- WHERE: Soldier Field (Chicago)
- WHEN: 8 p.m. ET
- HOW TO WATCH: Prime Video, NFL+
For the third time in six weeks, the NFL’s oldest rivals will meet.
While a playoff berth and NFC North supremacy were on the line in the Packers and Bears’ first two rebounds, this one has much more at stake: namely, their season.
With a combined 211 seasons between the franchises, the Bears and Packers will play for an NFL record 213i.e time Still, when the NFC’s second-ranked Bears host the No. 7 Packers, it will mark just the third time the teams have met in the postseason.
On their way to the 1941 NFL Championship, the Bears defeated the Packers, 33-14, in the divisional contest; in 2010, the Packers defeated the Bears, 21-14, in the NFC Championship Game en route to victory in Super Bowl XLV.
In the six-game Wild Card weekend, it’s one of two regular-season extravaganzas (the other — Los Angeles Rams-Carolina Panthers — kicks off Saturday’s doubleheader) and the only division contest.
For all the history in the rivalry game, the game is also symbolic of this year’s season, with new blood flowing through.
Bears quarterback Caleb WilliamsNo. 1 pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, will make his playoff debut, just like the 2023 No. Bryce Young and ’24 No. 3 selection Drake Maye will do, while perennial postseason mainstays like Patrick Mahomes, Lamar Jackson and Joe Burrow will watch from home.