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With Saturday’s Wild Card game being the third meeting between the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears over the span of 6 weeks, I have a pretty good feel for who these teams are and what we’re going to see them do this weekend. Sure, there will be wrinkles and variations and changeups and […]
From Acme Packing Company | about 1 month ago | 2 reads
THE DAILY SPONGIE SPECIAL BEARSSSSSS Oldest living Chicago Bear, 92, hopes team has Super Bowl in its future: ‘It would be my greatest goodbye’ John Damore wants it to happen. So do we all. Bears’ defense makes big plays, but needs steadier all-around play vs. Packers Wow, that’s an insightful observation! Who would have thunk […]
From Windy City Gridiron | about 1 month ago | 2 reads
Check out best bets for when the Green Bay Packers (9-7-1) and Chicago Bears (11-6) square off in the NFC Wild Card round at Soldier Field on Saturday, January 10, 2026. Sign up for Fubo to watch the NFL, live sports and entertainment without cable! Best Over/Under Bet O/U Pick: Over (45.5) The Packers and their opponent have combined to score over 45.5 points in eight of 17 games this year, which is this game’s set total. Bears games have gone over 45.5 total points scored in nine...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | about 1 month ago | 0 reads
The Green Bay Packers (9-7-1) meet the Chicago Bears (11-6) in the NFC Wild Card round of the playoffs on Saturday, January 10, 2026 at Soldier Field. The Packers are averaging 23.0 points per game on offense (16th in NFL), and they rank 11th on the other side of the ball with 21.2 points allowed per game. The Bears’ defense has been bottom-five in total defense this season, allowing 361.8 total yards per game, which ranks fourth-worst. Offensively, they rank sixth with 369.5 total yards per...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | about 1 month ago | 1 read
Welcome to the latest episode of Bears Over Beers! This week, join our hosts Ryan Droste and Bryan Orenchuk as they as they get you ready for the first Chicago Bears home playoff game since the 2018 season! That’s right, it’s time for some beers, some Bears, and some playoff football talk (finally)! Join Ryan and […]
From Windy City Gridiron | about 1 month ago | 1 read
If Trevon Diggs does end up replacing one of the Green Bay Packers’ cornerbacks this week against the Chicago Bears, don’t expect it to be Keisean Nixon. Defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley had some strong praise for Nixon in his weekly presser on Wednesday. I think he’ll play a great game. You know, I know he’s […]
From Acme Packing Company | about 1 month ago | 1 read
The Green Bay Packers inched closer to full strength on Wednesday as they continued preparations for Saturday’s Wild Card Round matchup against the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field. The biggest development came in the secondary, where safety Javon Bullard (knee) was limited again after leaving Week 18 early but remains firmly on track to play. That matters for a Packers defense that relies heavily on Bullard’s versatility in sub-packages. On the flip side, Bo Melton (knee) was officially pl...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | about 1 month ago | 3 reads
As the Chicago Bears prepare to take on the Green Bay Packers in the Wild Card round of the NFL Playoffs this Saturday, the second official injury report of the week has been released. The Bears had a walk-thru practice on Tuesday and a full practice on Wednesday. The team listed four players as DNP […]
From Windy City Gridiron | about 1 month ago | 0 reads
Caleb Williams’ optimism that Rome Odunze will play in the Bears’ upcoming playoff game against the Packers has received a boost from none other than Rome Odunze, himself. ESPN’s Courtney Cronin reports that Odunze plans on playing in Saturday’s game against the Packers. And this is what he had to say about his pending return: “There might be some limitations, those are still to be discussed. For me, I’m looking to be out there as much as possible. Make as many plays as I can. At t...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | about 1 month ago | 0 reads
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-gam...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | about 1 month ago | 0 reads
Montez Sweat noticed something different at Halas Hall on Tuesday. “We’re usually packing the cars up, sending everything back home to the home base, and getting ready for the offseason,” Sweat said during his Tuesday media availability at Halas Halll. “It feels good preparing for the postseason right now.” EPISODE NO. 16 OF THE BN BEARS PODCAST IS HERE: Apple | Spotify | YouTube I’d like to imagine that Chicago Bears General Manager Ryan Poles had the postseason in mind w...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | about 1 month ago | 0 reads
It was only a matter of time before the Detroit Lions were named as a team that could be interested in hiring an assistant coach off of Ben Johnson’s staff. And we already have one name as a possible target for the offensive coordinator vacancy in Detroit — Bears Offensive Coordinator Declan Doyle. Yahoo’s Jori Epstein connects the dots (and shares a story worth reading about what Ben Johnson sees in Chicago’s young OC): A name that makes sense for Lions OC: Bears OC Declan Doyle. Co...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | about 1 month ago | 2 reads
Caleb Williams now has the Chicago Bears single season franchise record of 3,942 yards. His 27 TD passes is tied for the fourth best total with Jay Cutler’s 2009, behind Erik Kramer’s 29 (1995), Cutler’s 28 (2014), and Sid Luckman’s (!!!) 28 (1943). It is a top five season of passing the football in franchise […]
