Rams vs. Bears: Assessing Chicago's Newfound Strength

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00:00Bears, Rams, you have been waiting for this one, I know,

00:06because last week you said it, you screamed it from the mountaintops,

00:10not just that the Bears would beat the Green Bay Packers,

00:14but that when they did, the Chicago Bears would become your team.

00:18That Streetball Williams, as you call them, would become your guy.

00:22So, Joe, the floor is yours.

00:24Bears at home against the Big Bad Rams.

00:27Yeah, it's a great matchup.

00:28And, again, I think people are discounting the Bears' win last week

00:32and saying it has more to do with potentially Matt LaFleur

00:36and what he didn't do in the second half.

00:38And I understand that to a certain degree,

00:41but I also buy into the fact that Chicago was able to make both offense

00:45and defensive adjustments to put themselves in a position.

00:49And, again, I believe in this offensive identity.

00:52And what I do feel is important, and we talk about OCs

00:56and we talk about head coaches, especially the ones that do call their own plays,

01:01like McVay and, obviously, you know, Ben Johnson.

01:04And my point is, you know, Ben Johnson sort of felt out Green Bay last week.

01:09You know, and they were relentless in the second half of that game.

01:15And what I mean by that is there are certain teams that attack sideline to sideline

01:21that love bubble screens, and then there's teams that attack vertically.

01:25And I love the teams that attack vertically when they have a quarterback

01:28because they're able to get back into games quicker,

01:31and they're able to just challenge and stress no matter how dominant the defense is

01:36at every level.

01:37And when you have playmakers and running backs, more importantly,

01:40that can catch, like Monungay, like DeAndre Swift,

01:44it really stresses a defense and can gas them in critical parts of a game.

01:49And I just believe Chicago now has that offensive identity.

01:53I consider them the team like Washington last year

01:57that just caught fire at just the right time.

02:00They have a hot quarterback that now all of a sudden

02:03is confident in the philosophy, is confident that he's the guy

02:08that is confident on the quarterback-to-wide receiver relationship

02:11and has built multiple just unbelievable talent around.

02:17Like, he's elevated Colston Lovelland to now that star tight end.

02:22He's elevated Adunze.

02:24He's gotten DJ Moore back involved in that.

02:27I'm just so impressed more with Chicago than I am with L.A.

02:32And I'll just say this.

02:34I think people are discounting the fact of how cold this game will be today.

02:39And I understand that Stafford's played in it, Kyron's played in it,

02:43Devontae, Gold Cross, Puka, and Blake Corham.

02:46I all get that.

02:47They played in either college or the NFL.

02:51But, and they played last year in this environment with Philly.

02:56But I think this is a tall order.

02:58I really do.

02:59And, again, I'm not sold on L.A.'s defense being elite.

03:03I think they've been actually exposed.

03:06And this is where I do give the edge to Ben Johnson now.

03:09And people will say, well, McVay's talking to LaFleur.

03:12Let him talk to LaFleur.

03:13LaFleur got his ass kicked last week in the second half.

03:17You know?

03:17I mean, Ben Johnson is a cocky play caller.

03:21But he's also got talent and a quarterback that's humming.

03:25And I'm going to take those points today.

03:26Dutch.

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