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As the reactions to Ben Johnson’s now-infamous handshake with Matt LaFleur and “F— the Packers” postgame chat made its rounds this week, pundits made sure to let us know that it wasn’t just the Packers who were mad about Johnson’s perceived slight toward LaFleur and his team. It’s the whole crew of Los Angeles Rams […]
From Windy City Gridiron | 29 days ago | 2 reads
The San Francisco 49ers are expected to have wide receiver Ricky Pearsall back for the first time since their Week 17 win over the Chicago Bears when they play the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC Divisional Round on Saturday. It’s been an up-and-down second year for Pearsall, who has dealt with knee and ankle injuries […]
From Niners Nation | 29 days ago | 3 reads
Counting the playoffs, Michigan product Colston Loveland leads all Chicago Bears in targets and receiving yards this season, and according to Sumer Sports, he’s the highest-rated rookie tight end in yards per route run. He’s also one of the top five of all tight ends in Total EPA. He just became the first rookie in […]
From Windy City Gridiron | 29 days ago | 3 reads
With a berth in the NFC Championship Game as the prize, the Los Angeles Rams head east to the City of Big Shoulders, Chicago, Illinois, for a January 18 contest with the Chicago Bears. The Soldier Field kickoff is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. PST. Weather is expected to be mostly cloudy, with a chance of […]
From Turf Show Times | 29 days ago | 2 reads
The NFC Wildcard game between the Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers evolved into a true coaching clinic, a legendary chess match orchestrated by Bears offensive coordinator Ben Johnson. His layered play-calling and masterful conditioning of the Packers’ defense ultimately led to the game-winning touchdown. Johnson’s first move was a calculated test of the […]
From Acme Packing Company | 30 days ago | 1 read
With the L.A. Rams coming to Soldier Field, for the NFC Divisional playoff on Sunday night, we re-up our exclusive with Eric Dickerson, the greatest Los Angeles Rams player ever. Dickerson discussed the last time these two teams met in the playoffs, the 1985 NFC championship game, with us in November of 2021. No matter […] The post Exclusive: Eric Dickerson on Facing the ’85 Bears in NFC Title Game appeared first on The Sports Bank .
From The Bank | 30 days ago | 0 reads
Last week, I opened my Bears-Packers How to watch article with this sentence. “Get ready for either one of the greatest Saturday nights of your Chicago Bears fandom or one of the worst.” It was one of the greatest. The stakes are even higher this Sunday in the Divisional round vs the Los Angeles Rams, […]
From Windy City Gridiron | 30 days ago | 2 reads
On Sunday, the Chicago Bears host the Los Angeles Rams with the winner advancing to the NFC Championship game. The Bears are coming off a dramatic come-from-behind win against the Packers, but the Rams also came from behind to beat the Panthers in their Wild Card game, thanks to a Matthew Stafford touchdown pass with […]
From Windy City Gridiron | 30 days ago | 3 reads
When the Los Angeles Rams match up with the Chicago Bears in the NFC Divisional round, at 6:30 p.m. ET on Jan. 18 at Soldier Field, there will be high-profile daily fantasy candidates on both teams. Rams vs. Bears Game Info When: Sunday, January 18, 2026 at 6:30 p.m. ET Where: Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois TV info: NBC/Peacock Rams DFS Projections Salary values from DraftKings. Player Position Salary Projected Points Projected Points per 1K Pu...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | about 1 month ago | 5 reads
We have to wait all weekend to finally watch the Chicago Bears play their divisional round playoff game. The Bears are scheduled to play the Los Angeles Rams in the final game of the weekend, with kickoff set for 5;30 p.m. CT. We know it’s going to be cold. Freezing even. Really, really cold. But […]
From Windy City Gridiron | about 1 month ago | 1 read
The Chicago Bears host the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday, and the final injury reports for each team are due today. Just like in the regular season, these reports could be added to over the next couple of days, but if a player is ruled out, he’s out for the game. For the Bears, that […]
From Windy City Gridiron | about 1 month ago | 4 reads
The Chicago Bears have reached the Divisional Round of the NFL Playoffs, where they will welcome the LA Rams to Soldier Field. Last week, we said we liked a high-scoring game, and that’s exactly what we got with almost 60 points being scored between the two teams. Last week, we went 2-1 on our prop […]
From Windy City Gridiron | about 1 month ago | 3 reads
The Los Angeles Rams are set to play the Chicago Bears on Sunday at Soldier Field in a game to be played in freezing temperatures. They’ll be facing a defense that leads the NFL in interceptions, and a quarterback who’s seen a drop in form (not to be read as played badly). Back in 2018 […]
