Sunday's meeting between the host Green Bay Packers and Chicago marks the first time that the Bears have visited their longtime rivals in the regular-season finale in successive years.
Darned if this one doesn't feel similarly sunny for the playoff-bound Packers (11-5) and eerily murky for the Bears (4-12).
The Packers, who can move up to the No. 6 seed in the NFC with a victory and a Washington loss at Dallas, announced this week that cornerback Jaire Alexander underwent season-ending surgery on his right knee.
"He was trying to get his knee right and it wasn't getting right," Green Bay coach Matt LaFleur said.