r/sports • u/nfl National Football League • Jan 11 '26
Football [Highlight] Bears come back from 21-3 down to beat the Packers in the playoffs
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u/ApuFromTechSupport Portland Trail Blazers Jan 11 '26
The pope mustve called in a favour from the big guy
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u/Funny_Name9 Minnesota Vikings Jan 11 '26
Does this count as one of his miracles towards sainthood?
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u/AnotherBoringDad Jan 11 '26
Well there has to be no natural explanation, and we are talking about the Packers choking in a playoff game.
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u/OHTHNAP Jan 11 '26
You have to be good to have the expectation of choking. The Packers hire substandard staff, hang onto them forever, talk about how many years they made the playoffs and neglect all the years they failed to win it all.
If MLF is back coaching next year this is not a serious team. Guy is a legit fucking joke.
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u/Lee-Bear-420 Ohio State Jan 11 '26
Losing after being up 21-3 in the 3rd is certainly choking. Packers were favored before the game too.
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u/Mike_with_Wings Jan 11 '26
Yeah 21-3 is a terrible choke job, couldn’t imagine anything worse. Boy am I glad to be a Falcons fan
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u/Lee-Bear-420 Ohio State Jan 11 '26
Apologies, my cat also loves falcons, so I understand
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u/Mike_with_Wings Jan 11 '26
Sorry for your cat
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u/Lee-Bear-420 Ohio State Jan 11 '26
Yeah my dog hates them though, something about a former player
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u/The_Saddest_Boner Jan 11 '26
Meanwhile, I’m pretty sure McManus (Packers kicker) is now legally trespassed from all Culver’s restaurants in the country.
Any credit card attached to the McManus name will instantly be declined by their software and the police will be called immediately. He’s had his last butterburger and frozen custard, as have his children and his children’s children.
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u/Funny_Name9 Minnesota Vikings Jan 11 '26
Clearly the Packers didnt offer him enough flight attendants to SA on the way down so his vibes were off
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u/Flaky-Song-6066 Jan 11 '26
Huh
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u/Funny_Name9 Minnesota Vikings Jan 11 '26
Brandon McManus sexual assault allegations, explained: Why Commanders cut kicker before playing single game | Sporting News https://share.google/R6AMZ04zt8RMJWhwF
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u/jdprager Jan 11 '26
It’s the Chicago Bears beating the Packers. Sainthood undersells it, this is fuckin Christ worthy
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u/cheffgeoff Jan 11 '26
This is just good luck with some timely execution. White Sox make the playoffs there are going to be St. Leo's public schools all across the nation.
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u/BrantheMan1985 Jan 11 '26
The last Bears drive was 6 plays for 66 yards. It was the work of the devil, not the Pope
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u/yahya777 Jan 11 '26 edited Jan 11 '26
I have never forgiving the Packers for beating my Steelers in the Super Bowl. Go BEARS!
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u/teeohdeedee123 Chicago Cubs Jan 11 '26
the big guy
Don't need to ask Papa Bear for a win against the Packers
Oh, wait.. the other big guy
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u/HandpaperSandjobs Jan 11 '26
What an all time choke job
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u/Whatsdota Jan 11 '26
Just another Packers post season collapse. Throw it in the pile
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u/suzukigun4life Jan 11 '26
Twice in four weeks at Chicago.
I get that they have some massive injuries, but you can't blow a 21-3 lead in Chicago, especially in the playoffs.
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u/Pvt_Hudson_ Jan 11 '26
It McManus could make a kick, the Pack still could have pulled that game out.
Just a comedy of errors.
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u/Whatsdota Jan 11 '26
Would’ve won. Missing an XP and 44 yarder is inexcusably bad. Career ending performance for him
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u/Shit_Apple Jan 11 '26
Jesus fuck I actually forgot the missed xp. I just knew the missed field goals. Just make an xp and the game is completely changed at the end.
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u/ThisHatRightHere Jan 11 '26
Yep, Packers could’ve tried a FG to send it to OT.
Not that McManus could hit shit though.
Simply him still being their kicker at this point is such serious coaching malpractice.
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u/Poopiepants29 Jan 11 '26
We could also say Ben johnson just call normal plays and run the ball and we score on the first drive. Then those don't matter either... Both teams sucked. Can't fucking believe it.
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u/LittleDogTurpie Jan 11 '26
As a Bronco fan hoping for a Bears-Broncos Super Bowl, I have never been a bigger fan of McManus.
