The NFL Playoffs kick off this weekend with the Wild Card Round, and the second of two games is an NFC North match-up between the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears.
The Packers finished the season with a 9-7-1 record, which rewarded them with the seventh seed in the NFC playoffs. The team is led by head coach Matt LaFleur, who has been with the team for seven years. The team is sound on both sides of the ball, but their leader is quarterback Jordan Love, who is playing despite missing the past few weeks with a concussion.
The Bears finished the season with an 11-6 record, earning the second seed in the NFC playoff picture. The team is led by Ben Johnson, who is in his first year as the team’s head coach, having previously served as the offensive coordinator for the Detroit Lions. Like the Packers, the Bears are sound on both sides of the ball as well and play as an opportunistic team.
Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears
Game Details
Date: Saturday, January 10, 2026
Time: 8:00 p.m. EST
Location: Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois
How to Watch
TV: FOX32 Chicago (Chicago area), NBC26 (Green Bay area), FOX6 (Milwaukee)
Streaming: Amazon Prime Video, NFL+ (Chicago area only)
Radio: ESPN Chicago (1000 AM, 100.3 FM HD2)
Broadcast Team
Al Michaels (Play-By-Play), Kirk Herbstreit (Analyst), Kaylee Hartung (Sideline Reporter)
How Both Teams Have Performed This Season
This season, the Packers and the Bears played twice. The first game was on December 7, which the Packers won 28-21. On December 20, the Bears avenged their loss by beating the Packers 22-16 in an overtime thriller.
In PFSN’s NFL Offense Impact Metric, the Packers finished the regular season ranked seventh in the league with a score of 81.2 and a letter grade of B-. Despite missing time due to a concussion, Love ranked fourth in PFSN’s NFL QB Impact Metric with a score of 88.0 and a letter grade of B+. Love finished the regular season, completing 66.3% of passes for 3,381 yards, 23 touchdowns, and 6 interceptions. He also rushed 47 times for 199 yards.
In PFSN’s NFL Defense Impact Metric, the Packers ranked 17th in the league with an impact score of 74.4 and a letter grade of C. The Packers immediately felt the returns on trading for edge rusher Micah Parsons, but his presence is sorely missed after tearing his ACL in December.
In PFSN’s NFL Offense Impact Metric, the Bears rank 10th in the league with a score of 79.5 and a letter grade of C+. The team leads the league with only 10 turnovers on offense. Additionally, they have one of the best running games in the league, considering they have the third most rushing yards per game (144.2), thanks to D’Andre Swift and Kyle Monangai.
The team is weaker defensively, considering they rank 22nd in PFSN’s NFL Defense Impact Metric with an impact score of 70.0 and a letter grade of C-. They average the most takeaways per game (1.94), but they struggle with giving up points (24.4 points per game) and giving up rushing yards (134.5 yards per game).
