Mark Grote

That was part of it, seeing young players who just wanted to go up to him and just give him, embrace him, hug him, shake his hand to be able to say that they were on a football.

You don't think that's cool for those 25-year-old players that are on the field?

Literally.

Exactly.

So it was quite a moment.

I'm kind of conflicted with my emotions watching that last night.

Oh, yeah.

If you want to critique that, that's fine.

In the game, on the football field.

And he can't hurt you anymore, Bears fans.

Four-time MVP.

I'm so curious, Alan, as we've watched the progression of Caleb Williams under Ben Johnson, has any of this surprised you or caught you off guard just how this season has gone for Williams in his second year and his first in Ben Johnson's offense?

You've seen the wizardry of both of these head coaches in their respective duties as play callers.

This looks like a shootout to me, just observing.

From what you've seen from the Bears defense, how exactly do you expect them to stop or even slow down the Rams offense?

Don't talk about Mike Tomlin like that.

That's why I said don't talk about him like that.

But to have to do that in the fourth quarter, I think it was fourth or eighth, I can't even remember my stats anymore.

But whatever it was, who cares?

It doesn't matter.