Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Score caller talks Bears: 'One of the most exciting seasons I've ever seen'
19 Jan 2026
Chapter 1: What are the hosts' initial reactions to the Bears' loss?
Layla Rahimi, Marshall Harris, Mark Grody. Middays 10 a.m. to 2 on Chicago Sports Radio 670 The Score.
This is Rahimi Harrison Grody on 670 The Score. And Mark Grody and I are pointing at the line like linebackers making checks. But unfortunately, I have nobody to tackle. Football season is over.
Layla does go through that period of time every year where she's like, I just got to hit somebody. Like, it's, you know, tired of the fake stuff. Are you calling her violent? Well, I don't know if she's violent.
Yeah, I call myself choosing. I just, it's not violent necessarily. She's not dirty. Because I don't want to hurt anybody. I just want to fly at something.
Yeah, right. You just want to. Trampoline parks exist.
No, not that kind of fly. Like a wrap up and tackle like a punching bag or something.
You need brothers is what you need.
See, like when I lived in a house with stairs, we'd jump off the stairs.
It's a great movie with Mark Wahlberg. Brothers? Yeah. Another one that I'll start to watch? No.
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Chapter 2: What insights does Dan share about the Bears' season?
They put the ball in harm's way as a team, and therefore, they now live with the result.
Yeah, that's it. You read the reads on that specific play that is called, but the idea that that was up to the quarterback there to decide how to read that play, you're trying to figure out who's open, period, paragraph. We continue on the phones, 312-644-6767. We go to Frank in Oak Park. Frank, you're on Rahimi Eris and Grody.
This was a weird game. Maybe the weather had impact. It was not obvious. Maybe on the footing. When it was done, I turned everything football off. I didn't watch any highlights of any games until this morning. On defense, the Bears had perhaps their best overall performance of the season. They got four sacks. They held a powerful Rams offense to 340 yards and 20 points.
Didn't get that until overtime. Maybe if they had gotten one turnover, they'd deodorize the Bears' offense. Again, Hope Jackson is back in the linebacker room next year. On offense... Caleb had one of his worst games of the year. Yes, it was the great commit TD throw, and the first one that DJ was in pretty tight quarters as well, but three picks were death.
The last one, he was trying to hit more. It looked like a miscommunication between QB and receiver, and you guys will have to sort that out if anybody's ever ready to talk. For the year, the Bears overproduced. I thought if everything went right, they might finish 9-8 and out of the playoffs. Divisional round before you lose? No way! Great job by the coaches in front office.
But fans, winning is a journey, not a destination. The NFL has more roster entropy than any pro sport due to injury.
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Chapter 3: How does DJ Moore's performance impact the Bears' game strategy?
Churn is heightened due to free agency and a hard salary cap. You want more evidence? Compare the massive difference between the starting lineups of the 2019 and 2023 Chiefs Super Bowl teams. Full remakes on the O-line, wide receivers, running backs, DBs, and linebackers.
Now, if we're talking 2030, when the Bears open their new stadium on a former EPA brownfield in northwest Indiana, and the Bears have been no worse than 9-8 in season since 2025, you'll know the Johnson-Pole mind meld is a good trend and not a 2018-style blip.
Dang. Not the 2018-style blip on the proverbial radar.
It can't be 2018.
That's just it. This one.
The Bears won.
The season feels like this version of the Bears feels more sustainable.
They want a playoff game.
They want a playoff game. That team did not. They want a playoff game. Exactly. Right. Right. Exactly. I mean, didn't in 2018, didn't in 2001. Two seasons that I am much closer to putting away because the Bears were not those teams. They want a playoff game. A lot of work needs to be done. I agree. The Bears have a head coach. The Bears have a quarterback. The Bears have an offensive line.
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