Mile High Report
The NFC North will take center stage to close out the first day of Wild Card weekend with the Chicago Bears hosting the Green Bay Packers. The Bears ended up snagging the two seed despite losing their final two games, beating out the Philadelphia Eagles for that honor. Their reward? A third game against their division rival who had been expected to win the division throughout most of the season, before the Bears surged ahead late.
Kickoff is set for Saturday, January 10, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. Mile High time at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois and will air on Amazon Prime.
According to FanDuel, the Packers are 1.5-point favorites over the Bears on the road despite their last win coming all the way back on December 7th. That four-game skid ended up being mostly led by back-up quarterbacks, but teams can be very momentum-driven at times. Then for them to be favored on the road against the division champions is just odd to me. I’ll take the Bears here, but maybe I’m wrong.
Prediction: Bears 30, Packers 27.
