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NFC North review: Bears, Packers have fewer big-picture questions than division favorites

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The day he was introduced as the Bears’ head coach, Ben Johnson said he “enjoyed beating Matt LaFleur two times a year.”

The Packers head coach took note. At the NFL’s annual meeting last month, LaFleur said, probably accurately, that Johnson was pandering to Bears fans with the comment. He claimed he wasn’t going to lose sleep over it.

Still, the subject keeps coming up. On the “Bussin’ with the Boys” podcast released Tuesday, he was asked whether there was a budding rivalry with Johnson.