Dan Wiederer talks Bears' 'instantly iconic' wild-card win over the Packers (Hour 4)
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What key moments defined the Bears' wild-card win against the Packers?
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Dan Wiederer, Bears reporter and senior writer for The Athletic. You're going to be relying on a lot of young players, guys that have to materialize into who they thought they were. The Bears are who we thought they were.
On-air contributor for 670 The Score.
We'll mention this mainly because Dan Wiederer said we would mention this nugget.
Host of the Take the North podcast. We're going to take the North and never give it back.
How did Dan Wiederer analyze the Bears' reliance on young players?
Dan Wiederer. Thanks, Coach. We'll go first to Dan Wiederer. On Chicago Sports Radio, 670 The Score. Weezy!
Dan Wiederer is the senior reporter for The Athletic covering the Bears. He is also the co-host of the Take the North podcast. And I joked that he abandoned Mark Grody Saturday night. But then I saw this adorable picture of you two just chatting it up in the tunnel after the Bears win. He joins us via the Circus Sports Illinois hotline. Download the Circus Sports app today. Dan, you two really looked precious, you and Mark, in that picture. You guys looked so happy.
Adorable is what Dan and I go for. No, adorbs. Adorbs.
It is adorbs.
We are adorable, are we not, Dan? I mean, at the very least, we are adorable. Credit to John Greenberg for getting the snapshot to capture that moment of delight as we were trying to unpack everything we had just experienced and give the people what they want, which is some take the North spin on whatever that was that we experienced Saturday night because that's going to be unforgettable and something that we're talking about
You know, 40, 50 years from now, John Greenberg is low key, incredibly good at doing that. Oh, yeah. Like incredibly good at like snapping the perfect pick or the like snapshots in the moment of time and encapsulate everything. He's a good journalist. He's funny. He's a sleuth. That is 100 percent one of the things he is like the best at doing.
Well, Dan, we were just take you backstage a little bit. Dan and I had planned to do this after we worked the locker room.
What was the significance of the Bears' comeback in the second half?
We both were in the interview room and we said, why don't we do this? Because Dan's got like a bunch of stuff to do. Let's do a little walk and talk. We were trying to get a little separation from the rest of the media and from the hundreds of people that are down there just so we'd have people around us. You know what I'm saying? And then, of course, there's Greenberg.
There's Greenberg. Because that's how he is, man.
With that little smile, right, Dan? Lurking and leering and smiling and doing all the things that he does to us. But thankfully, we were able to squeeze in a couple minutes. And again, I don't know how you guys feel today, but man, that was one that was difficult to wrap your brains around. In real time, the following day, here we are two days later, and you're still trying to process the entirety of that game, which again, instantly iconic win for the Bears for sure.
Dan Weider is also joining us on Twitch, twitch.tv slash Chicago 670. The score on this Plumbers 9-1-1 football Monday presented by BC Bank. I don't know how to put it into words. There's a part of me that's still in disbelief that it actually happened, that they won the game, even though they are the most threatening team when it comes to fourth quarter comebacks. And yet, for whatever reason, this one seemed the most improbable out of everything we've seen.
Yeah, well, it was because that halftime deficit was big time. You know, it's 21-3. They do get the advantage of a missed kick there, the first of many, from Brandon McManus on Saturday night. And I feel like that gave them a small sliver of hope. You know, and this team doesn't need much. You know, it just needs a little bit of a reason to believe that they're still in a football game. We just got done today here at House Hall talking to Tremaine Edmonds about the sort of psychological lift for a defense of knowing that Caleb Williams is on your side because even down 18 points, you can go and say, hey, we've got a chance here. If we can just do our part and get a few stops and get the ball back in the hands of our offense, they can go make magic happen.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What key moments defined the Bears' wild-card win against the Packers?
0:01–0:24
2
How did Dan Wiederer analyze the Bears' reliance on young players?
0:24–1:51
3
What was the significance of the Bears' comeback in the second half?
1:51–3:51
4
How did the Bears' defense contribute to the victory over the Packers?
3:51–6:54
5
What psychological factors influenced the Bears' performance?
6:54–9:42
6
How did the rivalry between the Bears and Packers impact the game?
9:42–14:56
7
What were the listeners' reactions during the Meatball Machine segment?
14:56–22:15
8
What insights did Dan Wiederer provide about the upcoming matchup with the Rams?
22:15–44:37
Speakers
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