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The Packers didn’t play their starters Sunday but the Bears did. While coach Ben Johnson defended his decision after the game — “Some teams, they rest their starters [but] we don’t, we play football,” he said — the playoff schedule might have conspired against him.
Bears players will have one fewer day to recover because the Bears are playing the rival Packers on Saturday night — and not Sunday — at Soldier Field.
Johnson wasn’t ready to make it an excuse.
“We’ve been doing this all year,” he said.