It may be stupid that the Packers are just now playing the Bears for the first time this season, but at least the game is going to matter.

I’m firmly of the opinion that things are better when Packers/Bears games matter, and for too long, they haven’t. The Bears are the Packers’ oldest rival, and functionally, they might be their only rival. The Lions and Vikings do not stand on equal historical footing with either the Packers or Bears. Neither of them have any kind of legacy of success, and although the Lions are a fairly old franchise, the Vikings are, at least in terms of the overall age of the NFL, still relatively new on the block compared to the Packers and Bears.

But Green Bay and Chicago have a century of history together, and that history matters most when both teams are playing

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