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One way or another, the Bears won’t be the same after tonight

It’s not like we haven’t been here before.  The Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers have played a lot of big games in the 104 years of their rivalry. They’ve played 18 primetime games in the last 20 years. They’ve faced each other with the playoffs on the line. They’ve even battled for the right […]

about 1 month ago | 5 reads

Bears Roster Moves: Kyler Gordon Activated

The Chicago Bears have made a few roster moves ahead of their Wild Card playoff game against the Green Bay Packers. First, they activated Kyler Gordon from injured reserve to the 53-man roster. Grodon’s return comes at the perfect time, as the player who was playing nickelback in his place, C.J. Gardner-Johnson, is sidelined with […]

about 1 month ago | 3 reads

Wild Card NFL TV Schedule, Live Game Message Board, and Fan Discussion

While the Chicago Bears making it to the postseason is obviously great for our fandom, if you pull back and look at the big picture, this has overall been a fantastic season for the National Football League. So many budding new superstars around the league. New coaches in the playoffs. Plenty of interesting storylines are […]

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about 1 month ago | 1 read

Chicago Bears Place Three on the AP NFL All-Pro Teams

The Associated Press has revealed its NFL All-Pro Teams, and three Chicago Bears received the honor. Left guard Joe Thuney and safety Kevin Byard III have been named First-Team All-Pro, and right tackle Darnell Wright has been selected as All-Pro for the Second-Team. This is Thuney’s third consecutive First-Team All-Pro, with the previous two as […]

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about 1 month ago | 1 read

Bears vs Packers: Legends Doug Plank and Tom Waddle Preview the Game

On her latest Making Monsters podcast, Taylor Doll is joined by two Chicago Bears legends to help preview today’s Wild Card game against the Green Bay Packers. First, she’s joined by former Bears wideout and current ESPN 1000 host, Tom Waddle, to preview the offensive side of the ball. They chat about the offense’s progress […]

about 1 month ago | 3 reads

Gridiron Time Machine: Chicago Bears Wildcard Flashbacks

1.) 1995 Bears @ Vikings: 6-point road underdogs swat Vikings by 17 as defense shines in Minnesota The ‘94 Minnesota Vikings had the Chicago Bears’ number in the regular season. In their week 3 trip to Soldier Field the Vikings dropped 42 on the Bears in a game that didn’t see the Bears get on […]

about 1 month ago | 1 read

WCG Predicts: Chicago Bears vs Green Bay Packers, Wild Card Edition

Hello, Chicago Bears Fans! It’s been a long road getting from the complete teardown and rebuild of this team when Ryan Poles became general manager to here, our first NFC North Division championship and a home playoff game against the hated Packers. There have been bumps along the way, including a season that saw the […]

about 1 month ago | 1 read

Bears vs. Packers Wild Card: TV channel, previews, odds, and more

Get ready for either one of the greatest Saturday nights of your Chicago Bears fandom or one of the worst. Wild Card weekend has the Green Bay Packers in the Windy City to take on the Chicago Bears, and the emotions will be high for this one. The rivalry, which has tilted toward the Packers […]

about 1 month ago | 2 reads

Film study: 5 Bears scouting reports from loss to Lions

The Bears already had the NFC North crown in hand going into their Week 18 matchup against the Lions. It ended up working out, as they still claimed the No. 2 seed in the NFC as a result of the Eagles’ loss on Sunday, but it was Detroit that ended up on top at Soldier […]

about 1 month ago | 2 reads

Final Regular Season NFL Power Rankings

The 2025 NFL regular season is in the books. As this season has progressed, we’ve done power rankings for you at roughly each 25% mark of the season. Power rankings are regular-season fun, but nobody needs to see power rankings each week in the NFL Playoffs; those power rankings are decided on the field. So […]

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about 1 month ago | 0 reads

Chicago Bears vs. Green Bay Packers Wild Card: Four Key Players

The NFL season is an evolving state of affairs with each team aspiring to hoist the Lombardi Trophy come February, but only 14 teams earn a chance to do so once the playoffs roll around. Chicago has earned that right for the first time since 2020 when they snuck in as a 7 seed wild-card […]

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about 1 month ago | 1 read

Wild Card: Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears: 3 Props to Play

For the first time in our Chicago Bears prop series, we get to do playoff props! The Bears welcome the Packers on Saturday night in what should be an interesting game, and also difficult to gauge exactly how this game will play out this far in advance when we don’t know exactly what the wind […]

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5 Questions with Acme Packing Company: Who wins the rubber match?

