Packers bring out the victory cigars for incredible locker room celebration after beating Bears for 10th straight time, clinching playoffs
The Green Bay Packers continue to own the Chicago Bears after smoking them for the 10th straight time on Sunday, 17-9, to return to the playoffs in what many considered a rebuilding season.
The celebration was on in the Packers' locker room afterward. Music blaring. Teammates hugging. And victory cigars. A lot of them.
There might not have been anyone enjoying it more than Packers cornerback and kickoff returner Keisean Nixon.
He lit up a cigar, along with fellow cornerback Eric Stokes, and basked in the glory of a victory over the Packers' oldest rival and return to the playoffs.
The seventh-seeded Packers play the second-seeded Dallas Cowboys at 3:30 p.m. next Sunday in a wild-card game.
"Smoking That Bear Pack" Nixon tweeted.
Smoking That Bear PACK #Playoffs #K9 https://t.co/JglAu7Krrg
— K9 (@keiseannixon) January 8, 2024
Nixon also took to Instagram to live stream the locker room scene. Aaron Jones, who had his third straight game of 100-plus rushing yards, even made a cameo in the video.
Packers All-Pro cornerback Jaire Alexander, who returned to the field on Sunday following a one-game suspension, even conducted his post-game interview with a cigar behind his ear.
"It was fun," Alexander said of the celebration. "It smells like a casino right now."
#Packers CB Jaire Alexander on the locker room celebration after Sunday’s victory over the Chicago Bears👇
“It smells like a casino right now”#CHIvsGB | #GoPackGo pic.twitter.com/NNcAyrhGVW— 97.3 The Game (@TheGameMKE) January 8, 2024
Frame this one, Rashan Gary.
Playoff Pack.#GoPackGo pic.twitter.com/rWODsUSuW9
— Green Bay Packers (@packers) January 8, 2024
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Packers have incredible locker room celebration after beating Bears