{"id":405304,"date":"2026-01-11T02:09:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T02:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/405304\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T02:09:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T02:09:09","slug":"nfl-play-offs-live-wildcard-weekend-packers-v-bears-team-news-live-text-radio-commentary-score-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/405304\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL play-offs LIVE: Wildcard Weekend &#8211; Packers v Bears, team news, live text, radio commentary &#038; score updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cometh the hour, cometh the Iceman?published at 01:40 GMT<\/p>\n<p>01:40 GMT<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-16yshci-Paragraph e14e9ror4\">Green Bay Packers 7-3 Chicago Bears<\/p>\n<p>      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams warms up before playing the Green Bay Packers in the 2025 NFL play-offs\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/c5728566-6e8c-4621-8e69-38b12009b2ed.jpg.webp.webp\"  width=\"1086\" height=\"611\" class=\"ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, Reuters<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">If Chicago need a response, then Caleb Williams has proven in his second season he is the man to provide it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">His rookie year wasn\u2019t ideal as Chicago fired<br \/>\ntheir head coach mid-season but unlike Matt Eberflus, his successor Ben Johnson<br \/>\nis an offensive coach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Williams struggled to get used to Johnson and his tough-love<br \/>\napproach during training camp but the pair have developed an effective relationship<br \/>\nthrough the season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Williams is looking after the ball better and, at times, Johnson<br \/>\nhas challenged him to showcase his arm strength, such as his walk-off touchdown<br \/>\npass to DJ Moore to beat Green Bay in overtime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The former number one draft pick has set a franchise record of 3,942 passing yards, is<br \/>\nsixth in the league with 27 touchdowns and has thrown just seven interceptions,<br \/>\nalthough his completion rate is 58.1%, way down on the league leader Drake Maye<br \/>\n(72.0%).<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Williams has also become known as \u2018the Iceman\u2019<br \/>\nfor his ability to stay calm under pressure, leading the Bears to six game-winning<br \/>\ndrives. He may need another tonight if they&#8217;re to get the better of Green<br \/>\nBay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cometh the hour, cometh the Iceman?published at 01:40 GMT 01:40 GMT Green Bay Packers 7-3 Chicago Bears Image&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":405305,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-405304","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=405304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/405305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=405304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=405304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}