{"id":507897,"date":"2026-01-11T06:18:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T06:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/507897\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T06:18:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T06:18:13","slug":"bears-complete-improbable-comeback-to-beat-packers-31-27-live-updates-and-reaction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/507897\/","title":{"rendered":"Bears complete improbable comeback to beat Packers 31-27: Live updates and reaction"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Chicago Bears<\/a> have advanced to the divisional round for the first time since 2011, eliminating their NFC North rivals with a thrilling second-half comeback.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Packers<\/a> held a 21-3 lead at halftime thanks to some dominant offense from Jordan Love<\/a> and a plethora of failed fourth downs by Ben Johnson, Caleb Williams and company. In fact, Green Bay scored touchdowns on its first three possessions of the game.<\/p>\n

The Bears kept battling though, pulling to within a score after a D\u2019Andre Swift<\/a> touchdown with just over 10 minutes to play.<\/p>\n

After a Brandon McManus<\/a> missed field goal, the Bears marched down the field and Williams connected with DJ Moore<\/a> for a 25-yard touchdown with 1:43 to play. On the final play of the game, after a bobbled snap, Love heaved a ball into the end zone but it fell incomplete, sealing Green Bay\u2019s fate.<\/p>\n

Love finished 24-of-46 for 323 yards with four touchdowns while Caleb Williams went 24-of-48 for 361 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions. Romeo Doubs<\/a> had a monster game, catching eight passes for 124 yards with a touchdown and so did Colston Loveland<\/a>, totaling eight receptions for 137 yards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Chicago Bears have advanced to the divisional round for the first time since 2011, eliminating their NFC…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":507898,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,5386,1818],"class_list":{"0":"post-507897","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-chicago","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-illinois"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115875014424289205","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/507898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}