Chicago felled the AFC North-leading, Aaron Rodgers-less Pittsburgh Steelers, 31-28, in Week 12 to keep hold of their solo lead in the division. The Steelers fell to 6-5 and into a tie with the Ravens for the AFC North lead.

The Chicago Bears are going to be more shorthanded than they even thought against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Despite both players logging full practices this week, cornerbacks Kyler Gordon and Jaylon Johnson were not activated from injured reserve and will not play.

Here are our takeaways from the Bears' gut-check win over the Steelers, where Pittsburgh played a replacement-player game and the Bears did not.

Here we'll try to look at and discuss how the Chicago Bears have won 8 of last 9 games and if that makes them contenders.

The Bears took over sole possession of first place in the NFC North on Sunday, improving their record to 7-3, half a game ahead of the 6-3-1 Packers and a full game ahead of the 6-4 Lions.

Running backs Roschon Johnson (thumb) and Travis Homer (hamstring/knee) were also out. Safety Jaquan Brisker practiced in full after missing Wednesday’s practice because of a shoulder problem. He hurt it colliding with Stevenson, who was limited in practice with hip and back problems.

The Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers meet Sunday afternoon in an NFC North battle from Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Today, the Green Bay Packers start their sprint through the NFC North to finish out the 2025 regular season, with five divisional games in the last seven weeks. First up is the first of two games against the Minnesota Vikings,