{"id":508237,"date":"2026-01-11T09:52:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T09:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/508237\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T09:52:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T09:52:12","slug":"packers-lose-to-bears-in-nfc-wild-card-playoffs-31-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/508237\/","title":{"rendered":"Packers lose to Bears in NFC Wild Card playoffs, 31-27"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Bears rally again to beat Packers, 31-27<\/strong><\/p>\n

Isaiah McDuffie<\/a> and Evan Williams<\/a> each had a pass deflection off Williams before Lukas Van Ness got a strip sack that the Bears recovered. Santos made a 51-yard field goal to cut the Packers’ lead to 21-9 with 13:29 left in regulation.<\/p>\n

Santos’ squib kick fell short of the landing zone and Green Bay took possession at its 40 but again went three-and-out. Chicago started its next drive at its 34.<\/p>\n

Williams scrambled for 11 yards on first down and then hit Loveland for 22 yards on a corner. Loveland caught another corner for 21 yards to move the ball to the Packers’ 12.<\/p>\n

On third-and-3, Swift ran in for a 5-yard touchdown to cut the lead to 21-16 with 10:08 remaining. Josh Jacobs returned the kickoff to the 46 but fumble the ball. Kitan Oladapo<\/a> recovered.<\/p>\n

Green Bay fell back 10 yards due to a holding penalty but gained nine back on a pass to Doubs, who then gained 22 yards on a slant to the Chicago 33. Love went back to Doubs again on a stop route for nine yards on third-and-9.<\/p>\n

Matthew Golden caught a flare in the flat and turned it into a 23-yard touchdown to push the Packers’ lead to 27-16 with 6:36 after McManus missed the extra point wide left.<\/p>\n

Williams opened with a 17-yard pass to Rome Odunze and then hit Loveland down the sideline for seven yards to the Chicago 48. Chicago lined up to go for it on fourth-and-3 after two incompletions but then jumped offsides.<\/p>\n

On fourth-and-8 from the Bears’ 43, Williams hit Odunze for a 27-yard gain. After two more incompletions, Monangai took a check down 22 yards to the Green Bay 8.<\/p>\n

Olamide Zaccheaus caught a crosser for an 8-yard touchdown to cut the Packers’ lead to 27-24 with 4:18 remaining after Loveland caught the two-point conversion.<\/p>\n

Jacobs returned the kickoff to the Green Bay 31. On second-and-8, Doubs made a brilliant one-handed catch for a 34-yard completion to the Bears’ 33. Golden caught a 12-yard pass on a corner route to convert on second-and-10.<\/p>\n

Chicago used its second timeout with 3:07 left after stopping Jacobs for no gain. Love threw three incompletions and McManus missed the 44-yard field goal wide right.<\/p>\n

Loveland caught a 12-yard pass and Swift gained six yards to the Green Bay 46 as the game reached the two-minute warning. On third-and-4, Williams and Swift connected for a 23-yard completion to the Green Bay 25.<\/p>\n

Williams found Moore for a 25-yard touchdown on the next play to put the Bears up 31-27 with 1:43 remaining.<\/p>\n

On fourth-and-7, Love kept the game alive with a 13-yard out to Golden to the Green Bay 44. Josh Whyle caught a 7-yard out on first down to move across midfield. Golden dropped a deep crosser on second-and-3.<\/p>\n

Doubs caught a 6-yard slant for a first down at the Bears’ 43. Green Bay used its final timeout. Jayden Reed caught a 20-yard pass to the Chicago 23. Sean Rhyan<\/a> was injured on the play and the Packers were assessed a 10-second penalty for an injury without timeouts. Lecitus Smith<\/a> replaced Rhyan at center.<\/p>\n

Love missed Watson deep with 13 seconds left. Rasheed Walker<\/a> was called for a false start to set up second-and-15 at the 28. Love’s second down pass fell incomplete with seven seconds left.<\/p>\n

Love’s third-down pass fell incomplete, as the Bears pulled off the 15-point comeback.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bears rally again to beat Packers, 31-27 Isaiah McDuffie and Evan Williams each had a pass deflection off…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":508238,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[222473,51,11822,50,80677,80785,51440,52],"class_list":{"0":"post-508237","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-green-bay-packers-at-chicago-bears-2025-post-1","9":"tag-headlines","10":"tag-homepage-cp","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-news-gameday","13":"tag-news-in-game-updates","14":"tag-news-national-feature","15":"tag-top-stories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115875855948083053","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508237","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=508237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/508238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}