The Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears will close out the 2024 regular season with a noon kickoff from Lambeau Field on Sunday, Jan. 5.
The NFL released the Week 18 schedule following the Washington Commanders’ overtime win over the Atlanta Falcons.
FOX will broadcast the game.
The Packers have clinched a playoff berth in the NFC but will need a win over the Bears and a Commanders loss to the Dallas Cowboys to be the No. 6 seed. The Commanders and Cowboys are also scheduled for a noon kickoff.
The No. 6 seed will play either the Los Angeles Rams or the NFC South winner (Tampa Bay Buccaneers/Atlanta Falcons) in the NFC Wild Card Round, while the No. 7 seed will go on the road to play the Philadelphia Eagles.
The Packers beat the Bears in Chicago on a blocked field goal as time expired coming out of the bye week in November. The Bears have lost 10 straight games since starting 4-2 and haven’t won in Green Bay since 2015.
The 2024 season will conclude with the biggest game of the final week: the 14-2 Minnesota Vikings at Ford Field to play the 13-2 Detroit Lions in a winner-takes-all showdown for the NFC North and No. 1 seed in the NFC.