Just 36 hours until game time.
Saturday night, the No. 2 Chicago Bears will take on their age-old nemesis No. 7 Green Bay Packers for a wild card NFC playoff game at Soldier Field.
The Packers, who have lost four straight games to finish the season will see Jordan Love set to return at quarterback and several other key contributors also returning to the field. But the Bears are set to get some reinforcements, too, with cornerback Kyler Gordon has been cleared for practice after being sidelined by a groin injury. And wide receiver Rome Odunze also could return after missing the final five regular-season games with a foot injury.
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Will the Bears best their rivals and win a playoff game for the first time in more than a decade? We’ll find out Saturday. Here’s what channel its on and how to watch, what time it starts and more.
What time is the Bears game Saturday?
Kickoff between the Bears and Packers is set for 7 p.m. CT at Soldier Field. Some snow showers could linger for the game, the NBC 5 Storm Team said, with a high of 32 degrees at kickoff.
What channel is the Bears game on Saturday?
The game will be available nationally on Prime Video.
Fans in the Chicago area will also be able to watch the game on FOX32.
How many times have the Bears and Packers played in the postseason?
While the teams have battled over 200 times on the gridiron, only two of those matchups have come during the playoffs.
In 1941, the Bears won a divisional tiebreaker game over the Packers en route to winning the NFL Championship, but the Packers got revenge in the 2011 NFC Championship Game, beating the Bears 21-14 at Soldier Field as they went on to win a Super Bowl championship.
When was the last time the Bears won a playoff game?
The Bears haven’t been in the postseason since 2020, but it’s been longer than that since they won a playoff game.
In fact, the Bears haven’t won a postseason game since that 2011 playoff run, when they beat the Seattle Seahawks at Soldier Field in the NFC Divisional Playoffs.
They lost to the Philadelphia Eagles in 2018 when they won the NFC North crown, and the Bears lost to the New Orleans Saints in the wild card round in 2021.
What happens if the Bears win?
In the NFL, the top-seeded team in the Divisional Round plays the lowest-seeded team remaining, so there isn’t a set bracket for how things will proceed.
The one thing we do know is that if the Bears beat the Packers on Saturday, they would host a Divisional Round game at Soldier Field. The Philadelphia Eagles could end up being that team, or the Bears could play the winner of the game between the Carolina Panthers and Los Angeles Rams if the Eagles are upset by the San Francisco 49ers.
Which teams made the NFL Playoffs? Full NFL playoff seeding
AFC
- Denver Broncos (AFC West champions, top seed)
- New England Patriots (AFC East champions)
- Jacksonville Jaguars (AFC South champions)
- Pittsburgh Steelers (AFC North champions)
- Houston Texans (wild card)
- Buffalo Bills (wild card)
- Los Angeles Chargers (wild card)
NFC
- Seattle Seahawks (NFC West champions, No. 1 seed)
- Chicago Bears (NFC North champions)
- Philadelphia Eagles (NFC East champions)
- Carolina Panthers (NFC South champions)
- Los Angeles Rams (wild card)
- San Francisco 49ers (wild card)
- Green Bay Packers (wild card)
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