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...
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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 […]
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The Green Bay Packers announced on Wednesday that linebacker Nick Niemann, a special teams ace who had been on the injured reserve, was activated to the 53-man roster for the playoffs. The team didn’t need to make a release on the active roster because cornerback-receiver Bo Melton went on the injured reserve today with the […]
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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...
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Earlier this week, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported that the issue with the Green Bay Packers’ non-extension situation with head coach Matt LaFleur is not about their thoughts on him as a head coach; It’s about money. Schefter said at the time that he expects both LaFleur and general manager Brian Gutekunst to be back in […]
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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...
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On Wednesday, head coach Matt LaFleur finally made a comment about receiver-cornerback Bo Melton, who dropped out of Sunday’s action with a knee injury and did not return to play. According to LaFleur, Melton didn’t have a serious injury like an ACL tear, but he will be going on the injured reserve, ending his season. […]
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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...
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It’s unfair for any one game to be a referendum on a player, coach, or team, but that’s almost always what playoff games end up becoming. I think just about everyone understands how limited the Packers are as a team at this point of the season. There’s no Micah Parsons, Tucker Kraft, Elgton Jenkins, or […]
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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 […]
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What do you make of these playoff-bound Green Bay Packers? There is no shortage of possible opinions. Maybe they’re a shambolic mess, maybe they’re a sleeping juggernaut, maybe they’re a badly bruised and broken team that should have been much better, maybe they’re some combination of all these things and more. But they are, above […]
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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 […]
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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...
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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...
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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...
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The Green Bay Packers announced on Tuesday that the team has released backup quarterback Clayton Tune, who had -7 net passing yards against the Minnesota Vikings in a Week 18 regular-season finale that almost exclusively saw the Packers’ backup players receive playing time. Earlier on Tuesday, Packers head coach Matt LaFleur admitted that starting quarterback […]
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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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On Tuesday, the Chicago Bears announced that they have designated offensive tackle Braxton Jones and cornerback Kyler Gordon to return. Both have been members of the injured reserve, but are now allowed to practice with the team this week and could possibly play against the Green Bay Packers in the wild card round. Jones began […]
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While we are playing the waiting game when it comes to Rome Odunze’s status for the Chicago Bears’ upcoming playoff game against the Green Bay Packers, his quarterback made a declaration that grabbed my attention:
Caleb Williams on Rome Odunze: "It's going to be great. Excited to have him back." — Adam Hoge (@AdamHoge) January 6, 2026
Rome Odunze’s availability for Bears-Packers playoff game trending in a positive direction
Bears quarterback Caleb Williams hinting at Rome ...
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How are you preparing for a third Bears-Packers showdown in the span of 34 days?
Because Chicago and Green Bay are playing on a short week, the first injury report of the week will drop at some point on Tuesday. Subsequent injury report updates will follow on Wednesday and Thursday. Save for cornerback C.J. Gardner-Johnson starting the week in concussion protocol, I feel as if the Bears exited their Week 18 loss against the Detroit Lions relatively unscathed. But we’ll see what the inju...
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THE DAILY SPONGIE SPECIAL BEARSSSSSS Bears coach Ben Johnson won’t use short playoff prep week as an excuse The Packers didn’t play their starters Sunday but the Bears did. While coach Ben Johnson defended his decision after the game — “Some teams, they rest their starters [but] we don’t, we play football,” he said — the playoff schedule might […]
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The NFC Wild Card round of the NFL playoffs will see the Chicago Bears (11-6) and Green Bay Packers (9-7-1) square off at Soldier Field on Saturday, January 10, 2026.
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Bears vs. Packers Game Info
When: Saturday, January 10, 2026 at 8 p.m. ET
Where: Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois
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The NFC Wild Card round of the NFL playoffs will see the Chicago Bears (11-6) and Green Bay Packers (9-7-1) square off at Soldier Field on Saturday, January 10, 2026.
Where to Buy Bears vs. Packers Tickets
If you’re wanting to buy tickets for the Week 1 game featuring the Bears and the Packers, head on over to Vivid Seats to snag your seats today!
Bears vs. Packers Game Info
When: Saturday, January 10, 2026 at 8 p.m. ET
Where: Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois
TV info: Amazon Pr...
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As we inch closer toward the end of the Green Bay Packers’ season, it seems more and more clear that Packers president and CEO Ed Policy plans to bring both head coach Matt LaFleur and general manager Brian Gutekunst back in 2026, despite electing not extend either in his first summer as the pseudo-owner of […]
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