F*** The Packers: On Monday, Ben Johnson offered no apology for his expletive-laden postgame locker room speech.

Good.

Johnson said Saturday: “F—k the Packers, man. F—k them. F—kin’ hate those guys.”

Some notable figures, including one local basketball commentator, took exception to Johnson’s comments.

Who cares? Not Johnson, apparently not chairman George McCaskey and certainly not the players in the locker room. And that’s all that matters.

Johnson said Monday: “This is a rivalry. The city of Chicago, Green Bay – it needs to be a rivalry. …

Johnson later added: “There's a rivalry that exists between these two teams. Something that I fully recognize and I'm a part of. I don't like that team. So, George (McCaskey) and I have talked and we're on the same page.”

Drew Dalman on Johnson’s locker room speech: “A moment like that, there's so much work and frustration throughout the course of a season and all those things culminate into one moment. And so, I think it's good that we all express ourselves and stuff like that and everybody's excited.”

Tremaine Edmunds on the speech: “It was definitely a turned-up moment. You could just see the energy in the locker room. Everybody was like, ‘Okay, this man has a little swag to himself.’ We all put a lot into this. To be able to act off your true emotions and your true personality. I think that's what it was for him.”

“I don't know if he has any regrets about it, but I know the fans love it. This rivalry that we've been talking about, it goes so far back. There’s a lot of emotion built up into it. Any time that you win in that fashion, you’ve got to show a little bit of emotion for sure.”

Bear Weather: The Bears’ next date with destiny — and the Los Angeles Rams — is official: Sunday, January 18th, 5:30 p.m. at Soldier Field.

Yes — of course we’ll have a tailgate. And it’s my half-birthday, so in case anybody was thinking about getting me anything, I’ll accept your attendance at Cermak & Wabash before the game instead.

Have you checked the forecast? AccuWeather is predicting a high of 15º F with a RealFeel of -1º F at kickoff. And a chance for snow with wind gusts up to 21 mph.

That can all change before Sunday afternoon. But it’ll be the coldest game the Rams have played all season. Ben Johnson is very aware of that, too. He just isn’t putting a lot of stock in it right now.

Ben Johnson said Monday: “That's something that I recognized when we found out who the opponent was. But I think the fact that Matthew Stafford has played well in cold games in his past, I don't know how much of an advantage that gives you over their passing game necessarily, but there's a lot of elements that go into a game like this.”

Johnson’s still looking forward to the elements: “I like the cold. I do like the cold.”