The Chicago Bears fell just short against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field on Sunday, December 7, and Packers edge-rusher Micah Parsons let them hear about it — both while the game was ongoing and after it became final.
Parsons told reporters postgame about an exchange he had with Bears quarterback and former No. 1 pick Caleb Williams in the midst of the 28-21 victory.
“I just let him know, ‘You’re not running around me. You can outrun everyone around (the NFL), but…’” Parsons said, per Ryan Wood. “And I held to that the whole game. He did not beat me to the edge one time.”
Parsons finished the game with just one tackle and no sacks, though he did register two quarterback hits on Williams Sunday afternoon. Williams, meanwhile, completed 19-of-35 passes for two touchdowns and an interception in the end zone in the final seconds of the game that sealed the victory for Green Bay.
Micah Parsons Started Trash-Talking Bears 3 Days Prior to Week 14 Showdown
GettyGreen Bay Packers edge-rusher Micah Parsons pulled zero punches before, during and after his team’s win over the Chicago Bears on Sunday, December 7.
Parsons had a lot to say before the game against Chicago as well, criticizing the Bears locker room for some nebulous form of “disrespect” that he didn’t quite define.
“Rivalries are for the people, it’s for the fans. For me, it’s just going out there and just dominating. I just don’t like them because I just see like the disrespect,” Parsons said on Thursday. “I play for respect. You know how to earn someone’s respect is beating the [expletive] out of them.”
“You gotta go out there and take it. Respect is something that’s earned, and these people wanna come here and beat us in our house,” Parsons added. “Someone comes and [expletives] on your lawn, what are you gonna say?”
Bears right tackle Darnell Wright responded to Parsons’ trash talk just ahead of the Week 14 showdown.
“He’s a good (expletive) player. He knows that, everybody knows that,” Wright said. “For me, I just think it’s an opportunity to test myself and to see what I can really do. For better or worse, we’re going to play. It’s going to happen.”
Bears Now Face Uphill Battle to Winning NFC North Division
GettyChicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams.
The Packers accomplished a good deal by holding off the Bears in the fourth quarter, winning the first of two matchups between the teams over a 13-day span and capturing the NFC North Division lead with one month remaining in the season.
Chicago (9-4) now faces an uphill battle to try and capture the division title with three of the team’s four remaining games coming against teams with winning records.
The Bears host the Cleveland Browns (3-10) next Sunday in their final contest of 2025 against a team with a losing record. Chicago then takes on Green Bay (9-3-1) at Soldier Field on December 20 before finishing out the campaign with a road game against the San Francisco 49ers (9-4) and a home showdown with the Detroit Lions (8-5).
Detroit handed the Bears their worst loss of the season in Week 2 at Ford Field, clubbing Chicago by a score of 52-21.
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