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2026 NFL Playoffs – Wild Card: Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears

The NFC North will take center stage to close out the first day of Wild Card weekend with the Chicago Bears hosting the Green Bay Packers. The Bears ended up snagging the two seed despite losing their final two games, beating out the Philadelphia Eagles for that honor. Their reward? A third game against their division rival who had been expected to win the division throughout most of the season, before the Bears surged ahead late.

Kickoff is set for Saturday, January 10, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. Mile High time at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois and will air on Amazon Prime.

My Prediction​

According to FanDuel, the Packers are 1.5-point favorites over the Bears on the road despite their last win coming all the way back on December 7th. That four-game skid ended up being mostly led by back-up quarterbacks, but teams can be very momentum-driven at times. Then for them to be favored on the road against the division champions is just odd to me. I’ll take the Bears here, but maybe I’m wrong.

Prediction: Bears 30, Packers 27.

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2026 NFL Playoffs – Wild Card: Los Angeles Rams at Carolina Panthers

The Los Angeles Rams finished as the five seed in a very stacked NFC West in 2025 and will be on the road to take on the Carolina Panthers who finished in a three-way tie at 8-9 in the NFC South. This is a classic game where the entire planet will expect a Rams beatdown and, in the NFL, that can be a dangerous assumption.

Kickoff is set for Saturday, January 10, 2026 at 2:30 p.m. Mile High time at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina and will air on FOX.

My Prediction​

According to FanDuel, the Rams are 10.5-point favorites over the Panthers here. That is a huge and disrespectful spread, but understandable given where each team finished the season. That said, this is a very dangerous game for the Rams. The Panthers have played some good football at times and if they come out motivated and the Rams come out flat, things could get interesting. Even so, I can’t pick against a team I consider a Super Bowl contender out of the NFC.

Prediction: Rams 24, Panthers 20.

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