RACING RIVALS: Packers have to take advantage of slow-starting Bears in Wild Card showdown

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🗓️ 8 January 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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The Packers and Bears each enter Wild Card weekend on losing streaks. The team that can find its footing fastest may win. Our Crossover Thursday with Locked on Bears' Lorin Cox digs into the storylines that matter for these NFC North rivals, the crucial matchups, and keys to victory.

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0:00.0	The Packers and the Bears entered the playoffs on losing streaks.
0:04.8	Third times the charm here with the rubber match between these NFC North rivals,
0:09.7	whichever team can find their footing faster,
0:13.3	will have the advantage in the rubber match.
0:15.7	It's a locked on Packers, locked on Bears crossover Thursday.
0:25.2	Music Locked on Bears crossover Thursday. You are locked on NFL crossover.
0:27.9	Part of the Locked on Podcast Network.
0:31.7	Your team every day.
0:35.9	You are locked on Packers.
1:11.5	Part of the Lockdown Podcast Network, your team every day. I'm Peter Bikowskin. I cover the Packers for The Leap, a newsletter I would love for you to subscribe to the podcast, wherever you get podcasts, iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts, wherever you find podcasts. You will find Locked on Packers, the number one Packers podcast on the internet and the show for fans who know what happened, they want to know why and how, thanks to everyone who makes Locked on Packers, their first listen every day. We hope you like starting your day with us, as much as we like starting our day with you here on the Locked on Podcast Network, the number one sports podcast network, our crossover Thursday, is always presented by our friends at Price Picks.
1:18.6	Download the prize picks app today and use code Locked on NFL to get $50 in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup.
1:19.9	We've got keys to victory.
1:25.5	We've got the big matchups and the biggest storylines right off the bat.
1:26.9	It's a crossover Thursday.
1:27.5	Let's do it.
1:33.0	Welcome in to today's Locked-on Packers and Locked-on Bears crossover podcast.
1:38.6	My name is Lauren Cox, host of Locked-on Bears, alongside Peter Bukowski from Locked-on Packers. And I want to thank you for making either Locked-on Bears or Locked-on Packers your first listen
1:43.4	today.
2:03.3	We're part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, now the number one sports podcast network. On the show today, we're breaking down this matchup for the third time in barely a month. These two teams know each other pretty well. I'm not expecting a lot of surprises, but yet both teams have some injury question marks. The guy's coming off of injury and both teams have been playing pretty well.
2:05.5	So all of a sudden we still have a lot to learn.
2:08.9	Maybe both teams have a lot to learn about themselves more than each other,
2:12.5	including for the Packers like with their head coach is going to be in the long term.
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