Packers Vs. Bears, Couldnt' Be More Excited

What's going on, everybody?! Welcome back to Packernet Podcast Studios! I'm Cal Hutson, and we have made it, folks. We have officially arrived at Packers-Bears weekend!

You know what that means.

It means the Green Bay Packers are getting ready to welcome the Chicago Bears to Lambeau Field, and somewhere in the great city of Chicago, a grown man is probably already arguing with his television about whether this is finally the year things are different.

And listen, I respect the optimism. I really do. Optimism is a beautiful thing. It's what gets you out of bed in the morning. It's what keeps you going when the coffee machine breaks. It's what helps you believe that maybe, just maybe, the lawn will mow itself if you ignore it long enough.

But optimism is also what keeps Bears fans coming back every year.

And I love that about them. I really do. They have a level of hope that should be studied by scientists. You could show a Bears fan seventeen straight minutes of offensive dysfunction, a quarterback throwing the ball into a different time zone, and a defense giving up a touchdown on third-and-twenty, and somehow that fan would look at you and say, "Yeah, but I think we've got something this year."

Something? Absolutely! You've got something. I'm just not sure it's a football team ready to take over the NFC North.

Now, before anybody accuses me of being a homer, let's get one thing straight. This is a big game, and the Packers have plenty of work to do. Green Bay is sitting at 2–2. Chicago comes in at 3–1. The Bears have momentum after beating the New York Jets, and the Packers are coming off a hard-fought 17–14 win over Tampa Bay.

This isn't a game Green Bay can sleepwalk through. This isn't a game where you can show up, put on the green and gold, and expect the football gods to hand you a victory because your grandpa owned a Bart Starr jersey.

You have to earn this one.

But here's what I like about this matchup: there are very real ways for Green Bay to win this game, and there are some significant questions on the Chicago side that the Packers need to make them answer.

So today, we're going to talk about the Packers, the latest injury updates, what we learned from Tampa Bay, what the Bears are bringing into Lambeau, what Chicago's injuries mean, the matchups that could decide this game, and finally, my prediction for tomorrow.

And yes, we're going to have a little fun with the Bears along the way.

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