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This is the rubber match between Green Bay and Chicago after splitting the season series. The Bears won the division, capturing their first NFC North title since the 2018 season. Green Bay limps into the postseason having dropped its final four games to close out the regular season, but may have received the best draw possible in a familiar opponent like the Bears.
Quarterback Jordan Love is set to return from a concussion that sidelined him during the last meeting with Chicago in Week 16. Love missed the last two games of the season due to the injury. Without Micah Parsons leading the defense, they’ve looked different down the stretch of the season, but they can turn all that around with a wild-card win over their biggest rival.
Chicago is riding high after finishing first in its division in Ben Johnson’s first year as head coach. It marks the first NFC North title, double-digit win (11-6) season and playoff appearance for the Bears since Matt Nagy led the team there in 2018. Quarterback Caleb Williams had a breakthrough year, passing for 3,942 yards to set a new franchise single-season passing record. The Bears' sixth-best offense (total yards) will need to be at its most explosive for Chicago to notch its first playoff win since the 2010 season.
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