Some of the other activities you can do in Green Bay will have to wait at least one more weekend after the Packers beat the Chicago Bears 17-9 to clinch the final spot in the NFL playoffs.

The Packers kept their punter on the bench, but miscues kept the Bears in the game throughout the evening at Lambeau Field. After the Bears opened the game with a field goal, a miss by Anders Carlson kept the score at 3-0 entering the second quarter. The Packers would finally get on the scoreboard midway through the second quarter when Jordan Love registered his first of two touchdown passes to Dontayvion Wicks to make it 7-3. They would foil another opportunity to trade field goals at the end of the half when the Bears' Tariq Stevenson made one of his many standout defensive plays when he denied Wicks a chance to go upfield, making the clock run out on the half with the Packers up by a single point.

The Packers would open the third quarter with another Love connection to Wicks to make it 14-6, but saw another drive end prematurely when Stevenson stripped the ball from Love to set up a Bears field goal to start the fourth quarter. Carlson would redeem himself on the very next drive before the Packers would waste away the final six minutes to return to the playoffs after a year away.

Love threw for 316 yards and two scores, while Aaron Jones rushed for another 111 as the Packers outgained the Bears 432-192. Part of the discrepancy was thanks to five Packers' sacks, causing Justin Fields to throw for less than 150 yards despite an efficient 11-15 passing day.

The Packers will return to the 3:25 p.m. time slot next Sunday when they open the NFL Playoffs against the Dallas Cowboys.