Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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bears fans this is take the north what's the reason duck it's here with your hosts all these guys dan weterer the whole key to sustaining success in this league is to have a quarterback play that is top tier and can consistently push you down those roads and mark grody we're allowed to at this point bears fans are allowed to right now dream big and predict what you want out of the season we're going to take the north and never give it back
Hello again, everybody, and welcome in to the Take the North podcast. I am Mark Grody of 670 The Score. Joining me today is my partner at 670 The Score, the Rahimi Harrison Grody Show. He is my guy, Marshall Harris. He will be filling in for Dan Wiederer today. So we'll hear from Marshall in just a second to talk about this epic, epic Bears 31-27 playoff victory.
Over the Green Bay Packers, the Bears come back from 18 down to win this game, a game in which the Bears played terribly in the first half. Didn't seem like they had any business winning this game, but they end up winning it. A 25-yard touchdown pass to DJ Moore late in the fourth quarter, specifically a minute 43 left. It's the seventh fourth quarter comeback of
for the Chicago Bears this year, who, if you add it all up, are now 12-6 on the season. And the Bears advance. They will host a divisional round game against either the Rams or Philadelphia. If the Eagles beat San Francisco on Sunday, it is the Eagles. If not, the Rams will be at Soldier Field on a day and time to be determined. But the Bears' improbable win over the Green Bay Packers.
And before we bring in Marshall... Dan Wiederer is here. He has been covering this game. You know on these late nights he has so much stuff going on with the Athletic that he can't come on the podcast with us. So we decided since it was a special occasion, a playoff win and all, Dan and I did a little bit of the old walk and talk. We both were in the locker room.
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Chapter 2: How did the Bears come back from a 21-3 deficit against the Packers?
Unbelievable. I can't. believe how many times this season I've had to revise my story.
And today, again, it's 21-3 at halftime, and they look like they're left for dead. They can't get a stop to save their lives. The offense can't capitalize on anything. They're going for it on fourth down. They're failing on fourth down. And you just think it's not their night. And then the next thing you know, Grody, here comes the rally, little by little by little.
And I did say to Colson Loveland in the locker room, I said, look, there were times in that second half where you'd look up and you'd be like,
There's a lot of time left, right?
And I think that swelled up within the team where they believed they could get it done too, and obviously they did little by little.
DJ Moore, again, with the explosive go-ahead touchdown. He talks about how much he loves beating the Packers. Twice now he has done that. What do you say about DJ Moore?
Two-year-old son with him at his locker after the game with the cheese grater hat on his head. Fun to see that moment. And the play that they hit to him, they get a setup there where they've got the Packers anticipating screen to Luther Burden. They clearly bite on it. Caleb knows he's got a touchdown. DJ knows he's got a touchdown. The ball's in the air, and Soldier Field is on fire, Mark.
And those are moments that, with everything that we've gone through with this team, you realize that these things don't come around very often. That was very clear. and in that moment that that was going to be something we never forget.
Last thing here, man, because I know you've got like eight stories to write, and we're going to miss you on the Take the North podcast, obviously. Caleb, Caleb, what do you say about Caleb? Caleb, Caleb.
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Chapter 3: What were the key moments in the Bears' playoff victory?
Your reaction to the Bears' win over the Packers. It's so funny that you talk about bad words on the podcast because usually... Before this season, it's been all bad words describing the Bears' play, right? And now we're to a different place. And I was reflecting on this while I was waiting for you to come on and do this podcast, Grody. It's amazing how far we've come.
from the beginning of this season when you and I were walking around training camp saying, I don't know, man. It looks like it's going to be a long haul. And it has been a long haul, but in the best way possible. And this culmination, and it's funny because why was I thinking the Bears could not come back from a 21-3 halftime deficit?
Why would I even think that based on what I have seen, based on the evidence that has been laid out? I was with, you know... Friend of the show, Clay Harbor, last night, we went and saw a show at Second City. So this becomes like the ultimate Chicago weekend for me. And I was like, hey, I predicted the Bears were going to lose to the Packers. And he's like, why? And I told him why.
And I said, well, Clay, can you tell me why they're not going to win? He's like, I mean, everything you said is true, Marshall, but they're going to win. And I was like, you're just going to go off vibes? And he's like, yeah, I am. And he was right. And the Bears, I'm not saying what they did in the second half wasn't more than just vibes, but the vibe is there.
And you heard Ben Johnson talk about it after the game. He said, this is whether Mark Brody likes it and thinks it's sustainable or not. This is our actual identity. We don't play great, but we play great when it matters at the end of games. They did it yet again. Hey, man, I also picked the Packers to win this game. And I think that those of us that did, we were using logic.
