Packers star calls Bears coach Ben Johnson a 'troll' for his profane outburst

While the crippled betwixt the Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers ended connected Saturday, the warfare of words has continued successful the pursuing days.

The Bears pulled disconnected a singular 31-27 triumph successful the NFC wild-card round, taking down their bitter rivals, and person made their disdain for the Packers well-known. In the locker country aft the game, caput manager Ben Johnson made nary concealed astir his feelings.

"Man, f--- the Packers! F--- them! F---ing hatred those guys!" Johnson roared into a jubilant Bears locker room.

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Green Bay Packers information Xavier McKinney and Chicago Bears caput manager Ben Johnson (Mark J. Rebilas/Imagn Images; Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

Packers prima information Xavier McKinney called Johnson a "troll" for his comments.

"He’s a troll," McKinney said. "So it’s cool. I’m conscionable not a troll. So I don’t know, that’s conscionable him. But he’s a hellhole of a coach, though."

Johnson doubled down connected his postgame remarks connected Monday.

"There’s a rivalry that exists betwixt these 2 teams," Johnson said. "Something that I afloat admit and I’m a portion of. I conscionable don’t similar that team."

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Ben Johnson of the Bears during the Detroit Lions crippled astatine Soldier Field connected Jan. 4, 2026, successful Chicago. (Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

Johnson said helium adjacent talked with squad proprietor George McCaskey astir it, and the manager said the proprietor is connected the aforesaid page.

"This is simply a rivalry and, metropolis of Chicago, Green Bay, it needs to beryllium a rivalry," Johnson said.

The 39-year-old manager has made his distaste for the Packers known since his opening property league arsenic caput manager of the Bears successful January 2025. Johnson spoke astir however bully the NFC North is earlier taking an unprompted changeable astatine Packers caput manager Matt LaFleur.

"And to beryllium rather frank with you, I kinda enjoyed beating Matt LaFleur doubly a year," Johnson said with a smile.

The coaches' interactions aft the team’s 3 matchups this play person been brief. After the Packers' win, successful the team’s archetypal matchup of the regular season, their handshake hardly lasted a 2nd earlier they ran past each other.

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Green Bay Packers caput manager Matt LaFleur reacts during the wild-card playoff crippled against the Bears successful Chicago connected Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

After the Bears' improbable comeback successful the regular season, the handshake lasted a tad longer, arsenic some coaches patted each different connected the limb earlier going their abstracted ways.

The handshake aft the wild-card crippled was adjacent shorter than the first, arsenic Johnson ran up to LaFleur and shook his manus earlier bolting off.

The Bears' adjacent crippled is against the Los Angeles Rams connected Sunday astatine 6:30 p.m. ET, erstwhile Johnson volition person to instrumentality connected different LaFleur. Mike LaFleur, member of the Packers' caput coach, is the Rams' violative coordinator.

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The Associated Press contributed to this report.