Chapter 1: What are the key highlights of the Bears-Rams matchup?
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Sean McVeigh, I think it was inevitable that he was going to be asked about this, especially when Stephen A. Smith decided to stoke those flames, saying he had sources. But the circle close to Matt LaFleur doesn't like the way Ben Johnson had treated him.
We watch the tape, we do our work, and Matt is a very close friend of mine.
I'm still trying to draw that circle and figure out who all is inside of it. It's like that gif from Always Sunny where there's the whole setup. I believe it is Charlie who's got it all mapped out. And there's like post-it notes. Pins. Yeah. Lines to other people and whatnot.
I'm dying to talk about the mail for you all day, okay?
Ben Johnson.
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Chapter 2: How does Sean McVay's relationship with Matt LaFleur impact the game?
So I say to myself, I got to find this guy.
Matt LaFleur has a younger brother named Mike LaFleur. Did you know that he coaches in the NFL as well? You mean to tell me that family members coach in the National Football League? I just looked through everything as we all should through the Fast and Furious lens. I don't have friends. I got family. Sean McVay kind of let you know he's Team LeFleur, didn't he?
No, because he said, yeah, we're friends. No, he said, he is a very close friend of mine. He's not necessarily calling him for any insider information. They're just shooting the breeze? Well, when you're just shooting the breeze, what do people tend to talk about when they're talking to their very close friends? Man, can you believe what happened to me on Sunday? Ha ha ha!
It builds like that, right? Hey, I got more free time to chat right now. I don't know about you. Hi, Sean. It's your close friend, Matt LaFleur. That guy, Ben Johnson, gave me a pity handshake, and I need revenge. Can you handle that for me? Thanks. Love, Matt.
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It's so nice to just be able to be in this space and have another Playoff Preview Friday show. The important thing is that you can and you will. And we all will. And the excitement for this game on Sunday. And I love that it's the last playoff game. So you already know the other scenarios leading into the game. And it's like, hey, either you're earning a trip to Seattle or...
or you might get to host the NFC Championship game. And to me, this weekend and the buildup to that Sunday night, are people going to call out? I mean, it's a 530 kick, so maybe people won't be calling out Monday. But if they win that game, there might be a healthy percentage of people just calling out for Monday. It's a holiday for everybody, Marshall. Not for us. Not for us. All bets are off.
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Chapter 3: What are the implications of the weather on the Bears-Rams game?
Because it was all about, at least speaking for me, and it was on the intro to our podcast for weeks and weeks and weeks, all I was concerned with for this season was, do you have a quarterback? I don't care about the win-loss record necessarily, but it was all about that. And I think that's the spirit of what you said, right? COE at the beginning of the season. Now it's different, right?
Now it's Caleb over everything because Caleb is the guy that has the power to win the game. Maybe the only reason to think the Bears are going to win this game is because of Caleb Williams and the offense. Well, I also think that in the National Football League, in the year of our Lord, 2026, dare I say, going back to, I don't even know. 2000.
Oh, you have to have a quarterback who can win you a game like period paragraph. You have to have that is the most important person. And I don't know how many different ways we need to tell you. And even Tom Brady has had to re-explain to people, Tom Brady, how important it is to have the infrastructure in place where your head coach and your team can develop quarterbacks. see Sam Darnold.
Good talent goes undeveloped all the time, and we don't see the true potential.
So that said, to have the head coach in place while we've gotten to laughing point all week and enjoy the ballet and the dance and whatever you want to call it that is the head coaching searches around the league, and then you know that you're not in that space like this for the first time in a while, and then you also know that
Your head coach can develop a quarterback, and he can have him improve while the team is also trying to win games. This is a space that we have not been able to be in. And the fact that the Bears are doing it, that's what makes this so remarkably different. Even that alone, we could talk about forever, and it's going to be a sharp contrast to what we've seen in years past.
I was going to say, it's also shown while we're at it, They can develop a quarterback. They can develop a wide receiver. Tight end. They can develop a left tackle. They can develop a tight end, who, by the way, will be featured in Inside the Locker Room a little bit later on. Colston Loveland will be a part of that, and he was really good yesterday.
