By the time Green Bay takes the field against the Bears, familiarity will no longer offer comfort. January 10 will mark the third meeting between the two in the 2025–26 season, but it's the first that carries finality.
Division games in January strip everything down. Tendencies are known. Weaknesses are remembered. What remains is execution under pressure of the postseason spotlight.
For Green Bay, that pressure settles squarely on the defensive front.
Packers need Rashan Gary to end his sack drought in the worst way
The absence of Micah Parsons looms large, that's a fact that unfortunately Green Bay has to live with.