GREEN BAY — As many creative ways as the Chicago Bears have used to pull out games in the final minute this season, parity that defines the NFL was bound to catch up to them sooner or later.

That moment happened to be with 22 seconds remaining Sunday night at Lambeau Field when Keisean Nixon, who wasn’t even supposed to be covering tight end Cole Kmet, recognized a bust in the Green Bay Packers defense and made a play to secure a 28-21 victory, ending a five-game winning streak for the Bears (9-4) and sending them — just like that — from the top of the NFC standings to seventh place.

That’s how topsy-turvy the conference race is with four weeks remaining. The good news for the Bears is they will have an opportunity to trade places with the Packers in fewer than two weeks when they come t

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