Best of the Bears: Reactions to heartbreaking loss to Rams in divisional round
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What were the main reactions to the Bears' loss against the Rams?
mullion hall chicago sports radio 670 the score he is the hall of famer the college football hall of famer we were joking yesterday mr david that olin would have been in 10 years ago if he stayed for all four years but uh he was already in the hall of fame he had a head to his career in the NFL, and he joins us now on the Plumbers 911 hotline. Plumbing Emergency, call 1-833-PLUM-911. Local 130 plumbers get the job done right the first time. Olin, good morning. Thank you for getting up with us.
Appreciate you guys having me. If I would have stayed as long as some of these guys you're about to watch tonight, I might have won the Heisman at the second. That's for a whole other conversation, right? Tough ending, man, to an amazing year for the Chicago Bears, David and Molly. And just a fun year to watch. And going over that film this morning, you see all the things that I'm sure we're going to talk about and people are going to discuss for a while going forward about, you know, the interception, going forward on fourth down. You know, it's just this team was, I don't know what you guys thought at the end and how you guys felt at the end of the game. But this team gave you everything they had, fought to the last minute of every game.
And it was really fun for an analyst like me to watch them win now.
How did Caleb Williams perform in critical moments of the game?
You heard them all say at the end of the game that every year changes, that next year is not guaranteed, and they wanted to make a run in the Super Bowl. And I'll tell you what, I was impressed hearing that from them because that is exactly correct.
That was the right response, and Ben Johnson put it very well. And, Olin, you could feel... his emotion and intensity in that room and the sense of regret. And yet I think there's also a sense of how rewarding the season was. How do you balance those from a player's perspective? Because today, cleaning out your lockers, knowing that nothing will be the same again because that group of players was so special. And as difficult as it is, it's still promising. So that's a difficult balance to strike.
It's a great question. How do you balance those feelings of who's going to be there, who's not? How do you feel about the season you just had? Really accomplished a lot right in that season. We talked a lot before going into this year.
What were the controversial coaching decisions made during the game?
Glad we don't have to mention next year that the Bears haven't won a playoff game since I played and they went on to beat the Green Bay Packers in spectacular fashion, right? And that was a great win for the city and the Chicago Bears and the team. But as you guys know, you guys have been following this league a long time. A lot of these guys won't be back. You want to celebrate at the end of the year with the Super Bowl ring, right? That is the ultimate goal, to go there and win the Super Bowl. And when you don't, and you have a team that you feel like is special, you have a team that you feel like is a team of destiny, this team kind of looked great when you watched them play, especially when Caleb got the ball from the 14-yard line and dropped back to the 40-yard line and decided to throw a touchdown pass.
to co-commit, and I'm thinking, man, Virginia McCaskey is smiling now on the Chicago Bears this year, right, with that huge patch on their shoulder pads, but at the end of it, man, it's just, we all know that if you don't get to the ultimate goal, it feels like you came up short, and then that's from a guy who came up and lost that game, right, and then you want to celebrate the year, but you don't get to the point where you get the Super Bowl ring and that is the ultimate goal. And I think that's what Ben was saying at the end of the game. But that you could tell by his demotion, the way he talked about his team, that he knew he had a special group in there, a group that fought for each other, a group that fought to the end of every football game, a group that I think I enjoyed watching.
I enjoyed watching the way they competed for each other, the way they got after football teams, the way they believed themselves.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What were the main reactions to the Bears' loss against the Rams?
0:01–1:24
2
How did Caleb Williams perform in critical moments of the game?
1:24–2:17
3
What were the controversial coaching decisions made during the game?
2:17–3:53
4
How did the Bears' defense perform against the Rams' offense?
3:53–4:50
5
What emotional impact did the loss have on the players and fans?
4:50–6:09
6
What lessons can the Bears learn from this season's performance?
6:09–6:57
7
How does the Bears' future look after this playoff run?
6:57–7:40
8
What are the key highlights from the post-game analysis?
7:40–44:47
Speakers
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