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Packers Set To Face Bears In Wild Card round

The Packers will head to Chicago for the NFC Wild Card playoff against the Bears.

The postseason game at Soldier Field will kick off Saturday, Jan. 10 at 7 p.m. ct. The game will be broadcast via Amazon's Prime Video.

The Packers and Bears have met twice in the postseason with each franchise winning one of the contests. The Bears victory came in 1941 while the Packers won the 2010 NFC Championship.

Packers Defeated 16-3 In Regular Season Finale

The Green Bay Packers ended their 2025 regular season with a gameday roster that resembled one from August instead of January. With the team locked into the final spot in the NFC playoffs next weekend, only three starters saw regular action in the season finale at the Minnesota Vikings which resulted in a 16-3 defeat. “Well, there was some good out there and not-so-good,” coach Matt LaFleur said. “I thought defensively our guys played physical and they played for four quarters. Obviously, we couldn’t get enough going offensively and that was disappointing. We really struggled, especially in the first half, with blocking, movement, and getting anything going. In the second half, we did a better job and were able to run the ball a little bit.”

The Packers will travel to Chicago next weekend for a Wild Card matchup.

Despite almost all regular starters being benched, the injury bug still managed to bite Javon Bullard. He injured his knee in the fourth quarter on a tackle and did not return, though LaFleur did say he thought Bullard would be ok.

A knee injury also ended Bo Melton’s day. The do-it-all player injured his knee as a gunner making a tackle on punt coverage; the severity is not known. “We were limited on bodies in regards to when we were going nickel defense,” LaFleur said about Bullard playing in the fourth quarter.

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Gut Reactions: Packers Drop Finale To Vikings

CHTV co-founder Aaron Nagler chats with Green Bay Packers fans worldwide after the team's 16-3 loss to the Minnesota Vikings.

Vikings 16 Packers 3 Game Balls & Lame Calls

Ever since the 2021 season, the NFL has expanded to eighteen weeks of regular season play. Part of the sell for that was the elimination of four weeks of preseason football, shortening that schedule to only three.

The Packers found a way to play a fourth preseason game anyway.

In a thirteen point loss, the Packers played the least amount of starters that they could mathematically get away with playing. Taking a look at their inactive list is a pretty good indication of where the Packers' mindset was in this game. QB Malik Willis, LBs Quay Walker and Edgerrin Cooper, OT Zach Tom, S Xavier McKinney, RB Josh Jacobs and WR Dontayvion Wicks. Basically a who's who of the players you need to play a serious football game. While Jordan Love was technically active, I think if they had been forced to have him see the field, we would have just seen handoffs until the end of the game.

The Vikings choose not to engage in the weirdness, and played their starters. It's a pretty simple calculus to figure out where the game went from there. While the makeshift defense actually preformed decently well against Minnesota's starters, what happened on offense could best be described as "HIndenberg-like".

Check out this week’s installment of Game Balls and Lame Calls.

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Packers vs Vikings

Aaron Nagler hands out the Good, the Bad and the Ugly from the Green Bay Packers Week 18 loss to the Minnesota Vikings.

Packers Snap Counts Vs. The Vikings: The JV Game

The Packers placed CB Kamel Hadden, CB Nate Hobbs, S Zayne Anderson, OL Donovan Jennings, WR Savion Williams, and DL Jordan Riley on the injured reserve. The Packers released Quinton Bohanna. That opened up 7 roster spots on the 53-man roster. The Packers claimed CB Trevon Diggs and DL Jonathan Ford off of waivers. They signed WR Jakobie Keeney-James, OC Lecitus Smith, QB Clayton Tune, S Jonathan Baldwin, CB/S Jaylin Simpson, and CB Shemar Bartholomew from the practice squad to the 53-man roster, thereby opening 6 spots on the practice squad.

The Packers elevated TE Drake Dabney and LB Jamon Johnson from the practice squad to the game-day active list. They signed S Mark Perry and Damien Martinez to the practice squad after placing TE McCallan Castles on the practice squad's injured reserve. The Packers signed OG Karsen Barnhart, CB Tyron Herring, and QB Desmond Ridder to the practice squad. The Packers have 2 open roster spots on the practice squad. There are no openings on the 53-man roster.

The injured inactive players were Dontayvion Wicks, RB Josh Jacobs, RT Zach Tom, and QB Malik Willis. The healthy scratches were Edge Rashan Gary, S McKinney, and LB Quay Walker

Find out who played in Week 18 and how much in Packers Snap Counts.

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The Lass Word: The Correct Decision

The Green Bay Packers approached the final game of the regular season as though it didn’t matter.  Matt LaFleur and his staff chose to put a team on the field that had no chance of winning.  Ulitmately, he decided that keeping his key starters healthy for the playoffs was more important than any momentum, confidence or rhythm the team might achieve by beating the Vikings. 

That was probably the correct decision.  Especially considering the terrible luck the Packers have had with injuries this year.  One has to wonder, however, if these players, having now been defeated four times in a row, really believe in their hearts they can win. 

There is little to be learned from the week eighteen game, other than the lack of quality depth on the Green Bay roster.  Clayton Tune didn’t show much at quarterback.  In fairness to him, LaFleur never allowed him to throw the ball downfield, and with an offensive line of Darian Kinnard, Anthony Belton, Jacob Monk, Lecitus Smith and Jordan Morgan, it’s easy to see why.  Even with very conservative play calling, Tune was still sacked four times. 

Perhaps drawing the Bears in next week’s wild card round is the best match-up for the Packers.  After all, Green Bay has proven they can beat this team, and really should have beaten them twice.  With starters that should be as healthy as possible, this is the Packers  best chance to advance.  And by the way, the Bears are coming in with a little losing streak of their own, having lost the last two…

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