Who among Bears' injured players will be available against Packers?
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Who are the injured players for the Bears ahead of the Packers game?
Rahimi Harrison-Grody, middays 10 a.m. to 2 on 670 The Score.
This is Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 670 The Score, and I feel like we're asking one of the quintessential defensive coordinator questions of our time. There's bend, don't break. There's bend and break. There's bend, then break. And I feel like what Ben Johnson has talked about yesterday was as long as his team is limiting the points, that it's okay in the playoffs. I don't know that it's okay in the playoffs. And I don't quite know how much it worked in the regular season this past few weeks. Mark Grody is more mad at Ben Johnson than I am. And Marshall says, as long as you're trying to limit the points, this is all. Do you think it's more on the offense than it is on the actual defense giving up yards?
If the Bears are limiting teams to 19 points per game in the playoffs, we are all saying, wow, look at how they were able to limit those offenses specifically. And the Lions have one of those offenses, by the way. Even though they had a bad year, their offense is still explosive. Really good. And so what I'm saying is simple as this. The Bears' defense is what it is. It ain't getting any better, except that Ben Johnson has. I don't know why y'all haven't, but what I'm saying is he understands his offense has been dynamic, can be dynamic, and there's still more potential than what we've seen the last few weeks.
And if you missed the rest of that, go back, listen to the first segment on the Rewind app on our Odyssey app, the Rewind feature on the Odyssey app. But we don't have to repeat that part. Moving forward, I would also like to submit this for the class.
Yes.
The Seattle Seahawks performance against the same 49ers that the Bears gave up 42 points to. They had the exact opposite situation. Bears gave up 496 yards. Do you know how many the Seahawks allowed the Niners to have in total yards? 173 at home. That's a playoff defense, and I was about to cuss there. Where was that game again? In San Francisco. San Francisco.
I love it.
Smothering.
Here's why I love it. Because what did the Seahawks offense do?
The Seahawks offense did what they needed to do when they had 361 total yards.
How many points did they have? They only scored 13 points.
How does the Bears' defense need to perform against the Packers?
So what I'm saying is you can look at that one of two ways. That could be half glass empty or half glass full. Because if the Seahawks could only put up 13 points on the Niners... The Bears offense, when it's rolling, we saw what they can do to the 49ers. I think that's why Ben Johnson is so frustrated. That's why he was frustrated directly after the game. That's why he looks at Monday after watching the tape. Hey, based on what our defense is capable of, you saw the Bears secondary running after people because they're just not fast enough. They're not healthy enough. This is what it is. They could try to scheme it up differently. Jaquan Brisker told us about that. But at the end of the day, if they're not creating turnovers, this is who they are.
And the Bears offense has to make up the slack. Let me give you one stat just to clear things up.
They didn't make up the slack. They didn't pick up the slack on Sunday.
No, that's what I'm saying. That's why Ben Johnson is frustrated because he knows they are capable of more than that. Six losses this season, right? The Bears have forced four turnovers and six losses. And in none of those games did they force more than one turnover. In 11 wins, the Bears have forced 29 turnovers. Okay? But here's the thing. They only have three wins this season out of their 11 against teams that actually made the playoffs.
Okay?
That's the Steelers, who didn't have their starting quarterback. That's the Eagles, their best win of the season. And Green Bay, who didn't finish the game with their starting quarterback. They only had five forced turnovers in those three wins. So you have to understand, if they're going to win on Saturday night, they're probably going to have to win the turnover battle. And they haven't been forcing those turnovers in this last stretch of games the way they were against those bad teams early in the season.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
Who are the injured players for the Bears ahead of the Packers game?
0:01–2:15
2
How does the Bears' defense need to perform against the Packers?
2:15–5:09
3
What strategies are the Bears considering for their offense?
5:09–8:10
4
How have injuries affected the Bears' secondary this season?
8:10–10:46
5
What is the significance of the turnover battle in the upcoming game?
10:46–12:25
6
What role does Kyler Gordon play in the Bears' defense?
12:25–14:33
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