Amazon’s NFL Playoff Jackpot

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As the regular season winds down, each of the league’s media partners submits a wish list to its top media executives, Hans Schroeder and Mike North. This year, two games clearly stood out: the Packers-Bears rivalry game and the 49ers-Eagles matchup. Photo: John Fisher/Getty Images
John Ourand
January 5, 2026

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This weekend, the Green Bay Packers will travel south to Soldier Field to play the Chicago Bears in an intra-division playoff showdown featuring two of the NFL’s oldest franchises and most rabid fan bases. It’s the stuff of John Facenda–narrated fever dreams and TV programmers’ deepest desires. It also just happens to be taking place on a streaming service, Amazon Prime, and in a very non-NFL time slot: Saturday night.