The Chicago Bears split their two regular-season matchups against the Green Bay Packers in 2025. However, they ousted their most-hated rival in the NFC Wild Card Round. That has led to continued commentary from both sides, including Evan Williams.
Williams, as one might expect, is not taking losing to the Bears lightly. He has also taken issue with reactions coming from Chicago’s fan base.
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Packers’ Evan Williams Sends Message to Bears Fans
The Bears defeated the Packers in back-to-back contests. They were an interception away from sending the game they eventually lost into overtime. This offseason has seen heavy chirping from both sides, and that included on Friday with Williams, the Packers’ third-year safety.
During an interview over the telephone with ESPN Wisconsin’s Mark Tauscher–a former Packers offensive lineman–and Jason Wilde, Williams lamented Bears fans’ trash talking.
He said Bears fans are trying to “rage bait” them.
“These Bears fans, they have one winning season and trying to rage bait us and get a reaction out of us,” Williams said on “Wilde and Tausch” on April 17. “We’re not standing for it. But now, yeah, some high schoolers have definitely had a couple of strong opinions about their fandom and all that. But just had to let them know that we’re coming for them this year and all the years to come.”
Williams’ comments come after high schoolers, gathered for an assembly, asked him and a group of fellow and current Packers players about losing to the Bears. Ex-Packer Randall Cobb said he had to defer because the “Bears never beat me like that.” Cobb then handed the mic to Williams.
The Bears are 3-1 against the Packers in their last four meetings, including that Wild Card victory.
However, this follows an 11-game losing streak and their conceding the series lead years ago.
The Bears have the bragging rights over last season. They have also made it clear that they have moved past that. Their focus is working to be even better in 2026. That being said, they have never shied away from the intensity of their rivalry with the Packers.
There are no signs of that slowing down, be it between the players on the field or the coaches on the sidelines.
Ex-Bears WR Alshon Jeffery Sends Message After Arrest for Insurance Fraud
Williams’ gripes were at least related to on-field events. Former Bears star wide receiver Alshon Jeffery drew attention over nefarious reasons.
TMZ reported on Friday, April 17, that the former Bears second-round draft pick (2012) “was arrested on Wednesday for insurance fraud and conceal/fail to disclose insurance benefits or payment.”
TMZ later shared a statement from Jeffery, who was released, and his attorney, Denise White.
“The underlying incident was a minor freeway fender bender, and he provided his information at the scene,” White said in the statement, per TMZ on April 17.
White said Jeffery “categorically denies” what she called “unfounded allegations,” adding that her client “has not been convicted of any offense. He will address this matter through the legal process, and he remains confident that the facts will demonstrate this was a misunderstanding and nothing more.”
Jeffery spent five seasons with the Bears, earning his lone Pro Bowl in 2013. His relationship with the organization soured, and Jeffery expressed no love lost after moving on to the Philadelphia Eagles. He won a Super Bowl with Philly in 2017.
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The Bears’ stadium situation has taken even more twists and turns. Team brass was in Indiana discussing the potential site in Hammond while state officials in Illinois propped up their plan as progressing toward the common goal.
In the end, the Bears have at least kept the two sides vying for their residence.
That there has to be some growing fan fatigue is simply the cost of doing business in these situations, the likes of which the Bears have not always been strong in.