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By Matthew Couden
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The Chicago Bears achieved an impressive comeback win to open the NFL Playoffs, eliminating their fierce division rivals, the Green Bay Packers.
With the game occurring in Chicago, plenty of celebrities were there to either root for the home team or enjoy the game, including Spike Lee and Olympic medalist Simone Biles, who is Bears’ star Jonathan Owens’ wife.
Watching from elsewhere as the game unfolded was diehard Green Bay Packers fan, Lil Wayne. The hip hop star apparently took the loss pretty badly, even firing off some wild trash talk at Bears quarterback Caleb Williams.
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However, Williams took notice of Weezy's message, initially firing back with an icicle emoji to tell the rapper how cold he is in late-game situations that involve leading his team to victory.
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Wayne seemingly sent a message to smooth things over between him and the Bears' superstar, suggesting his message was driven by frustration and by being a "cheesehad 4life."
"u just a killa & ya kilt us bad each time & 4 day u get day praise gesture from me!" Wayne wrote also "it'd be impossible 2make dat statement without acknowledging & admiring yo game king! U a beast but ya still a bear."
Williams dropped a classy, meaningful reply: "Weez it's all love" along with "#BearDown tho," to represent his team.
Like many Packers fans, Lil Wayne likely thought his team was on the verge of picking up a road win over their fierce rivals. With Jordan Love back in the lineup, Green Bay jumped to a big 21-3 lead at halftime, and the Bears seemed unable to find any answers.
However, Williams and his teammates hung in there, coming alive in the second half en route to making big plays when necessary and winning 31-27. That prompted all sorts of banter between people associated with both teams in the rivalry.
One moves on, though, and that's the Bears, thanks to impressive second-half plays, including a season-saving fourth-down pass Williams completed to his teammate in a serious clutch moment.
Next up is a "Sunday Night Football" clash against the Los Angeles Rams. The Rams are heading into the game as three-point favorites, though Chicago has shown it can handle the underdog role and stage epic comebacks in the late stages of games.
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