Boy oh boy, the Green Bay Packers and their fans love to lean on the history and lore of the franchise, don’t they?
Saturday, the Pack made history for all the wrong reasons. Green Bay’s 31-27 loss to Chicago in the wild card round of the playoffs made all sorts of history, for all the wrong reasons.
Let’s break it down.
The Packers led 21-3 at the half. They still had a 21-6 advantage through three quarters. And then, the bottom fell out. Chicago came roaring back to score 25 points in the fourth quarter. Even with the Pack adding a touchdown (and missing the extra point), that was still enough for the Bears to complete an unlikely comeback. It’s also the most points Green Bay has allowed in a single quarter of a playoff game, ever.
How unlikely? The 2026 Bears became just the third playoff team ever to score 25 or more in the fourth quarter of a postseason game, joining the 1934 Giants and the 1992-93 Eagles. That’s an even bigger rally than what New England pulled off in Super Bowl LI against Atanta — Falcons fans remember this as the infamous 28-3 game — because the Patriots needed overtime to complete the comeback.
But wait, there’s more!
Poor Jordan Love became just the third quarterback to throw four touchdowns with no interceptions and still lose a playoff game.
It was the largest blown lead in the playoffs for the Packers in their 105 seasons of existence.
And all against the Bears, Green Bay’s biggest rival.
Our favorite stat looks not just at Saturday’s playoff game but the three meetings between the two teams this season. In those three contests, Green Bay totaled 106 offensive slaps while holding the lead.
Chicago? Zero offensive snaps while holding the lead.
And the Bears won two of the three meetings.
We’ve seen enough. Green Bay Packers, you might be done for the season, but you’ll always have this ‘L’ as a memento.
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