Joe from Swansea, IL

I don't know about you, but I'm exhausted. Are they all going to be like that from here on out?

Are you not entertained?

Gregg from Chapel Hill, NC

That was old-school football, my friends.

Two teams both trying to play their own game and impose their will on the other. And the Bears finally lost one at the wire after a handful of wins in those very situations.

Jake from Winston Salem, NC

Insiders, it wasn't always pretty, but the whole team's ability to weather the storm was impressive in being able to come up big the last eight minutes to put up another score and then come up with the big stop. What was your big takeaway from the game?

How ’bout five of them?

Alan from Mount Auburn, IL

Hello II, what really impressed me about the play Keisean Nixon made was that he may well have jumped up around 36 inches to make the interception. That's up there!

Nixon is a heck of an athlete. You can't play corner at 5-10 in this league without having a lot of other physical attributes. To peel back on the tight end leaking to the end zone was crazy smart, too.

Reed from Myrtle Beach, SC

I kept saying about the defense in the second half – just make one play. Took 'em long enough, but they got around to it.

I was saying the same thing in the live blog.

Ray from Clark, NJ

The defense played their last play perfectly. Covered the Caleb run, the short pass option, and the end zone option but, I believe Kingsley Enagbare's stop on third down will be the most overlooked play of the game. Stopped him cold. If the runner falls at all forward it is first-and-10. What did you think of that play?

I agree Enagbare's stop on third-and-1 was the unsung play of the game. Prior to that, dating back to Nixon's personal foul in the second quarter after a 1-yard run, the Bears' running backs had gained less than three yards on a carry only once, a 1-yard run on third-and-1 to make it first-and-goal. That covered a span of 15 carries by running backs without legitimately stopping them, until Enagbare's play.

Joe from Bozeman, MT

I wonder if Bears' fans are questioning that last play call? Caleb was rolling to his left and I think Johnson was so sure the defense would be fooled that Caleb could run for the first and get out of bounds if the pass wasn't open. It looked from the highlight that he was going to be tackled for a loss so he had no choice but to throw the pass.

I think that's precisely what Johnson thought, that Williams would be able to run for the yard if he had nowhere to throw it. Thankfully the ball was on the right hash, so they called the roll to the left so he wouldn't run out of field too quickly to the right. They ran that exact same play last week against Philly for a 30-yard TD to Kmet, too.

Keith from Keithsburg, CA

Minor correction for Lawrence from Lawrenceville. The tie on GB's record means we need to merely match the number of wins of another team to finish ahead. Hopefully when this posts, we'll be in first place with the same nine wins as the Bears.

Exactly. Mathematically, that tie counts as half a win. So the Packers have 9½ wins to the Bears' nine right now.

Scott from Reno, NV

Did you watch LaFleur and Johnson meet after the game? Didn't look like LaFleur even stopped to say two words as he did his run-by handshake. I'm sure he'll never admit it but I'll bet he was thinking, "Well, you're not going to beat me twice this year!"

I'm guessing some other more succinct thoughts were going through his head, but to his credit he's taken the high road the whole way.

Rob from Webster, NY

Do you know how Josh Jacobs escaped three unblocked Bears four yards deep in the backfield on that fourth-quarter run for the first down? I watched the reply 10 times, and I don't. Did he enter the matrix? He ran right into the middle of them, vanished and appeared on the other side. Play of the season for me. Holy moly.

I couldn't figure it out either. That's why I asked LaFleur specifically about that play in the postgame presser, because I didn't know what I was going to write about it. That was Jacobs' biggest and best run of the season, all things considered.

Kirsten from Madison, WI

Did we learn anything this game that will help us at Soldier Field in two weeks? Caleb Williams came as advertised. Wow, that dude is slippery – but also so inconsistent on passing. My biggest concern on our side of the ball was the feast-or-famine offense. What do we clean up to avoid those three-and-outs next time?

I don't know if there's anything specific to "clean up" on the three-and-outs, but the Packers have to avoid them with better execution. They attacked single coverage on the outside on both of those drives and came up empty. Live by it, die by it. As for Williams, every game I've seen him play he escapes sacks back there like nobody's business. It's crazy. I think the Packers learned – not that they didn't already know – if they aren't able to build a sizeable lead, they have to defend the run better. Because Williams' most productive passes came on early downs when he had no pressure because the front was concerned about the run. The Packers will have to get up big on the Bears to get them away from the run, and that's where the three-and-out to start the second half (with a 14-3 lead) changed the game.

CW from Lake Forest, IL

Seems to me that the Caleb Williams' sack rate improvement year over year has more to do with him making throws to sideline spectators than improved O-line play. It felt like he threw the ball away more times than he tried to complete a pass?

He was sacked 68 times as a rookie. Obviously sack avoidance was a key part of his training in Year 2, and it's paid off. I said all week that's not a great pass protecting line. That's evident with all the scrambles. They protect Williams best by the way they run the ball.

Kyle from Osceola, WI

Three things I did not have on my Packers/Bears bingo card: 1) Bo Melton with a TD; 2) Dontayvion Wicks with zero touches; 3) Jordan Love throwing a pick, and that pick having absolutely no bearing on the outcome.

