The Chicago Bears have made history all season, and they did it once more in their wild-card win over the Green Bay Packers last Saturday night.
The Bears-Packers’ wild-card playoff matchup was the most streamed game in NFL history, logging 31.6 million viewers on Amazon Prime Video, according to Andrew Marchand. The previous high was 27.5 million for Netflix on Christmas Day.
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Chicago overcame a 21-3 deficit at halftime, scoring 25 points in the fourth quarter for their NFL record seventh fourth-quarter comeback in a single season (including the playoffs). Quarterback Caleb Williams led four consecutive scoring drives, three of them touchdowns, while the Bears defense came up with some big stops after a rough first half. It’s what Chicago has done all season — keeping it close and then locking down in the fourth quarter. And this time, a record-breaking audience saw the whole thing.
The Bears are set to host the Los Angeles Rams in the divisional round of the NFC playoffs, which will air at 5:30 p.m. CT on NBC. And considering Chicago and Los Angeles are two of the top markets in the NFL, we could be looking at another record-setting game, outside of the play on the field.
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