From Windy City Gridiron | about 1 month ago | 0 reads
Chicago Bears Head Coach Ben Johnson didn’t drop any bulletin board material in his Tuesday press conference. However, Bears Head Coach Ben Johnson has turned the page and moved his focus onto Packers Week 3.0. And with that, comes some encouraging words regarding where quarterback Caleb Williams stands going into his first-ever playoff start. When Johnson spoke to the media on Tuesday, three quotes about his quarterback stood out to me: “He’s a completely different quarterback tha...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | about 1 month ago | 0 reads
Happy hump day! Let’s talk about the Bears and som other things happening around the NFL. Leave it to Bears Head Coach Ben Johnson to share the perfect quote for a turn-the-page Wednesday: “We’re mentally prepared to play for five more weeks,” Johnson said ( h/t Bears Wire ). “That’s our intent. How do you do that? You go out and win the first one. … We’re going to go all out for this game, and we’ll worry about the future when the time comes.” This is the attitude the...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | about 1 month ago | 0 reads
The Chicago Bears allowed just one sack against the Detroit Lions on Sunday, bringing the season total to 24. That’s the lowest they’ve had since I’ve been doing Sackwatch, and it’s also the eleventh fewest for the team all time. So before I break down the sack allowed, let’s take a look at a few […]
From Windy City Gridiron | about 1 month ago | 0 reads
The Chicago Bears didn’t finish the regular season as they hoped, as they coasted through most of Week 18 and lost to the Detroit Lions, but this time, they can turn the page and start a new chapter in the 2025 season: Playoffs. The Bears have an opportunity to get all the good vibes back with a […]
From Windy City Gridiron | about 1 month ago | 0 reads
THE SPONGIE FLUS GOT FIRED AGAIN SPECIAL BEARSSSSSS Ben Johnson can flip narrative after previous Bears coaches’ losses in big games vs. Packers Johnson opened his tenure as the Bears’ coach with a shot at Matt LaFleur and now has to back it up with the Bears’ playoff lives on the line. The football gods […]
From Windy City Gridiron | about 1 month ago | 0 reads
Both the Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears held walkthroughs on Tuesday, so the first day of this week’s official injury report is just an estimation. On the Packers’ end, head coach Matt LaFleur stated earlier today that the team listened to the advice of their medical staff and decided to have a walkthrough, as […]
From Acme Packing Company | about 1 month ago | 0 reads
The first installment of the Chicago Bears injury report ahead of the team’s playoff matchup against the Green Bay Packers is OUT. And it comes with a bit of good news regarding some key players working their way back from injury. Wide receiver Rome Odunze and cornerback Kyler Gordon were both listed as limited participants in Tuesday’s walk-through at Halas Hall. Tuesday’s Bears injury report is deemed an estimation by the team, which didn’t have a full practice. In other words, Gordon a...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | about 1 month ago | 1 read
Cole Kmet is a Chicagoland guy who knows the local sports scene all too well. And heading into Saturday’s Bears-Packers playoff game, it sounds like Kmet is ready to rewrite Chicago Sports history. Or, at a minimum, write a new chapter with the blank page that this season has provided. This is quite the quote pull via 670 The Score’s Chris Emma : “I feel like that with Chicago sports in general. Always felt like that with the Cubs, here obviously in Chicago with the Bears, it’s kin...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | about 1 month ago | 0 reads
We’re staring down the barrel of just the third ever Green Bay Packers-Chicago Bears playoff game in NFL history, and the Packers just played their junior varsity unit against the Minnesota Vikings. Generally, I don’t want to write too much about Green Bay’s Week 18 effort, but we should mention that seven players made their […]
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Saturday night can’t get here soon enough. Ever since the Wild Card Round matchup was made official after last Sunday’s NFL slate, the football world has been sounding off with their opinions on the Bears and Packers rubber match at Soldier Field on Saturday night. Today on the Up & Adams show with Kay Adams, Bears legend Matt Forte chimed in with his expectations for Saturday night’s showdown. Unsurprisingly, Forte thinks his former squad will be ready to roll when the ball kicks of...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | about 1 month ago | 0 reads
Caleb Williams has done a bunch of cool things this season. He led the Bears to 11 wins, quarterbacked the team to its first playoff appearance since 2020, and led the way so the squad could capture its first NFC North title since 2018. Williams also set the franchise’s single-season passing yardage record in Week 18. It has been a banner year for the second-year quarterback. But for all the boxes Caleb Williams checked in terms of accomplishments this season, this is one I was not expect...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | about 1 month ago | 0 reads
The Green Bay Packers will have a walkthrough practice on Tuesday, as the team prepares for its short turnaround to play the Chicago Bears. Because of the nature of playing a Saturday road game, the Packers will have to end up traveling on Friday, meaning that all of their on-field work will need to be […]
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