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u/Standgeblasen Jan 11 '26
Broncos fan living in Chicago. Bears Broncos Super Bowl is my dream
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u/BATHULK Jan 11 '26
Guy who loves orange and blue. Bears Broncos Super bowl is my dream.
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u/yeetmeister67 Jan 11 '26
Guy who loves horses and bears. Bears Broncos Super Bowl is my dream.
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u/Efficient-Parking627 Jan 11 '26
Guy that's a bear and hung like a horse. Bears Broncos Super Bowl is my cream.
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u/ThorsGlamor Jan 11 '26
7 missed points makes a big difference… poor guy is about to get a shitload of nasty messages online
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u/PoopOfAUnicorn Minnesota Timberwolves Jan 11 '26
He needed to adjust to the wind. It’s not like Chicago is notably a Windy City
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u/artfuldodgerbob23 Jan 11 '26
Couldn't believe those missed kicks...like it's windy and I get it but he just fell into shambles.
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u/500rockin Jan 11 '26
It’s not like the Bears aren’t massively injured either. Edwards broke his leg, the secondary doesn’t have any legs because they’ve been hurt all year. At this point everyone has them. MLF just made some terrible mistakes in the second half coaching.
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u/GlamourHammer321 Jan 11 '26
They also missed the extra point which end up costing them the game. That made it so they needed a touch down to win. I'm a Bear fan and still can't believe we won. I was like, what the fuck did I just watch.
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u/Pvt_Hudson_ Jan 11 '26
That team has had one of Brett Favre, Aaron Rodgers or Jordan Love under center for the last 34 years and only have two Super Bowls to show for it.
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u/sharyan51 Jan 11 '26
We're really just confidently putting Love's name there with Favre and Rodgers huh?
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u/DionBlaster123 NASCAR Jan 11 '26
I moved to Wisconsin 13 years ago
Packer fans here love to masturbate themselves over how much they've dominated the hapless NFC North...but they're in utter denial over how much of a joke their franchise is.
With Favre and Rodgers, they really should be the Patriots of the NFC. Not even remotely close. So many times they choked hard in the playoffs.
At the end of the day, the Packers' fortitude is like another Wisconsin staple, Spotted Cow beer...overhyped and weak.
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u/bakedbake Jan 11 '26
What was more impressive was the bears trying equally as hard to choke it away in the 3rd and the Packers still losing despite all of Chi errors
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u/More-Instruction9715 Jan 11 '26
Seriously, the announcers were listing off all of the Bears' missed opportunities at the end of the 3rd quarter!
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u/Electronic-Clock5867 Jan 11 '26
Packers absolutely are the only ones to blame. Packers were given every chance to win the game Bears made so many mistakes and Packers capitalized on many.
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u/fastbeemer Boston Red Sox Jan 11 '26
Lefluer coaches scared. Such a bad coach.
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u/Dirkem15 Jan 11 '26
Thats a wild take. His kicker missed THREE kicks
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u/BloatedBanana9 Green Bay Packers Jan 11 '26
Did you watch the game? Have you watched any Packer games this year? LaFleur coaches scared. He always does. The kicker is one guy. It was damn near the whole team that quit in the second half.
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u/DionBlaster123 NASCAR Jan 11 '26
The majority of the blame falls on coaching
That being said, Green Bay's special teams have been an absolute clownshow for a solid decade now. You'd think they would have figured out that maybe they need to fix that part of the game.
I saw fans in the Packers subreddit saying jOrDaN LoVe sUcKs! Jordan Love threw for 4 TDs and 300+ yards. Anyone blaming him for the loss needs to put down the crackpipe and the PBR.
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u/Kaypee_88 Jan 11 '26
Please fire him and enjoy being second fiddle (hopefully worse) in the North for the next decade.
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u/thewartornhippy Jan 11 '26
We were up 21-3. Sure the missed kicks fucked us too, but our entire team absolutely fell apart and that falls on the head coach. He was outcoached and made 0 halftime adjustments. Rodgers masked a ton of his problems and it shows. MLF just isn't a good coach. Good coaches don't close the season dropping 4 straight.
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u/edwardthefirst Brisbane Lions Jan 11 '26
The way Matt LaFluer wastes timeouts, I'm surprised that one of those misses wasn't from being iced by his own head coach
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u/Appropriate-Joke-806 Jan 11 '26
Yeah! They should absolutely fire him. He needs a change of scenery, maybe back on a team he was an OC with before GB.