1) To think if Love gives Melton a better ball in Detroit off that scramble, Bo's probably got two TDs in the last two games. 2) LaFleur said after the game Wicks was bothered by an ankle injury and hence hardly played. 3) That was a huge three-and-out early in the game by the Packers' defense.

Mark from Angels Camp, CA

One big difference. Love's pick was in the first quarter, Williams' the fourth. Crunch time performance matters.

Always does.

Steve from Flagstaff, AZ

Anyone else besides myself worry about the possibility of the Bears scoring late then going for two to win it?

I was figuring the Bears would go for two if they scored. Said so in the live blog (I'm pretty sure).

Grant from Charlotte, NC

That touchdown by Christian Watson on the slant took me back to Jordy Nelson days. Was fun to score and fun to walk down memory lane. Go Pack Go!

That was somewhat reminiscent of Nelson vs. Revis in '14, wasn't it? You weren't the only one.

Drew from Eagan, MN

Did Nixon's INT remind anyone else of Tramon's against the Eagles in the 2010 playoffs?

Also true, and also not alone.

Kevin from Tinton Falls, NJ

I'm sorry, but Monongai was absolutely stonewalled in a one-on-one situation, was not moving, and was facing away from the end zone. Then two 350-plus-pound linemen come running in to basically throw him into the end zone. That's ridiculous. I just watched one in the KC game where the RB wasn't even touching the ground, he was just being carried by the entire team. I know we're just beating a dead horse here but it's insane to watch.

It's reached the point of absurdity. I said from the moment I saw the first tush push that this was bad for football, and naturally it's been carried to the extreme, to the point the defense has no chance on a play like Monangai's two-point conversion. It's just gross.

Kelly from Merrill, WI

Just curious, do you ever see a scenario where a Micah Parsons mauler gets called for holding? Asking for a friend.

Speaking of absurd. And gross. I don't even know what to say about it anymore. I really don't.

Dennis from Ottawa, IL

Someone told me this was Jayden Reed's first game back from injured reserve. Didn't look like it to me. Did it look that way to you?

It was great to see Reed back out there and getting involved early. That was obviously intentional. His reception on the game-winning drive was big time, 18-yarder right after Jacobs' 11-yard run to start it. Packers had gained 29 yards and hadn't even faced second down. I see Reed playing a monster role down the stretch here.

Gabe from Lake Geneva, WI

I just want to apologize to Love for calling him average for the last five weeks. His game awareness was on full display.

If you thought his previous five weeks were average, I don't know what you were watching. He made one big mistake in each of the losses to the Panthers and Eagles, but in this four-game winning streak, that early INT Sunday is his only turnover.

Joshua from Milwaukee, WI

I hate replay. Hate it. If you're not going to follow the "conclusive evidence" language in the rule book, take it out and replace it with the more honest "we send it to New York and their guess becomes the official guess." I can't say for sure Luke Musgrave made that incredible catch, but I can say with 100% certainty the replay showed nothing in the vicinity of conclusive evidence. Did I miss something? Will replay ever return to sanity?

I've been saying for years the precedence given to the call on the field is an anachronistic concept. If it goes to replay, they should call what they see on replay. The call on the field on those bang-bang plays is a total guess anyway. The way the rule is written is just to help the on-field officials save face.

Blake from Marion, IA

On the catch, fumble, Bears recover challenge, were there any angles that actually showed an incomplete pass? From my couch it sure looked like a ball that never hit the ground and should have been Packers ball. Go Pack Go.

I can't figure out what they saw in New York, and that was admittedly a tricky one. Wes had a good word, labeling the incomplete call a compromise because they felt overturning the call to give the Packers the ball was a bridge too far. But the fact the call on the field in that instance was Bears recovered the fumble was beyond embarrassing. Couldn't have been more wrong.

Michael from Eagle, ID

After some decidedly questionable officiating, Keisean snagging the dagger seemed the very epitome of poetic justice.

Missing the Darth Vader choke hold and flagging the retaliatory shove seemed the very epitome of Craig Wrolstad's crew's shortcomings in this game.

Ben from Northbrook, IL

Sometimes you get the bear, and sometimes the bear gets you. Today, we got the bear. But this bear is going to be a problem for a while, don't you think? This Chicago team doesn't look like the pushover we've seen in the past.

They're certainly no pushover, and I didn't expect them to be. My belief the Bears' defense was vulnerable when not getting turnovers proved true, but that offense was both more efficient and more dangerous than I anticipated, and Williams didn't have Odunze to throw to. Williams also looked downfield while scrambling to try to gash the defense more than I thought. He's very aggressive that way.

Terry from Green Bay, WI

Happy Victory Monday! I just wanted to point out the Bears had the No. 1 seed in the NFC at the start of play today. Eight hours later, they've dropped to seventh and could easily drop completely out of the playoffs with the schedule they have for the next four weeks.

Sure, but they're also hosting the Browns while Green Bay travels to Denver, so the division standings easily could shift right back where they were after next week if the Packers have any sort of letdown.

Larry from Woodridge, IL

I think Spoff would prefer Heisenberg.

Say my name.

Jeffrey from Eveleth, MN

Spoff, you said it best. The games just keep getting bigger.

Happy Monday.

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