The Bears maintain that their starters will play a portion of Sunday's game against the Packers. However, according to multiple sources, the Bears have informed some key backups to be ready to play in the team's season finale. Chicago is still in contention for the No. 1 seed in the NFC. "[It's] Game 16, and we're trying to win the game. None of that has anything to do with what we're doing. We're playing a game," Lovie Smith said. "This is the last team on our schedule. We had planned on playing them the entire time. So nothing has changed. We'll get into the game, and see what's going on during the course of the game. We want to go into the playoffs on a high as much as anything. It's not gonna change. So keep asking that question and I'll keep answering it that way. There has to be something else to talk about."