Packers now enter Week 14 vs Bears with higher stakes than anyone expected

Green Bay Packers v New York Giants - NFL 2025 | Kevin Sabitus/GettyImagesThe Green Bay Packers had an awesome Thanksgiving, taking down the Detroit Lions and sweeping their divisional foe on the season. Unfortunately, the rest of the weekend didn't go the way the Packers hoped, as the Chicago Bears won their Black Friday game.

To make matters worse, with the Bears' win and the Rams' loss to the Panthers on Sunday, Chicago is now the one-seed in the NFC playoffs. This is just in time for the Packers to host the Bears next Sunday in a game with much higher stakes than anyone could have predicted.

Let's just say what we're all thinking. The Bears might have hired Ben Johnson in the offseason…