🚨Chicago Bears Get DOUBLE DOSE Of Good News + Some Bad News

🚨Chicago Bears Get DOUBLE DOSE Of Good News + Some Bad News

All right, Bears fans. Loaded show today. Double dose of good news and some not so great news, but I think mostly good news today that I do want to dive into. This is Chicago Bears. Now, want to remind you guys to subscribe to the channel. Before we jump on in here, our next milestone, 139,000 subscriber subscribers. Got a bunch of new subs recently. Love the support. Spread the word. Let’s continue to grow this thing. Free and Daily Bears content. Lock us in. It’s 100% free. All right. Uh let’s get the bad news out of the way, then we’ll get to the good stuff. Uh Asante Samuel Jr. not a Chicago Bear. He is signing with the Steelers practice squad. Now, I don’t know if the visit took place today or not at Howisaw because he was scheduled to visit the Bears today and then the Steelers tomorrow. So, I don’t know if a visit got cancelled or so on and so forth. Not sure about that. If those details come out, we will pass those along. But Jeremy Fowler did have the news that uh Samuel is signing with the Steelers practice squad. More on that in a minute. Uh top 25, yada yada yada, the injury stuff. Uh so on and so forth. Uh key note there is that um the Steelers surgeon, team surgeon did the procedure on Asante Samuels injury. So I’m guessing what happened here and you start to connect the dots. Who was the last visit? He was scheduled for the Steelers. Who did the procedure? The Steelers surgeon. So, I wonder if he had a verbal agreement in place with Pittsburgh like, “Hey, we’ll sign you to our practice squad if uh no one else is interested or if you’re most comfortable with us.” He took the other visits with the five other teams and ultimately decided to go with Pittsburgh. And who knows, maybe the other teams didn’t clear him, but since the Steelers doctors did the surgery, uh they were the team that did. We’ll see if those details come out. Certainly a bit of a bummer, right? uh unclear if he’s going to be able to contribute this year, but you know, if he was fully right, I I do think he could have helped this team. I mean, we’ve talked about the uh the concerns at outside corner, the up and down play of Tyreek Stevenson, Nan Wright, who’s been scrappy, but you know, is probably more of a backup. Um but it is what it is. I will say this, um, with him signing with the Steelers practice squad, that’s probably a signal that he’s at least, I don’t know, minimum two weeks away, uh, for being ready to play in a game, he has not played in over a year. He had a spinal fusion, uh, surgery, neck stuff that gets you a little nervous. So, um, and dependent on the Bears timeline here, Kyler Gordon potentially coming back, Jaylen Johnson, we got stuff on him in a minute as well. Maybe the timeline just didn’t make sense for the Bears. Maybe if it was one of those if he could play right away and contribute right away, it would have made more sense. I’m not saying that’s why he did or did not sign with Chicago. We don’t know those part specific details yet. Not sure if we’ll get those, but um you know, timing is everything a lot of the time with these injury situations. And uh maybe it just didn’t quite line up with the Bears. Are you bummed out about missing out on Asante Samuel Jr. type Y for yes or type in for no? Certainly a little bit. I don’t think it’s the end of the world, especially considering we don’t know uh when exactly he’s going to be able to play, but uh you know, I would have liked to see it happen at the same time. All right, there is good news on the quarterback front. Jaylen Johnson, there appears to be some evidence that perhaps he will return this season and maybe even sooner than we think. 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So, I’m going for it all. I took more on Caleb Williams rush yards this weekend. Like the way he’s running around, scrambling, making plays right now. Uh I think he can hit more than 20 and a half. And then I took less on JJ McCarthy’s passing yards. Tyreek Stevenson, Nan Wright, shut me up. Go out there and ball out and shut down JJ McCarthy. That would be lovely. $20 lineup to win 55 right here. Download the Price Fix app today. Use our code CLNS to get $50 in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup. That is code CLNS to get $50 in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup price picks. It is good to be right. All right, so this screenshot started circulating around uh the Twitter bot today and it’s Jaylen Johnson doing some rehab work and Colin, help me out. What is that uh text there? So the little caption there is they said Jaylen Johnson out indefinitely. Nah. And it’s an IG story video. You guys can see the guy’s handle in the top left if you want to go check it out himself. He’s doing some side to side uh kind of cardio, I guess, like ligament rehab uh work, whatever you want to call it. Uh I’m not a PT expert, but uh imagine it’s one of those classic exercises uh to build that strength back up. He looks like he’s moving pretty well. Um and you start to wonder, okay, uh could Jaylen come back? What does that look like? When does that look like? Um you know, the initial report was sometime in December. Well, I look at the schedule. Could that Browns game be like a natural launching point if he’s ready by then uh in week 15 and then he’s ready to go for the final push? Because if you remember those initial reports was it was two things. One, there’s a chance he could return in December. And two, uh if the Bears are in the mix and he’s cleared, he would potentially return, right? Like if he’s not cleared, he won’t return. Obviously, if the Bears aren’t in the mix, he wouldn’t return. Well, barring a collapse, you know, their Bears are at least going to be in the mix and have a chance uh to make the playoffs. And that Browns game uh December 14th, which is five games from now, just over a month away. Uh that’d be kind of an ideal launch point, kind of ease him back in against a team that you should be able to beat uh at home. Maybe you play him a part-time role in that game, 25, 30, 35 snaps, whatever. And then hopefully he’s full-fledged for the final three