Josh Jacobs said what everyone’s thinking about rising Bears

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Alright, let’s break this down like we’re dissecting a wild fourth quarter. On paper, the Green Bay Packers beating the Chicago Bears at Lambeau is about as shocking as finding out the post-game spread is cold pizza—it’s the NFL’s oldest script, played on a loop for what feels like forever.For thirty-plus years, if you’ve watched this rivalry, you know the drill: the Packers find a way, the Bears find a new, heartbreaking method of losing, and everyone in the NFC North just nods along. But this past Sunday? Man, something shifted.This wasn’t your dad’s Bears-Packers game, not with the division on the line and Chicago trailing 14-3 at the half. What happened next was the kind of gritty, belief-fueled performance that makes you sit up on your couch and text the group chat, ‘Wait, are the Bears… for real?’ Because for a solid thirty minutes of football, Caleb Williams and offensive coordinator Ben Johnson didn’t just fight back; they took the game by the scruff of the neck and dictated terms to Green Bay in a way we haven’t seen in years, maybe decades.Williams was slinging it, making special throws look routine, while Johnson’s play-calling had Micah Parsons and that Packers defense looking downright uncomfortable. They flipped the script so completely that if Williams hits that end-zone shot on fourth-and-1 in the closing moments, or if the Bears’ D wraps up Josh Jacobs on that critical third-and-short, we’re talking about Chicago winning back-to-back at Lambeau for the first time since 2007.Let that sink in. Yeah, it’s still an L in the column, a ‘moral victory’ as they say, but come on—after also taking down the reigning champ Eagles in Philly on Black Friday, this Bears team is screaming that they’re not just smoke and mirrors.They’re legit, and the league is starting to notice. Even the Packers see it.After the game, Green Bay’s own Josh Jacobs, who knows a thing or two about tough opponents, pointed right to the shift: ‘Offensively, they took a big step. And that’s the thing that I see the difference in, is their mentality.They actually have a belief, more of a belief of a winning culture. ’ That’s not just opponent fluff; that’s a veteran recognizing a changed vibe.Now, are the Bears flawless? Absolutely not. Let’s keep it a buck.Their defensive front still struggles to generate a consistent pass rush without blitzing, which is a problem when you’re trying to hang with the big dogs in January. And Williams, for all his magic, is still a young QB working through some mechanical consistency on those intermediate throws.

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