Jan 2, 2021 12:01 PM
Fifteen games of the 2020 season have been played and Sunday, the Green Bay Packers will meet the Chicago Bears for the 202nd time over 101 NFL seasons and rarely in the league’s oldest rivalry have the stakes been as high.
Sure there was the 2010 NFC Championship game where the Packers broke the hearts of Bears fans, winning 21-14 at Solider Field, denying the Bears a trip to the Super Bowl won by the hated Pack. The 1941 Western Division Playoff settled the regular season tie of teams with 10-1 records. The Bears won that day 33-14 at Wrigley Field and subsequently crushed the New York Giants 37-9 for their second straight NFL title. The last time these two met in a regular season finale with big playoff implications was in 2013 when the 8-7 Bears needed a win to capture the NFC North title. The 7-7-1 Packers had been reeling ever since the Bears broke the left collarbone of Aaron Rodgers in a mid-season matchup at Lambeau Field. Rodgers return