Chuck Swirsky

On one side of it, you have the thrill of getting to the playoffs, but then you have the agony of the pressure.

It is not just the agony of defeat.

It's the agony of the expectation that occurs right afterward.

I mean, we're talking about a Bills job being open because of that very thing.

So when you consider the details and how much more pressure there's going to have to be to, for example, fill in the draft with lower draft picks, that becomes magnified in all of this.

We're talking to Dan Wienerer.

He is the host of the Take the North podcast, and he is the senior writer for The Athletic covering the Bears here on Rahimi Harrison-Grote on 670 The Score.

We got the news about Jonathan Gannon, expectedly, reportedly, becoming the defensive coordinator for the Packers.

Where do you think this leaves Al Harris, who also interviewed with Washington?

Dan, I asked the question earlier, if there was anything you learned more about the Rams after they lost to the Seahawks in that exciting NLC championship game.

And I say that because sometimes you want to know that at least you lost to the team that ended up winning the entire thing or at least getting close.

What did you think about the Rams in that game?

Yeah, they basically said we have Max Crosby at home, which is not what people wanted to hear, but that did feel like it.

Dan, I also want to point out the Rams had Coleman Shelton as their center.

And, you know, that's something that I think a lot of people realized or may have seen for the first time in the playoff game against the Rams.

But, you know, once again, I think he had as good of a season as to be anticipated.

And given the Bears' work to try to get Drew Dallman, I thought that that was a compelling aspect of it, too.

And then also, you pointed this out on your Twitter feed, big ups to Bears cornerback Nashawn Wright, who has been added to that Pro Bowl games you just mentioned, Dan, as a replacement for Quinion Mitchell.

A nice reward after a breakout season with nine takeaways.

So that's good news.