5 On It & Mark Grote shares a Bears report (Hour 3)
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
This hour is brought to you by Jewel Osco. Number one.
What injury updates were shared about the Bears' players?
On Tuesday, the Bears announced that the team placed linebacker TJ Edwards, an offensive lineman, Ozzie Trapillo, on injured reserve. Are you more concerned about the health of the offense or the health of the defense heading into Sunday's divisional round game against the Rams at Soldier Field?
Okay. I'll play this dangerous, dangerous, scary game. You're playing Ray M. Diaz. I don't even know what the M stands for.
It's Michael. You know, MJ. Okay.
Ray Michael Jordan Diaz. Here's my issue. Is that the offense makes me concerned because obviously the left tackle situation is not set. We're going to talk about that with Olin Cruz too. We got a lot to discuss with Olin at 125. One o'clock is Danny. We got a lot to say to Danny too. I forgot to tell Courtney Turner that Danny's robe is custom. She wanted Danny's robe. I forgot to bring it up. Anywho, the defense is what terrifies me here. How can it not?
How does the health of the Bears' offense compare to their defense?
TJ Edwards broke his damn leg, for example. Do we know how C.D. Gardner-Johnson's doing? I know he was tweeting a bunch watching the playoff game, and I love that for him and us, those who read his tweets. Is he going to be available? Jalen Johnson looked a little bit better even during the game progressing. Kyler Gordon looked okay. So is he going to have a game where maybe he's super sore and super roughed up if he hadn't played a lot of football games this year? It's the health of the defense. Like... Especially, okay, Joe Triantrianka is still in the concussion protocol, or at least at last check he was. You know, they traded for him because when Dario Dengbo went down, they wanted to help. So that defensive front that they say they're going to have to rely on against the best offense in the National Football League is going to have to be better.
So all of that said, you are going to have to figure out how to make that defense work in a way that perhaps hasn't worked before.
Yeah, if we're talking about health-wise, it's got to be the defense. All those people you just mentioned, plus Andrew Billingsley in the middle.
Yeah, Andrew Billings had a hip injury.
He's that dude, as far as the run goes, that you've been able to depend on for a couple of years now. And if he's hurt, that's problematic. Also... It's how healthy is Jalen Johnson? I know he's not going to be 100% before the end of the season. Same with Kyler Gordon. But exactly how healthy will they be? Is he or Kyler as healthy as, I don't know, Devontae? Adams?
I mean, it's going to be... You heard what Matt Bowen said. If he was the Packers based on the Bears struggles on defense against the Lions, he would just run nothing but crossing patterns. And that seemed to be the way that the Packers wanted to attack the Bears this last time until there were some adjustments. And frankly, until you saw Jalen, for example, running with Christian Watson to get that pass breakup. I really want to call him Christian Watkins now because of Kevin Byard. Is that wrong?
That's not wrong.
It's like Yalen Johnson. You know, it's a dangerous game.
It is a dangerous game.
When you start saying guys' names wrong, it's going to come up somewhere on the air and you're going to look silly.
Next thing you're saying, C.J. Gardner Johnson. You don't want to do that.
And we still call him C.D.
Yes.
He has to be called C.D. What he says goes.
Yes, C.D. Gardner Johnson had an impactful season, so we're going to call that man what he wants to be called.
Yeah, I mean, this is a simple agreement. You know, it's basic stuff.
Number two.
Question number two. What concerns you most about the Los Angeles Rams? Come on, man.
This is very easy.
Everything.
What concerns me most is those receivers. The one-two punch. The two-one punch. I don't know. Puka Nakua doing whatever he wants. And then the red zone. The fact that... Devontae Adams can score on a pass in the red zone because that's what they've been doing all season long. Matthew Stafford is out here creating new rules of engagement when it comes to getting into the deep red zone and what you're supposed to do.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:01–0:16
2
What injury updates were shared about the Bears' players?
0:16–1:14
3
How does the health of the Bears' offense compare to their defense?
1:14–11:40
4
What concerns do the hosts have about the Rams' explosive offense?
11:40–16:50
5
What insights did Mark Grote provide from Halas Hall?
16:50–40:37
Speakers
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