Packers face rival Bears at Lambeau Field

Packers WR Jayden Reed was born in Chicago, Ill., and attended Naperville Central High School as a senior…Packers DL Lukas Van Ness was born in Elgin, Ill., and attended Barrington High School…Packers S Xavier McKinney was born in East St. Louis, Ill. …Packers T Kadeem Telfort spent one season (2019) at Highland Community College in Freeport, Ill. …Packers offensive line coach Luke Butkus served as an offensive assistant/assistant OL coach for the Bears from 2007-09 and was an offensive line coach at the University of Illinois in 2012 and from 2016-18…Butkus, who attended Bloom Trail (Ill.) High School, also signed as a rookie free agent with the Bears in 2002 and is the nephew of Hall of Fame linebacker Dick Butkus…Packers strength and conditioning assistant Todd Hunt was an assistant strength and conditioning coach for the football program at Illinois in 2018…Packers VP of player health and performance Bryan Engel is from Hanover Park, Ill., and attended the University of Illinois…Packers TEs coach John Dunn was a football assistant for the Bears in 2016 and an offensive assistant for the team in 2017…Packers senior personnel executive Lee Gissendaner played wide receiver at Northwestern from 1990-93…Packers president/CEO Mark Murphy was the athletic director at Northwestern from 2003-07…Bears defensive coordinator Eric Washington was on the Wildcats’ coaching staff from 2004-07 while Murphy served as the athletic director…Bears RBs coach Chad Morton spent five seasons with the Packers as a coaching administrator (2009) and special teams assistant (2010-13)…Bears TE Marcedes Lewis spent five seasons (2018-22) with the Packers…Lewis was also with the Jaguars when Butkus and Packers DL coach Jason Rebrovich were part of Jacksonville’s coaching staff…Bears DL Jonathan Ford was selected by the Packers in the seventh round (No. 234 overall) of the 2022 NFL Draft and spent time on Green Bay’s active roster and practice squad in 2022-24…Bears DB Jonathan Owens played in all 17 games and both postseason contests for the Packers in 2023…Owens, Bears DL DeMarcus Walker and Packers LB Eric Wilson were teammates with the Texans in 2021…Bears DB Tarvarius Moore spent time with the Packers during the 2023 offseason…Moore (2018) and Bears CB Adrian Colbert (2017-18) played for the 49ers when Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley and offensive coordinator Adam Stenavich were on San Francisco’s staff…Bears LB T.J….