The Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers meet for the third time this season, having split the previous two, but the stakes are different this time. Wild Card Saturday Night will be the third time these two franchises have met in the postseason, with the teams splitting the previous two.

On our latest edition of Bear Bones, Dr. Mason West is joined by Danny Meehan and Khari Thompson to preview the game, while going over the final injury list from each team, some specific game matchups, key players, and so much more!

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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 season.

This game represents the rubber match for both the postseason record and the season record, but most importantly, it will determine who moves onto the NFC Divisional Round playoffs.

To preview the game we spoke with NFL Network’s Stacey Dales to talk about Ben...

The Chicago Bears host the Green Bay Packers at what could be a cold and snowy Soldier Field on Saturday night in the Wild Card round of the NFL playoffs. The final injury reports for each team are due today, and for one of these teams, it’ll be the last report until Week 1 of the 2026 regular season.

The Bears list three players as out, all with concussions: defensive back C.J. Gardner-Johnson, linebacker Amen Ogbongbemiga, and defensive end Joe Tryon-Shoyinka.

The Bears list two players as questionable, but both nickleback Kyler Gordon (groin) and tackle Braxton Jones (knee) practiced...

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:

The final screen is full and looking great. I thought there was a great potential for hitting a lot of explosives in the finale, taking Caleb Williams over 4,000 yards on the year and filling up the honeycomb. Alas, the regular season ended with a bit of a thud. Let’s hope the playoffs help revive this big play offense.

Rome Odunze wins for most explosives this year with 13 but it was a...

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 was a division rival or a team the Chicago Bears were facing again, it was “Oh you again: team name.”

Oh, you again, Green Bay.

Saturday’s game is going to be fun. Hopefully. Fun in the sense that Chicago is back in the playoffs, with...

The script may be out on the Chicago Bears defense.

2 of the last 3 weeks has seen the Bears have just 3 drives in the first have, and over the last 3 games opposing offenses have focused on long, sustained drives, keeping the ball out of Caleb Williams and the Chicago Bears’ hands on offense. The Detroit Lions held a 35:45 to 24:15 time of possession advantage over the Bears, churning out 26 first down, 433 yards, and gaining 6.0 yards per play, limiting the Bears’ top 10 offense chances with the ball.

But two touchdowns in the 4th...

Hello, Chicago Bears fans! I’m here with a Good, Better, Best review of the 2025 season of the Chicago Bears. What was good…what got better…and what was the best at the end of the season? In many ways, this Chicago Bears team exceeded expectations. Let’s document what Matt Nagy might have called the “Whys” of the Bears’ success in the 2025 season.

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In 2024, many questioned whether Montez Sweat could earn the contract that Ryan Poles awarded him. He finished the season with only 5.5 sacks. Additionally, he only had 12 solo tackles and 14 assists....

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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 Bryan as they get you ready for this Saturday’s Wild Card matchup with the Green Bay Packers. Plus, the guys are joined by Jonathan Otten, who was named “Fan of the Year” by the Chicago Bears!

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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 (did not practice) on Wednesday: DB C.J. Gardner-Johnson (concussion), DL Grady Jarrett (rest), LB Amen Ogbongbemiga (concussion), and DL Joe Tryon-Shoyinka (c0ncussion).

WR Jahdae Walker, who was listed as DNP on Tuesday due to illness, was a full participant on Wednesday. DB Nick McCloud, who...

Welcome back to STEP Differential. STEP stands for Sack + Turnover(x2) + Explosive Play Differential. Make sure you’re flipping through pages 2-5 to see everything broken out by component and the overall performance of the STEP Differential in individual games. Infogram below:

The Rams (+70) finish as the best team in STEP Differential for the 2025 season. They’re one of the best teams in the league and despite entering the tournament as the 5 seed, the NFC favorite in my eyes. The Bears (+52) finish second, thanks in large part to their huge advantage in turnover differential – first in...

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 history, an easy argument to make. I’ll go further and call it a top two season in franchise history.

If we look at yards per game, touchdowns, and interceptions – the major passing stats – here’s what you’re choosing from:

2025 Williams – 232 ypg,...