Is Ben Johnson making excuses for the Bears defense's poor performance?
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What are the Bears' recent defensive struggles?
Yeah, don't think you can Ferris Bueller, Dennis the Menace, or whatever, whatever troublemaking and consequences of your own actions, get out of it type of thing. This is the NFL playoffs. Dang it. No funny business. Rahimi Harrison Grody on 670 The Score. I can't say no funny business and then say our names. Inherently, that is a contradiction.
Our names aren't funny. Our names are very serious.
They mean funny. I'm Mark. Grody's... What? I'm Mark.
Okay, I see where this show's going.
Just because you're going to Wade Larrabee voice does not mean that anybody thinks you're not.
Oh, did you detect a little bit? A little bit.
Was that you trying to be serious?
I don't know what I was trying to be. Yeah, I don't think you can be serious. Yeah, I try. I try sometimes to be serious. There are serious moments in life that require seriousness. That's a serious tone right there. That's it. That's it.
It's kind of like his XRT DJ voice.
That's true. It's right there.
Here's Hosier.
Put more bass in that. Put more bass in that, Mark. Put more bass in that. Here's Hosier. That's right.
I do think that this doesn't mean there's not fun. My goodness, we've seen some absolute blowouts in the playoffs. And unfortunately, one where the Packers blew out the Cowboys at their place, that is fresh in my mind, given the performance that Jordan Love had in that game. But when it comes to how the Bears are trying to get this done, especially when you know that bad defense does offend our sensibilities when it comes to what we're used to and seeing in Bears games. They only gave up 19 points to the Lions, but they still lost. And then they gave up 42 points the week before and also lost. That game, I feel like, is better because it was the 49ers at their place and they were able to hang with them.
Losing to the Lions 19-16 at home. Not great when you want to get into the playoffs the way that you want to with winning and playing your starters and having what I think is some valid momentum, at least to build the habits. You know, you're playing a team that you care about at your place. Be nice to close it out with a win before this extra game against the Packers on Saturday. which is why we all had different interpretations of what Ben Johnson had to say yesterday after he watched the film. This was in the afternoon when discussing the defensive strategy or just what he thinks of this defense going into this all important Packers playoff game.
Is there any way to identify the most correctable thing on defense right now on a short week?
I mean, we got, we got a number of areas that we could play better. Um, But at the same time, I mean, the number one thing is that we're looking to limit the opponent with their points. And you're saying you left that game with a good offense and they only scored 19 points, 16 up until the last two minutes of the game there. And so I thought our defense played well enough for us to win that ball game. And I know we want to clean up the yards and we want to get off the field faster and we want to create more possessions for our offense and Those are all part of it, and there's ways to get that done. But at the end of the day, the number one objective is to limit their points. And so I'm going to keep that the main thing with our defense.
Okay, I get that, but at the same time, you didn't win. And in the game before, you didn't win, and that was too many points. It can be that simple sometimes. It can especially be that simple when you consider how much the Lions outgained the Bears at the half last Sunday, and how much the 49ers outgained the Bears in the half the week before. When you have Ahmed Rossane Brown getting over 100 yards receiving at the half on Sunday this past game, and when you have Christian McCaffrey with 140 total yards from the line of scrimmage at the half the week before, you can say that, and I understand why you need your offense to step up. But you can also ask for more out of your defense based on what we saw these past two games.
I got to tell you what I heard from Ben Johnson right there, and I listened to the whole press conference yesterday.
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