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True Dough

(25,849 posts) Tue Jan 6, 2026, 10:58 AM Tuesday

Bears vs. Packers in the playoffs -- Did you realize...

That these two teams, for all their history, have only met twice previously in the NFL playoffs?

Jan. 23, 2011: Packers 21, Bears 14 (NFC Championship)

Dec. 14, 1941: Bears 33, Packers 14 (NFL Divisional Round)

That's it. That's all!

Their third playoff showdown is coming up this weekend.

https://wgntv.com/sports/bears-vs-packers-playoff-history-two-previous-matchups-plus-one-that-was-basically-a-postseason-game/#:~:text=For%20all%20their%20storied%20history,d%20probably%20rather%20forget%20it.

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Bears vs. Packers in the playoffs -- Did you realize... (Original Post) True Dough Tuesday OP

The laws of the universe dictate that these two teams cannot be good at the same time. milestogo Tuesday #1

They are passing by in the night... LakeVermilion Tuesday #2

As a lifelong Bears fan... Moostache Tuesday #3

Go Pack Go maccafan Tuesday #4

milestogo

(22,595 posts)

1. The laws of the universe dictate that these two teams cannot be good at the same time.

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Tue Jan 6, 2026, 11:01 AM

Tuesday

Worlds will collide.

LakeVermilion

(1,501 posts)

2. They are passing by in the night...

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Tue Jan 6, 2026, 11:08 AM

Tuesday

The Bears are on their way up; the Packers not so much.

Moostache

(10,983 posts)

3. As a lifelong Bears fan...

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Tue Jan 6, 2026, 11:39 AM

Tuesday

I still have night terrors seeing Jay Cutler on the sidelines of that NFC Championship game and Caleb Heine throwing a pick-6 to BJ Raji, all 350 pounds of him, to provide the coup de gras on that season.

I am not at all confident about this game either.

This is going to be the 3rd Bears-Packers game in 6 weeks! All of the last 4 such games (in 2024 and 2025) have been decided on literally the last play of the game ('24 - blocked FG and made FG, '25 INT and TD in the endzone). But my trepidation is more due to the fact that despite one of the most dramatic wins in franchise history 3 weeks ago, the Bears were dead to rights down 16-6 with 2:00 to play and a FG en route that failed to go through before the 2:00 warning.

What followed - recovered onside kick, game tying TD on 4th and goal, OT stop on 3rd and 1 (Edwards open field tackle on one of the greatest tackles in recent memory), fumble on 4th and 1, Caleb-to-Moore 46-yd GW TD... could not be replicated if you ran the same scenario through a thousand simulations...

I try to console myself with thoughts that this team is at least a year (if not two) ahead of schedule this year, and that Johnson's first year and changes to the direction of the franchise are miraculous in and of themselves...but then I realize its the damn Packers, again.

FGB!
FGB!!
FGB!!!

FTP!
FTP!!
FTP!!!

Let's Go BEARS!

maccafan

(157 posts)

4. Go Pack Go

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Tue Jan 6, 2026, 11:40 AM

Tuesday

It is our turn!

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