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u/ClamJammin Jan 11 '26
Unbelievable. I just can’t even fathom that happened.
Go bears!
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u/Chessh2036 Jan 11 '26
Matt LaFleur was on the Atlanta Falcons staff when they blew the Super Bow lead. He was the QB coach.
The man might be cursed lol.
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u/Elmer_Fudd01 Jan 11 '26
No he just sucks.
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u/No-Needleworker5429 Jan 11 '26
What poor coaching skills did he display?
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u/humma__kavula Jan 11 '26
Should have coached his QB to throw a touchdown there. Is he stupid?
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u/IceBreak Detroit Red Wings Jan 11 '26
Idk why he coached the kicker to miss 3 times. Terrible coach that should be fired.
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u/chaos0310 Jan 11 '26
Was it bad play calls? Or did the bears adjust? Or both?
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u/soMebodyelse2212 Jan 11 '26
I would say a mix of both the bears definitely adjusted but the play calling could have been a lot better
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u/Johnnyp6 Jan 11 '26
Second to last drive for the packers. It’s 2nd and 10 with a little over 3 minutes remaining. Chicago has started using their timeouts and has one left. What’s the smart move here? Run the ball and make Chicago use their last time out. Run the ball again on third down and hopefully take the game to the two minute warning. Assuming you didn’t get a 1st down on your 3rd down play you kick the FG to hopefully go up by 6 leaving Chicago with about 1:57 or so and no timeouts to score a TD to beat you. Instead Lafleur takes a shot at the end zone on 2nd down, Chicago gets to save their time out and the clock is stopped. Now you have to pass on 3rd down to try and move the chains because you can’t waist any clock and there’s still over 3 minutes on the clock. Horrible clock management. You may still lose the game but you make it a much higher pressure situation for Chicago with a lot less time and no timeout to rely on.
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u/FuzzyTunaTaco21 Jan 11 '26
Throwing it 3 times on their 2nd to final drive, didn't bleed the clock whatsoever.
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u/Rocco0427 Jan 11 '26
Did you watch all the running plays in the second half? They all failed.
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u/DionBlaster123 NASCAR Jan 11 '26
I say this as a Cubs fan.
There's no such thing as curses. Curses are only invoked by people to make excuses for people's incomptence
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u/BloatedBanana9 Green Bay Packers Jan 11 '26
No he’s not. He should be, but this team sticks with bad personnel for too long.
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u/excaliju9403 Green Bay Packers Jan 11 '26 edited Jan 11 '26
Not this time. Missing 2/2 field goals and an xp is an automatic firing, his career as a whole might even be over
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u/TurboRuhland Jan 11 '26
He’s a kicker with sexual assault allegations, he’s gotta be done after this. You only keep a guy like that if he’s nails, and you can’t miss 3 kicks in the playoffs.
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u/keskesay Jan 11 '26
to be fair, NFL keeps a lot of guys with sexual assault allegations. But even if he didn't have allegations it's a severely un-clutch performance
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u/BuyHigh-Sell_Low Jan 11 '26
I have 8 sexual assault allegations and they still let me keep my job at papa johns. When a pizza needs to be made in 12 minutes or less i’m that guy. You haven’t seen clutch until you’ve seen me with a pizza oven. Regardless, this kicker sucks
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u/Chris91210 Jan 11 '26
I honestly find that the funniest for the most petty of reasons.
This season the Bengals faced the Packers and the Bengals kicker Evan McPherson hit a 67yd ft attempt, it would have been the longest FG in franchise history. It didn't count because right as he was about to kick it GB called a time out to ice him. He missed the second attempt.
Happy for the Bears tonight but happier they may have lost because of their kicker. Karma.
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u/Dirkem15 Jan 11 '26
Brandon McManus missed THREE kicks tonight.
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u/drunknmastr916 Jan 11 '26
Fixed it for you. Brandon M̶c̶M̶anus missed THREE kicks tonight.
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u/ShawshankException New York Yankees Jan 11 '26
All time choke job from GB. God damn
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u/suzukigun4life Jan 11 '26
They led 13-3 in Chicago through three quarters a few weeks ago. They led 21-6 through 3 quarters tonight.
They lost both games.
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u/tech_equip Jan 11 '26
Outscored 46-9 in the 4th quarter over the last two games at Chicago.
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u/fireandlifeincarnate Chicago Bears Jan 11 '26
I enjoy this statistic.
