Mark Grody

But we know they didn't run the ball enough in that first half.

We know they weren't productive enough with it in the first half.

But then to have the defensive coordinator who really is an extension here when it comes to tone of Matt LaFleur and Jeff Halfley has every reason to be confident in his defense even without Micah Parsons because of how successful they were at least pressuring Caleb Williams and at least defending the run to the extent that they did and holding them to those bad totals in the first half of each game.

You sound real calm.

Aside from your record showing that you did lose four in a row going into this.

As much as Bears fans didn't want to lose two in a row going into this.

Where would you be mentally if you knew you had lost four?

Regardless of who was playing.

Well, 847 makes a good point here.

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The 847 says, Matt LaFleur knows his team.

A team who lost to Philly at home, only scoring seven points.

A team who lost to Cleveland.

And yes, those things are true.

It's also a team who beat the Bears in the first meeting and almost beat the Bears in the second.

And that's where the difference is.

The devil is in the details here.

And you're right to talk about that Lions game, Marshall, because as much as the Bears wanted to prove they were different and wanted to send a message, and I would imagine that Ben Johnson would have wanted to beat his former team in week 18 based on what happened in week two.

Unfortunately, it didn't happen.

And I hope that that momentum and that anger and that