It’s playoff time, baby! The Chicago Bears have their first home playoff game in 7 years, and lo and behold, the Green Bay Packers happen to be the team that falls to the Bears’ opponent on the bracket. It’s only the third time the Bears and Packers will meet in the postseason, and they are […]

about 1 month ago | 1 read

Bears-Packers Wild Card game: Keys to a Chicago victory

The postseason is finally here. After a fun season filled with incredibly memorable moments and games, the Chicago Bears get a shot at playoff glory. It certainly won’t be easy with a third game against the Green Bay Packers looming large. The Packers and Bears already played two close games this season. But there are […]

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Chicago Bears Question of the Day: Who needs to step up?

It is time! Our beloved Chicago Bears face off against the Green Bay Packers on Saturday at beautiful Soldier Field. While the Bears have absolutely earned their place in the playoffs, there is no doubt that there are several things to clean up if they want a shot at a championship. Where do you even […]

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Bears’ Caleb Wiliams is one of the fastest players in the NFL

When Caleb Williams was recruited out of high school, he was the number one dual-threat quarterback in his class. His athleticism and elusiveness were noteworthy at Oklahoma and at USC, but he wasn’t drafted number one overall by the Chicago Bears for his legs. As a Bear, his athleticism and elusiveness led to the Houdini […]

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The Bear’s Den, January 9, 2025

THE DAILY SPONGIE SPECIAL BEARSSSSSS Forget Dry January. Chicago’s drink of the moment is an $8 Bears Bomb Bomb us! Bears CB Tyrique Stevenson focused on being good teammate after being benched Stevenson didn’t play a single snap Sunday against the Lions. To attack Packers’ weakness and cover up their own, Bears need to rely […]

about 1 month ago | 1 read

Ranking the top 2026 NFL Draft prospects in the CFP semifinals

The College Football Playoff semifinals kick off tonight, with No. 6 Ole Miss taking on No. 10 Miami (FL). The action continues on Friday night, when No. 1 Indiana faces No. 5 Oregon in the second matchup of the year between the two Big Ten powerhouses. As one could expect by each team’s postseason success, […]

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Bear Bones: Getting you ready for Bears vs Packers III

The Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers meet for the third time this season, having split the previous two, but the stakes are much bigger this time. Win or go home. Wild Card Saturday Night will be the third time these two franchises have met in the postseason, with the teams splitting the previous […]

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Stacey Dales previews Bears- Packers on Bears Banter

The latest Bears Banter Podcast has dropped! It’s the third time in the history of the NFL’s longest-standing rivalry that the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers have met in the postseason. The two franchises sit currently with a 1-1 record against each other in postseason history and also sit with a 1-1 record this […]

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Bears Big Plays Final 2025 Tracker

Modern football is all about big plays and as a companion piece to the STEP Differential, I’m tracking the Bears big plays all year in this Infogram: Chicago Bears 2025 STEP Differential TrackerInfogram The final screen is full and looking great. I thought there was a great potential for hitting a lot of explosives in […]

about 1 month ago | 1 read

Wild Card playoff preview: Green Bay Packers vs Chicago Bears (again)

When I took over writing the game previews several years ago from Steven Schweickert, I changed his naming convention. This was mostly due to changing SEO standards and boring ol’ search stuff that the powers at be are rightly concerned with. But the old preview naming convention works so well for this week. When it […]

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