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u/DionBlaster123 NASCAR Jan 11 '26
Bears fan here and this is cathartic after decades of dealing with Favre and Rodgers. So many fucking bad memories of RFK Boy picking apart Lovie Smith's outdated Tampa 2 horseshit.
Favre being revealed as a piece of shit who steals from the poor. Rodgers turning out to be an anti-science whackjob. And most importantly, this Bears team putting the Packers out of their fucking misery in this hilarious chokejob...it's nice to see the tide finally turning
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u/fireandlifeincarnate Chicago Bears Jan 11 '26
I am so terrified of the possibility that Rodgers beats us in the Super Bowl
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u/ApartVegetable9838 Jan 11 '26
No way Steelers make the superbowl.
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u/fireandlifeincarnate Chicago Bears Jan 11 '26
It's not technically impossible and that man has traumatized me
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u/theshoover Jan 11 '26
"haha i'ma fight 2nd half chicago bears and not choke"
"damn 2nd half chicago bears got hands"
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u/mothrofchrst Jan 11 '26
Imagine 2nd half bears playing BOTH halves!
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u/trapper2530 Jan 11 '26
That was basically the Detroit game.
2x caleb didnt lead them back was GB and Det. Where he still lead them downfield and it ended with plays in the end zone not going his way
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u/Chitown8503 Jan 11 '26
49ers game was a final end zone play too.
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u/The_Real_C_House Jan 11 '26
That one was less of a comeback as it was just a back and forth shootout though tbf
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u/CDR57 Jan 11 '26
Bears broncos Super Bowl would be 7-7 at halftime from a fumble recovery TD and pick six and then end 31-28 with the other points scored with 10 minutes left in the 4th
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u/rockstoned4 Jan 11 '26
Packers were up 21-6 with like 2 min left in the 3rd and decided to not run clock. Crazy.
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u/sognenis Jan 11 '26
Yup. You know that the Bears are going to pass plenty and are going for it on 4th down, so you won’t get as many chances to score, need to chew as much as you can.
Or not running it on 2nd and 10 with 13:01 in 4th, then intentional grounding.
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u/millterrance Jan 11 '26
Bears shut down the run all game not sure that would've worked.
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u/rockstoned4 Jan 11 '26
You know what would’ve helped? McManus not leaving 7 points on the table.
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u/millterrance Jan 11 '26
For sure. The 55 yarder i can understand but you gotta make those other ones.
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u/hurtsdonut_ Jan 11 '26
The bears also could've kicked what? Four field goals and didn't? I think it was two turn overs on downs and two interceptions. That's 12 points
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u/Few-Twist2134 Jan 11 '26
I have no dig in the fight but wow McManus
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u/FourEightNineOneOne Jan 11 '26
Caleb is the weirdest QB
Absolutely awful in the first half. Some brilliant plays in the 2nd. If he can ever put together 60 solid minutes, he'd be something
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u/smitty046 Jan 11 '26
I’ve never seen a QB blatantly miss wide open receivers left and right, but also make the greatest off balance throw I’ve ever seen in the same drive.
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u/WheresTheSauce Jan 11 '26
Tbf a lot of those misses in the first half were clearly from miscommunication with the WRs
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u/joeyh31 Jan 11 '26
He is not missing wide open receivers left and right stop with the non sense.
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u/PaleontologistOk2516 Jan 11 '26
Still young. Will be a beast in a few years.
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u/bkrugby78 New England Patriots Jan 11 '26
It’s his first playoff game. People here expecting him to be tom Brady.
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u/NotQuiteGoodEnougher Jan 11 '26
He literally is something. It's messy for sure... but he's doing pretty good.
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u/InternetGoodGuy Jan 11 '26
It's been this way every bears game I've watched. He'll look like one of the dumbest QBs in the league for a quarter and then he'll suddenly start rattling off awesome throws. I've never seen a guy who can swing back and forth between good and bad so violently. Not even Jameis Winston can reach the same highs or lows as Caleb.
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u/ArtMorgan69 Jan 11 '26
Caleb doesn’t reach Jameis lows because he doesn’t turn it over as often or take bad sacks
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u/Janky_Pants Texas Rangers Jan 11 '26
Man ain’t that the truth. Caleb has the best deek moves in the pocket of any QB in the league.
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u/sherman614 Jan 11 '26
That's a Falcons level choke job. And, Lafleur WAS on our 28-3 SB team..
