Bears’ competitive arrogance is real. And their wild-card playoff win over the Packers showcased it.

Key Highlights

• It’s not the payback taunts.
• It’s the competitive arrogance that runs under all of it. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThat’s what really makes it feel like these Bears are changing in a meaningful way. You saw it late in the fourth quarter Saturday on the Packers’ 25-yard line — on a first-and-10 play with 1:48 left.
• Trailing 27-24 but with the Packers on their heels, Johnson called a play into quarterback Caleb Williams that Chicago had been practicing and patiently saving for nearly a month.
• Having set the table earlier in the game with a screen to the flat out of the same alignment, the Bears suddenly felt the Green Bay defense on tilt.
• A mistake was at hand. The ball snapped.