Inside the Locker Room is at 125 today on Rahimi Harris and Grody. RHG, if you need a shortener. I think what's more important than us necessarily believing what the Bears are capable of on a football field, and to counter Layla's point about you need a quarterback to win a game. No, no, no. You need this quarterback to win you all the games the way this is laid out.
I can't see them being in a situation where it's not Caleb leading them to victory. Now, if the run game shows back up at some point, then that's a different discussion. But what they've looked like in the last month or so, it's going to be squarely on Caleb to lead them. I think. I think. Well, also consider this piece of it.
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Chapter 4: How does the Bears' offensive strategy evolve in the playoffs?
When you add that up... with four guys that you spoke about when you talk about guard, center guard, right tackle, and understand two of them are All-Pro. First team All-Pro, Joe Tooney. Second team All-Pro for the first time, and Darnell Wright.
And the other two players you're talking about there, all finished in the top four in All-Pro, that tells you just how good they've been, not only at running the football, but also keeping the jersey of the quarterback clean because he's given up so many fewer sacks this year than a year ago.
Well, and I say all of that to say, that's kind of the mystery of the faith of the team here, is that you can't count them out. Even when there's been harrowing positional changes, even when there's been really disturbing injuries, and TJ Edwards and Ozzie Trapillo count in that category.
Jalen Johnson, as we've said, had part of a muscle or more of the muscle rip off his body, and he's out there trying to make things work. So even when all of those things have happened, The system and other people have stepped up inside the system to be able to put this team in this position. I cannot count them out of this game. I will not count them out of this game until the clock hits zero.
And it may sound cliche, and it may sound like a movie, but when the season stops being like a movie, somebody let me know. You've got the data to back you up on that, though, with the comebacks, the number, the multitude of comebacks they've had in the end of the fourth quarter and in overtime. Like... The data actually backs you up on that.
It's not far-fetched for you to say that because of what we have seen, not just recently, but throughout the season. Well, I'm the one, like I said, I'm the one who picked that. But did I think that they were going to come back last week like that? Like that? No. No.
Surprise me again.
I believe people who are like, I am not walking away from this because the Bears have this penchant for coming back, but there weren't a lot of people who thought that they were going to win that game. And 847 brings up a good point. Bears could be in Larry Borum mode. That's how bad it was in previous seasons. Love that. I will say this. Larry Borum stays employed.
Like, Larry Borum will find jobs. And there's been a lot of good energy here, too. Like, 773. It's so silly. What is McVay going to do? Co-charter? He going to call the winning plays this time? LOL. Bring it. Right. Logic doesn't matter. It doesn't. Yeah, like Sean McVay is maybe the best coach in the NFL. Their roster, pound for pound, is better than the Bears.
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Chapter 5: What are the key players to watch in the Bears-Rams game?
No, but you know what, 773? I'm glad you brought up Young Thug and Whoop-Dee-Doo because this trend needs to come back. Whoop-Dee-Doo! How did you have that? We just had it locked and loaded in the system. Now I want to hear Ray do his little wane, but he's not here. No, Ray is picking up starves for the clear.
That's right.
He's doing what he's got to do. Thanks for the starves, by the way, today. Oh, I got you guys.
Is that courtesy of you individually or you and the Take the North podcast?
You'll never know. You'll never know. Yeah, Weider gets pretty sensitive when I flash the Take the North money. Or I should say when I use it on other people. Hey, you want to see somebody else who's in on this? Is this petty? Go read Dan Weider's Twitter today because woof. He's on fire.
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Chapter 6: How does the weather impact the Bears' strategy against the Rams?
My guy's on fire. Dan has got some takes. So let's continue with ours. Our pressing questions that are on our minds. And one really I'm asking of you. That's next in five on it. The score.
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I got five on it.
Number one.
That's right. It's five on it. And you're listening to a four seasons heating, air conditioning, plumbing and electric football Friday presented by Pottawatomie Casino Hotel and Chicago Roofing Contractors dot org. So big game on Sunday. So we asked the question, which Bears player other than quarterback Caleb Williams?
These have a big game to give Chicago a shot at beating the Rams in Sunday's divisional round game at Soldier Field.
I think I've said this before, a timer 2000, and I guess I'm going to say it again because passing game, do your thing. Caleb Williams, I trust that you will distribute the ball accordingly. I'm going to once again say, the Bears have not been able to run the ball like they have previously run the past few weeks. I would hope that DeAndre Swift has a big game.