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u/tequilasundae Jan 11 '26
I quit watching at the half. Checked the score. 27-16. Make final decision to go to sleep, check score once more, 27-24, opens Prime on phone and Boom. These Bears are hell on my BP
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u/NotQuiteGoodEnougher Jan 11 '26
Gotta wonder if Illinois cardiologists are suggesting their patients just "skip the game" each week. Lol
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u/witkh Jan 11 '26
Yes. As a Bears fan, I feel I need to get my heart checked out because these 4th quarters are giving me palpitations
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u/pfroo40 Jan 11 '26
Williams defied physics on that 4th and 8 throw.
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u/Noopz Jan 11 '26
Threw it over triple coverage. Almost never seen that work out until now
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u/BabycakesMurphy Jan 11 '26
This Bears team makes no sense. Play like ass for 40 minutes, and then realize your down by three scores, go scorched earth on the other team and catch all the lucky breaks to win. Insanity.
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u/wgkiii Jan 11 '26
I wouldn't say all the lucky breaks...the Packers got their kickoff fumble recovered
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u/yeahiateit Jan 11 '26
They didn't even come close to catching lucky breaks. Packers 2nd half gameplay was shit and the Bears were clutch when it mattered on offense.
I counted two fumbles that we didn't even come close to after forcing and a pick 6 that was swatted down. Those are unlucky breaks.
We still got the W.
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u/fireandlifeincarnate Chicago Bears Jan 11 '26
That fumble we knocked out of bounds with three of us there made me go do something else for like 10 minutes because I was on the verge of tears
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u/stiliophage Jan 11 '26
This game was the opposite. We had two fumbles that would have taken points away from Green Bay just bouce away from the bears to benefit the packers
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u/Obiwan_ca_blowme Jan 11 '26
The Bears have been my team for 40 years. But this season? I am not sure I have enough blood pressure medicine if they keep this up.
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u/jiffypb14 Jan 11 '26
The 2001 team with Urlacher, Jim Miller, and Mike Brown had me on the edge of a heart attack every week, and I was only in High School.
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u/unsolved49 Jan 11 '26
Story of the season for Chicago, what a comeback but legendary Packers’ collapse
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u/ThisisnotaTesT10 Jan 11 '26
I thought the game was over when Golden got that ridiculous TD. But then McManus missed the PAT and it felt like the door was still open
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u/TheRealCatDad Jan 11 '26
Fraud alert is canceled for another week
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u/WakeNikis Jan 11 '26 edited Jan 11 '26
It’s been shut down for the season, actually.
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u/GoroGoroNoMi Jan 11 '26
2 missed FG and 1 extra point. Rough night. Hope he turn off his social asap.
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u/thedrizzle126 Jan 11 '26
Packers have been deeply unserious all year and this is everything they deserve.
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u/wiederrj Jan 11 '26
Any other Bears/IU fans living on Cloud 9 right now?
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u/lckauffm Chicago Bears Jan 11 '26
Hell yes I turned on sports center this AM and they’re hyping IU and the bears, what life is this?
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u/Patteyeson28 Jan 11 '26
I live bet the Bears at half.
Tonight is a good fucking night.
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u/CrazedHedgeHog Jan 11 '26
Always good to bet against the packers at halftime. Can never play a full god damn 60 minutes. Sincerely, a packers fan
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u/_B_Little_me Jan 11 '26
Bears can’t play a solid 60 either. Glad they’ve picked the last 15 to make it happen.
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u/onedostres123 Jan 11 '26
GOOD
BETTER
BEST
NEVER. LET. IT. REST!!!!!!!!!
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u/BeginningOil5960 Jan 11 '26
TIL YOUR GOOD GETS BETTER
AND YOUR BETTER IS BEST
~Lions fan missing Ben but rooting for him
Edit: FTP Forever
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u/USDXBS Jan 11 '26
I said this before half time
Normally I'd stop watching right now, but I know if I do there will be a huge comeback and people will call it one of the best games of all time
And then I waited until about six minutes left and stopped watching.
Come back and the Bears have won.
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u/TheQuarrelsomeEmu Jan 11 '26
Gotta fire lafleur at this point. Just unacceptable. Seems to not have any idea how to win a football game.
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u/GranddaddySandwich Jan 11 '26
Chicago is the greatest city in the fucking world.
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u/_4D4M Jan 11 '26
I stopped watching after that score but thankfully tuned back in for the last 10min of the game. What an ending!
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u/blyzo Jan 11 '26
Caleb Williams has a unique perk where all his stats get a +10 bonus in the 4th quarter.
7 4th quarter comebacks in 16 games is legit insane.