Week 11 will be the start of the next chapter for the Bears-Packers rivalry but the mutual hatred still remains between the new stars
The Chicago Bears' Week 11 matchup against the Green Bay Packers will be the 207th matchup in the league's longest running rivalry.This matchup, however, will have a different feel to it with both teams entering into a new era with a new franchise quarterback leading the way. But, don't be confused, the heated tension between […]
The Chicago Bears' Week 11 matchup against the Green Bay Packers will be the 207th matchup in the league's longest running rivalry.
This matchup, however, will have a different feel to it with both teams entering into a new era with a new franchise quarterback leading the way. But, don't be confused, the heated tension between the two teams still remains the same.
Sunday's game will be the first matchup for rookie quarterback Caleb Williams against the Packers and Jordan Love's third start against the Bears.
After being drafted first overall by the Bears back in April, Williams quickly addressed this matchup and future matchups he will have against his team's biggest opponent.
"I'm excited to get out there and go against the Packers and the Cheeseheads," Williams said.
Fellow first-round pick Rome Odunze addressed the rivalry as well after being selected by the Bears with the ninth-overall pick.
“First day hating the Packers, I already can’t stand them,” Odunze said during the weekend after being drafted. “Every time I see green, I nearly puke.”
Williams and Odunze continued to add fuel to the fire between the two sides during the summer after leading a "Green Bay Sucks" chant at the Old Crow Smokehouse in Wrigleyville back in June.
Even though it's the league's oldest rivalry with countless all-time moments, recent history hasn't been kind to the Bears. The Packers have won 10 consecutive head-to-head matchups against the Bears and recently took the lead in the all-time series.
On the Packers side of things, Love is still relatively new to the rivalry but sitting behind the "Bears Killer" Aaron Rodgers and being under head coach Matt LaFleur has given him a good idea of how important this game is to both sides.
“I can’t talk about anything that went on, I guess, before I was here," Love said via Matt Schneidman. "We know what this game’s all about and we take pride in that.”
Three new players in particular are ready to take it up a notch and take this game to a personal level.
Bears star edge rusher Montez Sweat claimed during the offseason that he's "not losing to Green Bay this year" and that the two sides have created a real rivalry again.
On Wednesday, Packers newest safety Xavier McKinney took it even further by calling out Bears' wide receiver DJ Moore for his now-viral actions that took place two weeks ago against the Arizona Cardinals.
"(Moore) is another one of those guys, same guy; play’s still going on, and you walk off the field on your offense," McKinney said via Matt Schneidman. "You take note of that. Everybody takes note of that, and we see it, and we’re going to work it accordingly."
McKinney had a right to come after Moore. Months back while on the "Up and Adams Show" with Kay Adams, Moore brushed off the recent additions made to the secondaries in the NFC North, which of course included Green Bay signing McKinney, who's made quite the name for himself through the first 10 weeks.
So, even though it's the start of a new era with new stars on both sides in this heated rivalry, things are still going to play out the same on Sunday between the Bears and Packers. And it's not going to change after this week, either.
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