Losing against the Bears is hard to digest for Green Bay fans. It’s all the more bitter since the Packers have been ragdolling Chicago for most of the last two decades, with Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers leading the charge. Well, Jordan Love did take over that mantle effectively with four wins in his first four games against the Bears. But the 2025 season has been different.
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After losing 22-16 in the regular season to Chicago, the Packers lost again last night in the Wild Card game. What’s humiliating was the manner in which Green Bay blew a 21-3 lead and let the Bears win 31-27.
Oddly enough, the entire unraveling had been foreshadowed by Packers legend Favre himself. Midway through the game, while Green Bay was still firmly in charge, Favre sent out a measured message on X.
“Jordan [is] playing great right now, but still a lot of ball to be played,” Favre wrote. At the time of the post, it barely garnered attention because Love was carving up Chicago’s defense, and the Packers looked untouchable.
Jordan playing great right now, but still a lot of ball to be played.
— Brett Favre (@BrettFavre) January 11, 2026
In the first half alone, Love threw three touchdown passes, converted four of six third downs, and punished Chicago’s aggressive fourth-down decisions. Green Bay scored those touchdowns on its first three possessions, built a 21-3 lead, and dictated tempo with ease.
Caleb Williams and company, meanwhile, failed on multiple fourth-down attempts, as the Packers continued capitalizing on short fields. So by the time the Packers legend posted the tweet, the game really felt over. Then everything shifted.
From late in the third quarter, Green Bay’s offense stalled completely. The Packers ran the ball just three times in the third quarter, held possession for only 5:22, and repeatedly failed to put together clock-draining drives.
Their two missed kicks — a failed extra point and a wide-right field goal — left seven points on the field, which later proved to be decisive.
Williams and Ben Johnson, meanwhile, stayed patient. And as it turned out, they scored 25 fourth-quarter points and pulled off a comeback for the ages. Williams delivered two clutch fourth-quarter drives, with the final one ending with a 25-yard touchdown to DJ Moore with 1:43 remaining, giving Chicago its first lead of the night.
The Bears’ star finished the night with 361 passing yards, the most ever by a quarterback in a playoff debut since Matthew Stafford in 2011. It also marked his seventh fourth-quarter comeback of the season, the most ever by a playmaker under the age of 25.
While Williams does deserve credit, what would hurt the Packers most is the fact that they still had chances to win the matchup till the final minute.
Case in point, when Love converted a fourth down on the final drive and moved the offense into Chicago territory. But with no timeouts remaining, an injury triggered a 10-second runoff. Then on the final play, Love’s desperate heave fell incomplete.
And guess what, Brett Favre didn’t tweet again after that, which possibly sums up his reaction to the way things turned out.