weeks. That’s probably a best case scenario, but uh if he’s able to return then uh I mean what talk about a lift. I mean that’s like trading for you know a Pro Bowler at the deadline or something. They haven’t had him all year. He played like 20 snaps against the Lions and then his season was over. So um we’ll see. I don’t think this is confirmation that he’s returning, but there seems to be some confidence there uh in that post. I like the way he’s moving. And you would think too he’s playing on a bunch of garbage Bears teams. Bears finally have a chance to be a playoff team here. You would think he’d be pretty motivated to return and they could use him, man. You plug him back in. Even if he’s not fully himself this year, if he’s 80% of himself, put him on the outside corner, let Tyreek and Nan Wright kind of duke it out on the other side, play the hot hand, whoever that is. Uh, I think that would certainly be a lift for this football team. Even more good news, the Packers lost again last night and there are real reports that Matt Laflur could be on the hot seat. More on that in a second. But the first part of this is Green Bay lost to Philadelphia last night, which puts the Bears in the six seed uh in the NFC playoff picture. They also leaprogged Green Bay in the NFC North as well, tied for Detroit in first place. Now Detroit’s in first. The Bears are in second because the Lions did win the head-to-head matchup, but Bears will get a second crack at Detroit later on. Obviously, two more games with the Packers as well. So, a lot to be determined there, but a really nice result uh for the Bears with Green Bay going down last night. And this is the even better part of it if I’m being honest. Matt Schneiderman, the Athletic, he’s covered the Packers for a while now. Uh wrote this up in his uh Monday uh or Tuesday morning column, I should say, here. He said, “It is not far-fetched to think Matt Laflur is coaching for his job as the Green Bay Packers head coach for the rest of the season. and Brian Gutakun, the GM, said before the season that it is time for the Packers to start competing for championships. Jeff Hafley is coordinating a championship defense. The floor’s offense is far from that caliber. That might need to change over the next two months for him to keep his job. You’re telling me that if the Packers don’t have an incredibly strong finish in some level of a playoff run that they’re going to fire this guy, a guy who wins twice for every loss. a guy who’s won this division three times, a division that especially now is pretty tough. I get it they haven’t won the last couple years. Uh a guy that’s gone to two NFC Championship games, a guy that’s been to the playoffs five times in six years. And yes, he’s three and five in the playoffs, but let’s be honest, Rogers laid a couple eggs there. Like, you know, you have San Francisco at home in freezing weather against noodle armed Jimmy Garopolo and you lose 13 to 10. I mean, that’s that’s on Rogers. I’m sorry. Um please Green Bay, get rid of this guy. I would love it if the Packers fired Matt Laflur. You know, Packers fans are so spoiled. Get Laflur out. He sucks. This and that. Dude, a bad season for you guys is nine and eight. Like, Bears fans would have signed up for 9 and eight this year. Now, we’re hoping for more than that, but I think this would be a catastrophic error by Green Bay if they were actually to go this route. Now, is this report like they’re leaning toward firing him? I wouldn’t say that, but if they miss the playoffs, certainly seems like that’s on the table based on the chatter that’s out there right now, which I personally think would be an insane move. I think Matt Laffor is a top 10 coach in this league. If last year he became available uh when the Bears uh were searching for a coach, I probably would have had him as my top candidate. Not cuz I didn’t want and really love Ben Johnson as an option, but I’ve seen Laf do the job as the head coach who also calls plays. Like how many teams would sign up for this guy if he became available? I I think that would be a grave mistake by Green Bay and I’m hoping they make it because that would be glorious for the rest of the teams in the NFC North. If you hate the Packers, you know what to do. Get the FGB spammed down in the comment section below. Please, Green Bay, get rid of Matt Laflur. He stinks. He He doesn’t know what he’s doing. Get him out of there. Go hire Clint Kubak, who I like as a candidate. uh but has never been a head coach. I’m sure that would be a clear upgrade uh for Green Bay rather than a guy who’s done nothing but win a lot uh in his tenure in Green Bay. All right, that’s going to do it for today’s episode. No Asante Samuel, but maybe Jaylen Johnson’s back sooner than we think. Kyler Gordon could be back soon. So, still a lot of positive vibes around this football team. If you want more Bears content, hit that subscribe button and we’ll see you soon.

Bears CB Jaylon Johnson could return sooner than expected after posting an Instagram story showcasing his recovery from a groin injury he suffered at the beginning of the 2025 NFL season. Visit https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/CLNS and use code CLNS and get $50 in lineups when you play your first $5 lineup! With Asante Samuel Jr. signing with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Johnson’s return would help bolster a Chicago secondary being led by newly acquired C.J. Gardner-Johnson. Plus, did Bears fans receive some good NFC North news ahead of NFL Week 11? Is Packers head coach Matt LaFleur on the hot seat? Chat Sports host Harrison Graham reacts on this episode of Bears Now.

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The Athletic’s Matt Schneidman on Matt LaFleur:
“It’s not far-fetched to think Matt LaFleur is coaching for his job as the Green Bay Packers head coach for the rest of this season. Gutekunst said before the season that it’s time for the Packers to start competing for championships. Jeff Hafley is coordinating a championship defense. LaFleur’s offense is far from that caliber. That might need to change over the next two months for him to keep his job.”

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