Overview
- Chicago beat Green Bay 31-27 in a comeback Wild Card win, its first playoff victory since 2011, to advance to the Divisional Round.
- Team-shared locker-room video captured Johnson shouting expletives about the Packers, and the clip quickly went viral across social platforms.
- Dick Vitale labeled the outburst “classless” on X, arguing the conversation should center on the Bears’ resilient win.
- Johnson later cast his remarks as rivalry talk, saying he does not like Green Bay and noting alignment with chairman George McCaskey.
- The Bears will host the Los Angeles Rams on Jan. 18 in the NFC Divisional Round as attention continues on the postgame fallout.