The Green Bay Packers are in the playoffs.
How they got here? Let’s… not talk about that game in Minnesota. 🔥🗑️
On this episode of Cheesehead Radio, the crew does the humane thing: burns the Week 18 tape, scrubs the Clayton Tune experience from collective memory, and pivots hard to what actually matters — a Saturday night playoff showdown at Soldier Field against the Chicago Bears.
The Packers chose rest over rust, sat their starters, survived a street-free-agent football experiment, and somehow still found defensive contributors hiding in plain sight. Meanwhile, Bears fans are paying historic prices, talking historic trash, and convincing themselves this time will be different.
We break down:
- * Why that Vikings “game” felt more like the 1987 replacement era than NFL football
- * The unexpected defensive bright spots (Barryn Sorrell, Colin Oliver, Brenton Cox Jr.)
- * The injury fallout — and why Green Bay is actually healthier than it’s been in weeks
- * Rest vs. rust, momentum vs. narrative, physics vs. vibes
- * Why Bears swagger feels real… and also deeply fragile
- * How ticket prices, weather, turnovers, and special teams could decide everything
Then we get serious — keys to the game, playoff matchups, and what must happen if the Packers are going to walk into Chicago and leave with Bears fans staring into the abyss yet again.
It’s the third postseason meeting between the NFL’s oldest rivals.
It’s the most expensive Wild Card game ever.
It’s Soldier Field, at night, in January.
And for Green Bay?
It’s either a reckoning… or another long offseason.
Pull up a chair.
Burn the tape.
It’s Bears week — again — with everything on the line.
🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your Packers fix.
Presented by Ticket King, Cheesehead Radio is back for its 17th season — your go-to Packers podcast for news, fun, and a little bit of frivolity.
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