Green Bay, Wisconsin – January 5, 2026
The Green Bay Packers received the NFL’s official word — and wasted no time making their stance clear.

On Sunday night, the league finalized its Wild Card Weekend schedule for the 2025 postseason, confirming that the Packers, entering as the

NFC’s No. 7 seed (9–7–1), will travel to Soldier Field to face the No. 2-seeded Chicago Bears (11–6) on Saturday, January 10, at 8:00 p.m. ET (7:00 p.m. CT)

Green Bay’s announcement came shortly after the NFL’s release, emphasizing readiness and edge despite the way the regular season ended. The timing mattered. The tone mattered. It was a reminder that playoff football doesn’t care how you looked a week ago — only who you are when the lights turn on.

The Packers enter the postseason carrying real urgency. They finished the regular season on a four-game losing streak, a late slide that left them “limping” into January — and now the reward is the loudest possible stage: a night game in Chicago, against the rival that’s spent a century trying to end their seasons.

The stakes extend beyond the scoreboard. Soldier Field will be hostile, cold, and tense — the kind of environment where the first mistake feels twice as loud, and the first big play feels like a warning siren. Chicago earned the No. 2 seed, which means Green Bay isn’t just walking into a rivalry game — they’re walking into a building that believes it’s ready to matter again

Still, the Packers are no strangers to adversity or history. The rivalry dates back to 1921, and while postseason meetings between the two are rare, they tend to leave scars — this will be only the third playoff matchup between Packers and Bears since the rivalry began.

The NFL has made its schedule. The Packers have made their statement.

Saturday, January 10.
8:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

Soldier Field

The stage is set — for survival, redemption, and a chapter that could define the direction of one of football’s most storied franchises.