Anthony Heron

And then once Sean McVay got some commitment to the run game going, yeah, they got the game back at their tempo and to their advantage.

So it was a Bears defense that still showed some holes that they'll have to try to plug up over the offseason, but...

That was as good a defensive game as we've seen from Dennis Allen leading the Bears throughout this year.

We've learned nothing else about Ben Johnson.

He is ten toes down.

There's no doubt about that, man.

Now, for me, in the moment, yeah, there were some of those fourth downs.

Really, over the last two weeks, I felt like I really believe the two playoff games is an enhanced version, a ramped-up version of Ben Johnson's aggression.

We had 17 games of regular season data points to evaluate, and yes, Ben Johnson went for fourth downs.

It never struck me as reckless or overly aggressive.

Now, the season's on the line in the playoffs, so if there's things you're going to ramp up, you're going to be a little bit more aggressive in certain ways.

I get it, but it did seem to me like there were just opportunities to take points and kind of get to the next drive with three on the board, with a place kicker that you should be abundantly confident in, whether it's a chip shot where they convert the initial fourth down that leads to that touchdown pass to DJ Moore to open up the second quarter.

I feel like that would have been just a nice chip shot field goal to make the game 7-3.

And then later on, I get going for the fourth down that didn't end up getting converted on what would have been maybe a 50-yard field goal try.

So every fourth down is kind of judged in and of itself because you have to factor in the game situation, what evidence you've gotten of how your defense operates, what your offense is giving you.

So I don't.

I'm certainly not here to question every decision that Ben Johnson made, but I would say just the two games as a whole in the postseason, I think the aggression on fourth down was ramped up a bit more than was necessary and that suited every moment.

Is that going to be inside the locker room?

Inside the locker room.

You've been hearing about inside the locker room.