GREEN BAY, Wis. — The 7-9 Chicago Bears will play the 8-8 Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field in a Week 18 matchup. Here’s what you need to know before kickoff (3:25 p.m, CBS-Ch. 2).

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Week 18 predictions

The Bears close out the 2023 season the way they started it — with a game against the Packers.

Of course, the Bears hope for a different result at Lambeau Field after the Packers shocked them with a 38-20 win in the opener Sept. 10 at Soldier Field.

That was the Packers’ ninth straight victory in the rivalry. The Bears’ last win against the Packers was in 2018, and their last win at Lambeau Field was in 2015. Read more here.

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Pro Bowl nods

Bears cornerback Jaylon Johnson and defensive end Montez Sweat were named Pro Bowlers for the first time Wednesday.

Johnson’s selection comes amid a career season for the fourth-year Bears player. Johnson has four interceptions, including a pick-six, 10 passes defended, a forced fumble and 36 tackles in 14 games.

Sweat, the fifth-year defensive end acquired from the Commanders on Oct. 31, has a career-high 12 1/2 sacks this year. He also has 25 quarterback hits, four passes defended, three forced fumbles, 54 tackles and 13 tackles for a loss in 16 games between both teams. Read more here.

With 2 interceptions, Bears rookie cornerback Tyrique Stevenson was named the NFC defensive player of the week

Kevin Warren’s $1M contribution

Kevin Warren received the phone call in the middle of the night while in his hotel room on the Minnesota Vikings’ trip to Green Bay in October 2014.

The Bears President and CEO, then with the Vikings, knew what the news would be. His older sister Carolyn Elaine Warren-Knox had died of brain cancer. Warren’s subsequent trips to Green Bay always have been emotional with the memory of a woman 16 years his senior who was like a second mother to him.

That’s part of the reason Warren and his wife, Greta, stood on the 18th floor at Lurie Children’s Hospital on Friday in the middle of a hectic Week 18 for the Bears. Read more here.

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