Ryan Leaf
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because Seattle had lost the previous meeting to the Rams.
So you kick the extra point and go home with your tie, and the Rams have got the tiebreaker on you, right?
Because, yeah, they beat you head-to-head, and there's a tie involved.
I think it's absolute.
You have to go for two points.
I'm positive Ben Johnson would go for two if he was in Mike McDonald's shoes last night.
I think โ I can't imagine there was any consideration of kicking because it's this late in the season and because Seattle had previously lost at L.A.
and with the Bears having lost at Green Bay, they'd have to โ
They'd have to go for two.
Now, you flip it around, if it's the Rams in that situation or if it's the Packers, I don't know.
That's some different calculus there.
But having lost the first meeting and wanting to be able to get ahead of them in any kind of tiebreaker situation, got to go for two.
One possible thing that helps them sort of navigate this is they didn't get the guy in tow right before the start of the season.
So when you talk about the work that Jeff Halfley and his assistants on that defensive side of the ball in Green Bay did throughout the offseason program, at the start of training camp, and through preseason, it was...
without a guy that has a Superman cape on the defense.
Now, the flip side of that is they had Kenny Clark in the middle of the defense.
Pretty talented defensive tackle that has given the Bears some fits over the years, but maybe they could adjust there.
Hey, listen, Rashawn Gary is a very talented edge rusher.
Lucas Van Ness has got traits.
He's had some injuries earlier this year.