The rivalry between the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers, specifically head coaches Ben Johnson and Matt LaFleur, is not going to go away any time soon.
After their three meetings last season, where Chicago went 2-1, there were plenty of highlights and talking points, including Johnson’s cold walk-off handshake with LaFleur after Chicago defeated them in the NFC wild-card playoffs and the subsequent postgame locker room chant of “F— the Packers.”
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While making the media rounds on Tuesday at the NFL Scouting Combine, Johnson stopped by Pro Football Talk and was asked about the rivalry with the Packers, immediately firing off shots at the Bears‘ biggest rivals.
“Who likes the Packers?” Johnson said in response to Mike Florio. “The Bears and the Packers, they should not like each other, I think it’s as simple as that. That’s going to make this rivalry, this game, something that people are going to watch going forward. “
Johnson added that he hasn’t heard from LaFleur, they don’t speak at all, and there’s no relationship between the two head coaches whatsoever. It all began when Johnson took shots at LaFleur and the Packers in his introductory press conference when he took the Bears job, and the intensity in the rivalry continuously rose throughout the regular season and playoffs.
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This article originally appeared on Bears Wire: Ben Johnson continues to ignite Bears-Packers rivalry at NFL combine