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The head coaches of the NFL’s most heated rivals barely broke stride in the moments after the Packers’ 28-21 victory Sunday against the Bears at Lambeau Field, slowing their jogs to three quick walking steps to give each other a passing handshake.
The Bears’ Ben Johnson and the Packers’ Matt LaFleur said they would see each other Dec. 20 at Soldier Field.
What was left unsaid was what stoked the rivalry: Johnson declared in January that he enjoyed beating LaFleur twice a year as an assistant coach with the Lions, a shot LaFleur found odd coming from someone he didn’t know well.