We still aren't sure what happened on the final interception play vs the Rams | Take the North
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What was the final interception play vs the Rams about?
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I wanted to steer down a couple paths. of game-related topics that we just really haven't had a full chance to fully impact. And I'm going to start with the one that Chicago can't stop talking about. It's the final offensive play of the season. It's Caleb Williams' third interception of the game. It's D.J. Moore's route. It's everything that happened to put the football back in the hands of Matthew Stafford for the Rams' game-winning drive. And I feel like as you and I sit here on Tuesday afternoon trying to get to the bottom of this, we still don't have clarity on the fullest extent of what was happening, what should have happened, what didn't happen, what could have happened. I'm just curious your perspective on it as we wait to learn a little bit more from people that matter.
Yeah, you said to me yesterday, like if one thing goes different there, they're in a field goal range and we're having such different conversations. I mean, this play should not be discounted. There's no way to overanalyze it. I've been coming at it, Dan, from a little bit of a outside DJ more perspective. Like I think the DJ conversation needs to be had. But if I can go another way. Caleb Williams had so much time in the pocket. It was like one of his cleanest pockets all night. So you find yourself in this hindsight of like, Kalmanunga was in the right flat. There was a ton of space to the left. Like, this... coach and quarterback believe in big play hunting. And I like that. And they should, this is the way the NFL is.
You should be going. Ben Johnson loves the explosives. I mean, shoot, the Rams tried that before they kicked the game winning field goal. So, but you just wondered if in that spot where they were at the field, If just instead of going for that shot where you need to be on the same page for it to happen, if there were just some better options, you know, I, again, I think we can talk about DJ. I think that the DJ more route and why that didn't connect is, is number one. But for me, number two, it's just wondering like whether it was a different play call or a different decision. Like you just hate to see the game and on taking that kind of shot when it wasn't necessary in that spot.
I feel you. And I'm curious to get Ben Johnson's midweek answer on what he learned watching that playback, because when we talked to him postgame Sunday night, he had yet to watch the play. He was trying to give a recap from his sideline view. And obviously he can't see everything from that lens that you can see when you put on the all 22 and can diagnose leverages and check down options and, you know, who's doing what on the play as it was designed and how it unfolded. Yeah. What you said a bit ago marries up with what I was emphasizing on Monday. It's a history-changing play. And that sounds dramatic. And it sounds like, oh, man, you're putting a lot of weight on this one play. It's history-changing.
Because if they complete a pass there, and Caleb and DJ are on the same page, and they're able to connect there, now all of a sudden you're in range for Cairo Santos to kick you onto the NFC Championship game.
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