From Turf Show Times | about 1 month ago | 3 reads
“Daddy, if the Bears win today, are you going to do that thing with the champagne bottle where you pop the cork and shake it and it sprays?” “No, I’ll do that when the Bears win the Super Bowl.” …yet even as I answered her, I was thinking, Wow, how far we’ve come! Our daughter […]
From Windy City Gridiron | about 1 month ago | 3 reads
The third, and final, Chicago Bears injury report ahead of the team’s NFC Divisional Round matchup against the Los Angeles Rams is out. And it is mostly good news for Chicago’s football team. This is as good as an injury report gets this time of year, so I’ll take it without thinking twice about it. As far as I’m concerned, wide receiver Rome Odunze getting upgraded to full participation on Friday’s Bears injury report is the best news that could have come from the injury report. Odunze w...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | about 1 month ago | 0 reads
Last week, Las Vegas Raiders general manager Jon Spytek noted that there were plenty of former players still playing. Now , as the playoffs move onto the divisional round, let’s look at the former Raiders still playing, presented in alphabetical order: Buffalo Bills: None. Chicago Bears: Defensive tackle Andrew Billings. Billings is a Bears’ backup […]
From Silver And Black Pride | about 1 month ago | 8 reads
The Los Angeles Rams are back where they were at this time last year: the divisional round of the playoffs. This time, they will be the team that’s favored and the team with more playoff experience. The Rams are the team looking to get back to the NFC Championship with a chance to go to […]
From Turf Show Times | about 1 month ago | 4 reads
The NFL season is an evolving state of affairs with each team aspiring to hoist the Lombardi Trophy come February, but only 8 teams remain on their quest to do so. After a monumental win against their longtime rivals, the Chicago Bears host the NFL’s most potent offense in the Los Angeles Rams, who also […]
From Windy City Gridiron | about 1 month ago | 3 reads
Two days before their divisional round playoff game against the Chicago Bears, Rams coaches are extremely busy interviewing for other jobs. Meanwhile the Bears coaches having nothing to distract them. Nobody is trying to poach from Ben Johnson’s staff this year. Compare that to Chris Shula, Nathan Sheelhaase, and Mike LaFleur. They have a combined […]
From Turf Show Times | about 1 month ago | 0 reads
The 2006 NFC Championship aside, this may have been the most important, and meaningful win in all my years as a Bears fan. I won’t sugarcoat it, about midway through the 3rd quarter even I was muttering “same old Bears”, me, one of the most glass half full fans in the world. But even then, […]
From Windy City Gridiron | about 1 month ago | 2 reads
THE DAILY SPONGIE SPECIAL NOTE: Salty Language, NSFW BEARSSSSSS Indiana begins effort to pass legislation to pay for new Bears stadium Via Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, an Indiana senator has introduced a bill that would establish the funding mechanism for a stadium on the other side of the Illinois state line. No question about it, Bears […]
From Windy City Gridiron | about 1 month ago | 2 reads
The Los Angeles Rams (12-5) visit the Chicago Bears (11-6) at Soldier Field in the NFC Divisional Round of the NFL playoffs, with best bets available, on Sunday, January 18, 2026. Sign up for Fubo to watch the NFL, live sports and entertainment without cable! Best Over/Under Bet O/U Pick: Over (48.5) Rams games have finished over 48.5 points scored 10 times (out of 17) in the regular season and playoffs. In the regular season and playoffs, eight of the Bears’ 17 matchups have gone ...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | about 1 month ago | 5 reads
The Ian Cunningham situation has been put on the back-burner around here for obvious reasons. So, let’s play catch-up while we have a moment: Cunningham, the Bears’ assistant general manager, interviewed with the Atlanta Falcons for the team’s president of football position last Friday. Shortly after Cunningham’s interview, the Falcons hired retired quarterback (and franchise legend) Matt Ryan as the president of football. Based on the verbiage used by Falcons owner Arthur...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | about 1 month ago | 3 reads
Temperature estimates for Sunday’s divisional playoff game between the Rams and Bears in Chicago are sitting around 20 degrees, leading to a snowball effect of opinions that the home team has an advantage. So why does history not support that theory whatsoever? Over the last 20 years, divisional round playoff games at 20 degrees or […]
From Turf Show Times | about 1 month ago | 0 reads
The Chicago Bears and the Los Angeles Rams play on Sunday, with the winner advancing to the NFC Championship game. The other NFC Divisional matchup is on Saturday, with the San Francisco 49ers on the road against the Seattle Seahawks. On our latest edition of Bear Bones, Dr. Mason West is joined by Danny Meehan […]
From Windy City Gridiron | about 1 month ago | 0 reads