Breaking down the keys to the Bears-Packers matchup
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What are the historical implications of the Bears-Packers rivalry?
Rahimi Harrison-Grody, Midday's Tindall II on Chicago Sports Radio 670 The Score.
I was kind of surprised to see how few times that's happened in the postseason. So I think it's pretty cool. And I've been saying... Since I got here, I mean, the vision has always been let's have home playoff games at Soldier. And I'm just I'm proud of our guys being able to bring that vision to life this year. And hopefully we can come out and make our fans proud here this weekend.
This is Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 670 The Score, and that was Ben Johnson talking about the third meeting between the Bears and Packers this season, which is a rarity that it happens in the playoffs, as you just heard Ben Johnson say. And we wanted to do a segment here called Keys to the Game.
Whoa.
Yeah, you've never heard of it. No other show ever does it. That is good. Yeah, we've never had keys to the game before ever. This is the first time anybody's ever thought of it. But it really is the case where I feel like we all have different keys and what we want to see. So for me, it is be more successful running the football early and therefore use those run plays to drive down the field and score a touchdown. You don't have to do it in your first drive. Maybe the first two.
So score on one of the first two drives of the game?
And run the ball more.
Run the ball more.
Yeah, I think if we see a first quarter score out of the Bears, that would indicate a positive result for the team.
Something's going right as opposed to anxiously waiting for three quarters as I did in the cold south end zone a few weeks ago.
But I need to be picky about it, and I needed to run the football to do it, so establish that run game first.
Yeah, I mean, I understand why that's like a key for you because when they were playing their best football this season, and I think people need to understand, the Eagles game was a long time ago, relatively speaking. But we all keep going back to that game. If they just play like they did against the Eagles, it's not like they just kept doing that every week since they played the Eagles. So I completely understand why that's your key to the game. That makes a lot of sense. Grody, what do you think about just that idea that – The first couple of drives, you've got to have something, and you've got to show you're running the ball successfully.
Here's what I've been thinking. I was thinking about this when I was driving in today, and that is, yes, of course you want to, and I said this on the podcast last night too, Take the North, that the first team to establish the run game and really get the run game going might win the game. Here, I'm going to get really specific, though. Because of the Bears' troubles early in games on just getting it going, How about Caleb Williams? And this is not like what you want ultimately Caleb to be coached to do. How about really tell Caleb, when you see that opening downfield and you got room to run, you go ahead and run the football. When it's third and six, you see that. This is the playoffs now, man. You can just kind of abandon.
You do what you have to do. Guys, I'd like to see Caleb Williams run the ball more in this game, feeling able to do it, do what you got to do, take advantage of that, even if that's not part of your plan for Caleb Williams in the future. Caleb, go ahead and run it.
Can I ask something here? Number one, I think it's okay to repeat what you said on the Take the North podcast because they're different audiences. Fair enough. Number two, I feel like the Bears have been trying to prevent that from happening for whatever reason.
Caleb running it? Yes. Which is understandable.
In fact, Chris Sims talked about it yesterday. Oh? Because he was talking about the deliberate pocket presence that seems to have been... having been established in the last several weeks, and probably you can go back definitively to that first Packers game and kind of see that taking place. What were your takeaways from that, Marshall, when you heard Chris Sims talk about that?
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What are the historical implications of the Bears-Packers rivalry?
0:03–4:23
2
What are the keys to the Bears' offensive strategy in this matchup?
4:23–8:06
3
How important is establishing the run game for the Bears?
8:06–11:47
4
What role does Caleb Williams play in the Bears' game plan?
11:47–14:28
5
How can the Bears improve their third-down efficiency against the Packers?
14:28–16:19
6
What adjustments might the Bears' defense need to make?
16:19–16:35
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