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The NFC Championship looms on the horizon for four of football\u2019s finest teams. The Bears<\/a> and Rams<\/a> enjoyed standout campaigns in 2025, with Chicago capturing its first divisional title since 2018 and Los Angeles competing for the NFC West crown until the final two weeks of the season.<\/p>\n Chicago secured a dramatic win over the Packers<\/a> in the wild-card round, rallying from an 18-point deficit amid a slew of Caleb Williams plays. Ben Johnson\u2019s team has embraced the comeback narrative all season, overcoming deficits six times during the regular season. Los Angeles will need to keep its foot on the gas if it pulls ahead.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the Rams inched past a resilient Panthers<\/a> squad. Matthew Stafford, overcoming an apparent hand injury, came alive as the game reached its crescendo. Can he pull a rabbit out of his hat once more?<\/p>\n The Sporting News is tracking live updates from Sunday\u2019s divisional-round matchup between the Bears and Rams. Follow below for highlights and live results as two of the NFC\u2019s best teams compete for a spot in the conference title game.<\/p>\n STREAM: Watch Bears vs. Rams live with Peacock<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n NFL PLAYOFFS HQ:\u00a0Live NFL scores<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Full NFL schedule<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Updated NFL bracket<\/a><\/p>\n Bears vs. Rams live updates, highlights from 2026 NFL playoff game<\/p>\n (All times Eastern)<\/p>\n *This section will be updated closer to kickoff*<\/p>\n MORE 2026 NFL PLAYOFFS:<\/p>\n Where to watch Bears vs. RamsBears vs. Rams start timeDate: Sunday, Jan.\u00a018Start time: 6:30 p.m. ET, 3:30 p.m. PT<\/p>\n The divisional round matchup between the Bears and Rams will kickoff at 6:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, Jan. 18 at Soldier Field in Chicago.<\/p>\n What channel is Bears vs. Rams on today?TV channel: NBCLive stream: Peacock<\/a><\/p>\n The Bears vs. Rams game will be aired on NBC, with Mike Tirico, Cris Collinsworth and Melissa Stark on the call. Cord-cutters can find the action on Peacock.<\/p>\n NFL playoff schedule 2026Wild-card round<\/p>\n Saturday, January 10<\/p>\n MatchupTimeTV ChannelRams 34, Panthers 31—-Bears 31, Packers 27\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Sunday, January 11<\/p>\n MatchupTimeTV ChannelBills 27, Jaguars 24—-49ers 23, Eagles 19—-Patriots 16, Chargers 3—-<\/p>\n Monday, January 12<\/p>\n MatchupTimeTV ChannelTexans 30, Steelers 6—-Divisional round<\/p>\n Saturday, January 17<\/p>\n MatchupTime (ET)TV ChannelBills vs. Broncos4:30 p.m.CBS49ers vs. Seahawks8:00 p.m.Fox<\/p>\n Sunday, January 18<\/p>\n MatchupTime (ET)TV ChannelTexans vs. Patriots3:00 p.m.ABC\/ESPNRams vs. Bears6:30 p.m.NBCConference championship roundMatchupTime (ET)TV ChannelTBD vs. TBD3:00 p.m.CBSTBD vs. TBD6:30 p.m.FoxSuper BowlMatchupTime (ET)TV ChannelTBD vs. TBD6:30 p.m.NBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JUMP TO: The NFC Championship looms on the horizon for four of football\u2019s finest teams. The Bears and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":418049,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,514,82],"class_list":["post-418048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418048\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/418049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}