It wasn't just like some feel thing. You can go inside the numbers. You could watch the two games that were played. You could look at the...
heavy duty vulnerabilities the Bears defense had coming into this game and really didn't do a whole lot to quell those except for the work they did in the second half I mean that the shutdown they put on in the second half was something to see because they were a sieve in the first half so actually I'll give them some credit for that so it it just kind of carrying on what you're saying.
It's like, sorry, not sorry that I picked the Packers, but Clay, what a great point by him and by anybody who was watching this game tonight. And when the bears are down at the half, the way they were 21 to three, Honestly, it didn't feel like they were going to come back to me, but why would I even think that with this seven fourth quarter comebacks this year?
Why would I even be thinking that I've got the story written already, that we know what the headline is going to be on the Take the North podcast? It's become foolish, and maybe it's taken a little while for some of us to catch up to that semi-charmed kind of life, if I may. I guess what it does, too, is and there's two seasons that haunt me recently that you just weren't really sure.
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Chapter 4: What adjustments did the Bears make in the second half?
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Chapter 5: How did the Bears' defense perform after halftime?
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Grody, Caleb Williams in his first ever playoff game set a record for Bears passing yards in a game with 361. I want you to really think about that. Also, do you remember my key to the game back on the show? I told you they've got to be plus two defensively.
in the turn you did you did minus two in the terms now the two turnovers were very like okay it's fourth down it's not a big deal and if they drop one of those interceptions they have to have better field position the Packers do than what they ended up having when they got the interception but still they didn't take the ball away and they won this game That's pretty amazing, man.
I thought, okay, so here we go again. I didn't think they were going to come back at halftime. I certainly was very worried, and most of me did not think that they would come back after that. Matthew Golden, the 23-yard catch and run, run over, missed tackles, like this little club of missed tackles on the right side. Did that not remind you of the run that the Packers had on the big third down?
Yes. Same, same, same vibe. I was like, okay. Same vibe. Yes. Good, good call, man. Very good call on that. Yeah. That felt like death. It felt, it was 27 to six. They did miss the extra point. It was 27 to 16 Packers right there. Looked over, felt over because it felt like the Bears had to be perfect at some point. And to me, that was imperfect. You couldn't afford that anymore.
Like, if you were going to win this game, you were going to either need luck or flawlessness. And that felt like another dagger, if you will. But then Zaccheaus, what's going on, Olamide Zaccheaus? The eight-yard touchdown catch that made it 27-24 pack. And then eventually the TD to DJ Moore of 25 yards to ultimately win the game for the Bears. But how were you feeling at that moment, Marshall?
Were you also like, that's it, it's over, 27-16 in the third quarter? Okay, let's go back to the first half.
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Chapter 6: How did DJ Moore impact the game with his late touchdown?
To answer this question, we have to go back to the first half where deep in his own territory, Ben Johnson decided to go for it. And I understood why he decided to go for it on fourth down. Do you know the driver? Oh, yeah. Yeah, of course. They were just going to go. They were Dan Campbell-ing it. We're going to go for fourth down wherever we are. It doesn't matter. And because the Bears ā
took the opening kickoff, understanding the Packers were going to get the second half kickoff. What Ben Johnson didn't want to happen was for him to punt instead of going for it and for the Packers to use the rest of the clock, score, and then get the ball to start the second half because that's how much faith he had in his defense in that moment. Yeah. Yeah. And so I completely understood that.
And so at the same time, when Golden scored, I was like, there's still plenty of time here based on how much the Bears have shot themselves in the foot and how many mistakes the Packers have made after halftime. I was worried, but I wasn't... When the extra point was missed, I was like, yeah, y'all are leaving this door open.
And at that point, I had gone from no way that you're coming back from 21-3 to, oh, the defense can get a stop. And once I saw the Bears defense could get stops, I was like, okay, the Bears have a chance to win this game. That's hilarious. All right, let's hear a little bit of the audio.
By the way, I don't know if you saw this note from our producer Adam Studzinski about, and you might have said that, did you say this, that the without forcing a turnover?
Did you mention that?
I knew they hadn't won a game without forcing a turnover this season. That's why I was like, it's so important to be plus on the turnover margin. And in fact, they didn't force a turnover. They were minus two. Yeah.
Yeah.
Unbelievable. But let's go to the third quarter with Jaquan Brisker. It's 21-6. And Green Bay, let me make sure I have my thing straight here. Well, let's just play the audio. It's Jaquan Brisker. I think the questions will tell the story. Here's Jaquan.
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