There’s no easing into this one. The Chicago Bears host the Green Bay Packers at Soldier Field in the Wild Card Round, and the stakes don’t need embellishment. This is the league’s oldest rivalry, colliding with January football in a postseason meeting that has happened only twice before. One team advances. One team goes home carrying the weight of it.
For Chicago, it’s about more than survival. It’s about validation — of a division title, of a new coaching staff, of a quarterback who has already stared down Green Bay and delivered. For Green Bay, it’s familiar territory: road confidence, underdog energy, and the chance to remind everyone that history still matters.
Oddsmakers may have Chicago as home underdogs. The national narrative may tilt toward the Packers’ postseason scars. But this Bears team hasn’t spent the season worrying about optics. They’ve leaned on grit, late-game belief, and the sense that when it matters most, they’re no longer waiting for something to go wrong.
However it plays out, this much is certain: Bears–Packers in January doesn’t come around often. And when it does, it has a way of sticking with you long after the final whistle.
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Patrick K. Flowers
Bears 28, Packers 24
Chicago’s offense can score, especially late, and so can the Packers. With the bend-don’t-break defense that will define Chicago’s season one way or another, this one becomes a battle of who converts more opportunities into six rather than three. I think Chicago has the slight edge here, given their success against Green Bay in red-zone defense situations this season.
Luis C. Medina
Bears 18, Packers 11
My bold prediction for this game is that it will somehow result in Scorigami.
Matt Rooney
Bears 31, Packers 23
This game can go either way, truly. I think being at home helps. I think Chicago will learn from the undisciplined effort they got away with last time these two played at Soldier Field. I think the offense plays well, and the defense bends but doesn’t break enough for a one-score win at home.
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