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Windy City Honors: Chicago Bears Wild Card Superlatives

The Cardiac Bears. The Comeback Kids. The 2025 Chicago Bears. After a lackluster first half, a different Chicago Bears team stepped onto the field to pull off an improbable 31-27 comeback win over the Green Bay Packers in the Wild Card Round. With this win, not only did the Bears advance to the Divisional Round, […]

The Bear’s Den, January 12, 2025

THE DAILY SPONGIE GREEN BAY PACKERS CHOKE SPECIAL BEARSSSSSS Local officials, celebs celebrate Bears comeback victory against Packers: ‘This is the greatest moment ever’ I dunno about the “greatest moment ever” but it’s certainly the greatest moment in quite a while for Bears fans. Bears: We hit a ‘home run’ by drafting TE Colston Loveland […]

NFL Divisional Odds: Los Angeles Rams favored over the Chicago Bears

The specific time and date will be announced later tonight, but we now know that the Chicago Bears will host the Los Angeles Rams in the Divisional round of the NFC playoffs. Our partners at FanDuel Sportsbook already have some odds out for the game, and they currently have the Rams as a 4.5-point favorite, […]

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Bears vs. Packers Game Balls: Cold As Ice

Everyone expected the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers to have a close game in the Wild Card Playoffs on Saturday night. But nobody expected that. The fate of the last four Bears vs. Packers games had come down to the final play of the game, so it seemed like a logical prediction that this […]

Chicago Bears Wild Card Notes: Are You Not Entertained?!

Emotions were high, and so were the stakes. Not only for the 2025 playoffs but for the oldest rivalry in the game. While the offense started off stronger than it had for most of the year, what followed was some of the sloppier play we have seen all season. Until crunch time, that is. Here […]

The Chicago Bears’ Rookie Class: Already Stars

The Chicago Bears’ rookies have featured heavily in their improbable season, helping propel the team to its first playoff win in fifteen years. In order to celebrate their accomplishments, here is a brief summary of the major awards and acknowledgments members of the class have received. Just as a note, though this summary does not […]

Caleb Williams and the Bears Grate the Packers Again

Last month, when the Chicago Bears beat the Green Bay Packers on a Caleb Williams to DJ Moore walk-off 46-yard touchdown pass in overtime, the Packers and their fans were ticked off at DJ’s headgear in the postgame celebration. Moore was again at the center of an improbable comeback, this time with his 25-yard go-ahead […]

Chicago Bears vs. Green Bay Packers Wildcard Game Discussion

The Chicago Bears. The Green Bay Packers. Wildcard Saturday Night. This will be your open thread to talk about the game, and keep in mind that all our open threads are rated WCG-MA. Since this is a division game, there may be some jackasses in our comments section, so don’t feed the trolls! Once the […]

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Welcome to the New Era, Bears fans

“Jahdae F****** Walker!” I shouted as the Bears tied the Packers. “AHHHHHHHHH!” I bellowed not much later when D.J. Moore corralled the walkoff touchdown. On both plays, Caleb Williams delivered a pass unlike most I’ve seen from a Bears quarterback. I was hoarse for two days. I know we’ve heard the whole “new era” claim […]

Bears vs Packers Inactives: Rome Odunze and Kyler Gordon Return

Playoff football is back at Soldier Field as the Chicago Bears take on the Green Bay Packers, and each team has just announced its inactive players list for the game. CHICAGO BEARS INACTIVES QB – Case Keenum (3rd QB) DB – C.J. Gardner-Johnson LB – Amen Ogbongbemiga DE – Joe Tryon-Shoyinka WR – Jahdae Walker OL […]

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 […]

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 […]

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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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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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]