Bears, Packers to play high-stakes Week 16 Saturday matchup in prime…

Bears, Packers to play high-stakes Week 16 Saturday matchup in prime…

The NFC North race is coming down to the wire. And a high-stakes Packers-Bears game will take heart stage on the NFL schedule in Week 16.

The NFL announced on Tuesday that the Dec. 20 matchup between the Bears and Packers in Chicago will kick off in prime time at 8:20 ET. That’s a Saturday night time.

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The Washington Commanders and Philadelphia Eagles will play at 5 p.m. ET in the the opening act for the NFL’s first Saturday action of the season. Both games will air on Fox.

The night time game may in the end decide who wins the NFC North. The Chicago Bears are one among the shock tales of the NFL season and are available out of Week 13 having gained 9 of their last 10 games to enhance to 9-3 after an 0-2 start.

That’s good for the best report in the NFC and the inside observe to the No. 1 seed in the playoffs. This is from a team under first-year head coach Ben Johnson that was projected by many to end effectively behind the Packers and Detroit Lions in the NFC North.

Caleb Williams and the Bears can carve their very own path by means of the Packers to the NFC North crown.

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The Bears entered Week 13 with a five-game win streak against groups that are at present not in place to make the playoffs. But a Friday win over the reigning Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles has pressured doubters to take discover.

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The Packers, meanwhile, come out of Week 13 at 8-3-1, a half-game behind their bitter rivals. (*16*) winners of three straight games, including a Sunday victory over a now 7-5 Lions team that gained the NFC North last season. Detroit’s still in the hunt for the division, however has ceded important floor to its rivals.

The Packers and Bears will play first this upcoming Sunday in Green Bay. Then they’re going to flip round and do it again two weeks later.

The Eagles, meanwhile, are fading and the losers of two straight. They as soon as held a stranglehold on the NFC East and still have a major benefit at 8-4. But the two-game dropping streak has cracked the door open for the 6-5-1 Dallas Cowboys to mount a challenge.

The 3-9 Commanders, meanwhile, are effectively out of playoff competition. But the alternative to play spoiler and the potential return of quarterback Jayden Daniels may make for compelling soccer.

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