The National Football League is starting off its 100th season with something special.
In recent seasons, the Super Bowl winner hosts the first game of the following season, but in 2019, the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers will take the spotlight.
The league’s most historic rivalry will make the beginning of the centennial season, as was long rumored this offseason.
Of course, the Bears and Packers played in prime time on Week 1 last season, ending with one of the top comebacks of Aaron Rodgers’ career.
Chicago got the last laugh in Week 15 on their way to the NFC North division title.
The Packers hold a slight advantage in the all-time series, with the Bears now 94-96-6 against Green Bay.
Rodgers and company have won 15 out of the last 18 matchups between the two teams, but Matt Nagy will enter 2019 at .500 against his team’s arch rival.
