{"id":47100,"date":"2026-01-11T22:24:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T22:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=47100"},"modified":"2026-01-11T22:24:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T22:24:16","slug":"cameras-caught-another-interesting-postgame-handshake-between-matt-lafleur-ben-johnson-as-their-beef-intensifies-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=47100","title":{"rendered":"Cameras Caught Another Interesting Postgame Handshake Between Matt LaFleur &#038; Ben Johnson As Their Beef Intensifies [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/matt-lafleur\/\">Matt LaFleur<\/a> and Ben Johnson had one last fascinating postgame handshake after Saturday\u2019s jaw-dropping showdown at Soldier Field.<\/p>\n<p>Trailing 21-3 at halftime, all hope appeared to be lost for Ben Johnson\u2019s Bears. Matt LaFleur and the visitors had Chicago on the ropes and looked poised to set up a Divisional Round showdown with the <a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/seattle-seahawks\/\">Seattle Seahawks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But the cardiac Bears found more late-game magic, outscoring Green Bay 28-6 in the second half to escape with a thrilling 31-27 victory. And with that, Johnson\u2019s one-year-old comment of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/47201613\/chicago-bears-green-bay-packers-ben-johnson-matt-lafleur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">beating LaFleur twice a year<\/a> proved to age gracefully after all.<\/p>\n<p>After Chicago\u2019s thrilling comeback win, cameras showed another interesting postgame handshake between the two coaches:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The handshake.<\/p>\n<p>Matt LaFleur and Ben Johnson. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sOuvBc3OUZ\">pic.twitter.com\/sOuvBc3OUZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Henry McKenna (@henrycmckenna) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/henrycmckenna\/status\/2010209218910138857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/postgame-handshake-between-ben-johnson-matt-lafleur-beef-video\/\">Matt LaFleur and Ben Johnson had compelling postgame handshakes<\/a> after their two regular-season meetings. But Saturday\u2019s interaction surely felt extra special for Johnson, and extra sour for LaFleur.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-md-margin-top has-md-margin-bottom\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Bears will either host the defending Super Bowl champion <a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/philadelphia-eagles\/\">Philadelphia Eagles<\/a> or <a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/los-angeles-rams\/\">Los Angeles Rams<\/a> in the Divisional Round next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matt LaFleur and Ben Johnson had one last fascinating postgame handshake after Saturday\u2019s jaw-dropping showdown at Soldier Field. Trailing 21-3 at halftime, all hope appeared to be lost for Ben &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47100"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47102,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47100\/revisions\/47102"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/47101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}