 1941 when the Bears defeated the Packers 33-14 to advance to the NFL Championship Game, which they won over the New York Giants the following week.
It took 70 years for the teams to battle again in the playoffs, but this time it was the Packers who came out on top, as they won the 2011 NFC Championship Game at Soldier Field to advance to the Super Bowl.
The Bears have gotten to the playoffs largely on the strength of their offense, with the team finishing the season in the top-five in the NFL in terms of yards per game and in rushing yards per game.
Breakout seasons from Caleb Williams and Rome Odunze helped to usher in a whole new era of Bears football under head coach Ben Johnson, who is now aiming to become the first coach of the team to earn a playoff victory since Lovie Smith did so in 2011.
The task at hand will still be big despite injuries that have plagued the Packers in recent weeks. They will still of course be without pass rusher Micah Parsons, who is done for the season after suffering a knee injury, but they’ll have back quarterback Jordan Love, who suffered a concussion in a Week 16 loss to the Bears at Soldier Field.
The Bears and Packers split the season series in 2025, with Green Bay winning at Lambeau Field earlier in December.
If the Bears win the game, they would host a divisional round game at Soldier Field, with their opponent yet to be determined. The lowest-seeded team remaining in the playoffs would take on the Seattle Seahawks, with the other squad heading to Chicago to face the Bears.
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