CHICAGO — Hold all the Lions-Bears rivalry talk, Detroit fans.

The two teams may share the longest continuous streak of games played, having faced each other at least once per year since 1930, but Bears head coach Lovie Smith scoffed at the notion Detroit is on the same level of hatred as Green Bay.

"Of course, you can only have one true rival," he said following his team's 37-13 thrashing of the Lions. "It will always be Green Bay. You could call that a rivalry, too, with (the Lions)."

The Bears-Packers have the oldest rivalry in the NFL, dating back to 1921. The two franchises share a storied history, combining for 22 NFL championships (five Super Bowls) and 48 players who have been enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Even if Detroit is a 1-A rival, there was a lot of emotional overflow as things got bit chippy between the two teams. It wasn't a surprise to Smith.

"You need to win your division," he said, "and division games games are always like this. Detroit has played pretty good football this year. We knew what type of game this was going to be."

Brian Urlacher said the Lions let the frustration of the scoreboard get to them and it showed in their trash talking and extracurricular activity.

"Once they got down, it got that way," said the Bears linebacker, who admitted he would have done the same thing. "I know I would. Sometimes teams do that when they get down, I guess. It didn't really matter. We didn't partake i nany of their stuff."