CHICAGO -- Well, it was fun for Green Bay Packers fans to think about for a week -- that their season still had some meaning, that they could go into Chicago and prevent their arch rivals from clinching the NFC North.
The fun is now all but over.
And so is the Packers' season.
The Packers weren't officially eliminated from playoff contention when they walked off Soldier Field after Sunday's 24-17 to the division champion Bears, but they were before they cleared out of the locker room thanks to the Minnesota Vikings' win over the Miami Dolphins.