That is going to help with time of possession. It helps with keeping the Rams off the field. It's going to help a guy like Theo Benedet play left tackle when he hasn't been in previously for a few weeks.
All of that considered, I think DeAndre Swift, not just with running the ball, but with the screen game and trying to extend important drives early in this game, especially in the weather, I'm hoping that happens. Do I expect it to? No.
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Chapter 7: What predictions do the hosts make for the Bears-Rams game?
But I think it is a good sign if it happens. That is a good indication that the offense is in a healthy place early, even though we know they can do many things late. Last week we talked about turnovers and one of my, well, I think my key to the game was be plus two on turnovers and they were minus two on turnovers.
And they still found a way to win the game. I can't see that happening a second straight week. That is the Bears winning the game without having the advantage in turnovers just because that's how they built their resume this season that's gotten to this point. So I think the player that needs to have the biggest game, to me, is Nashawn Wright.
And I think it's twofold.
I don't know.
create a turnover, and don't be on the wrong end of an explosive play. When you're talking about Puka Nakua and Devontae Adams, that can't be you, bruh. You can't be the one. A lot of that does depend on what happens up front with the pass rush and also Dennis Allen and his scheming and being able to make the most out of the return of Kyler Gordon and now C.D.
Gardner-Johnson. But at the end of the day, the reason that Tyreek Stevenson is being beat out for snaps by Nashawn Wright is because they believe in his playmaking ability.
So in this game, with the season on the line, Nashawn Wright's gotta be one out here making plays. You and I are thinking similarly, conceptually, somebody on the defense has to make a huge play, maybe multiple huge plays, or you're not going to win the game. Is it going to be you, Montez Sweat? Is it going to be you, Kevin Byard? Is it going to be you, Lieutenant Weinberg?
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Chapter 8: What insights does Kevin Harlan share about the upcoming game?
I am going with, ready for this, Austin Booker. I see it. You see what I'm saying? He got called out, too, yeah, in a good way. Yeah, he is aggressive. He is amped up. He's got a nose for the football. I'd like to see him stop the run a little bit more, but right now, for our purposes, I think Austin Booker has to have a big game for the Bears to beat the Rams on Sunday. Number two.
A bill was introduced in the Indiana State Senate on Thursday that would establish the necessary funding to pay for the construction of a new Bears stadium. Senate Bill 27 would establish the funding mechanism for the stadium authority to build a new future home for the Bears in Indiana.
In response, the Bears issued the following statement, quote, The legislation presented by the state of Indiana is a significant milestone in our discussions around a potential stadium development in Chicago's northwest Indiana region.
We appreciate the leadership and responsiveness of Governor Braun and Indiana lawmakers in advancing a framework that allows these conversations to move forward productively, unquote. So, on a scale of 1 to 10, on the seriousness meter, trademark, how would you rate the state of the Bears' push to make Northwest Indiana the home of the team's new stadium site?
Well, I think I said this before. I actually take the state of Indiana more seriously than I than I take the Bears. And that's what they're doing. This is how you get it done. You put in initial bills that set forth an entity that can issue bonds. That is how you publicly fund a stadium. So the fact that they are doing this means they're serious.
And if the Bears want to respond in kind, then Indiana may very well be the site. We've seen that go very successfully for other teams. We saw the Chiefs do that in the state of Kansas. They wanted to take on the cost and the upkeep cost of building the stadium and then maintaining it.
So if that's something that Indiana wants to do, then they are doing all the right things in order to make that happen from a legal standpoint and from a lawmaking standpoint. I think that as much criticism as may have been deserved by the Bears throughout this whole process, this Indiana thing has people here in Illinois rattled.
The Bears have taken a little lead here now with this whole Indiana thing, having Roger Goodell go there, having the people, the politicians speak out in Indiana. What... J.D. Pritzker, the governor, doesn't want to see is the Bears moving to a different state.
He's very bold when it comes to talking about not giving money for infrastructure when it's Soldier Field or renovation or if it's Arlington Heights. But the fact that the Bears are messing with Indiana right now has really turned things around here. What was the spirit of the question again? What am I supposed to be worried about here?
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