{"id":671642,"date":"2026-01-12T14:56:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T14:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/671642\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T14:56:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T14:56:12","slug":"random-ramsdom-bad-news-bears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/671642\/","title":{"rendered":"Random Ramsdom: Bad news Bears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Los Angeles Rams will take on the Chicago Bears in the next round of the playoffs, and at this point, no matter who you play you\u2019re going to play a tough opponent, but the Bears in Chicago? Ben Johnson and Caleb Williams with a defense that can force turnovers?<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">We have all week to dissect how Matthew Stafford has done over the course of his career against Chicago, and the idea of Sean McVay taking on Johnson again should give all of us plenty to talk about.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">If nothing else, it\u2019s an exciting matchup, but I think it\u2019s going to be hard one for the Rams. Could be a tough one for the Bears too. That\u2019s somewhat the idea of the playoffs, it\u2019s all tough.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Thank you for checking out Turf Show Times, please comment on whatever you want!<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cWhen the <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/nfl\/2026\/01\/11\/49ers-eagles-nfc-wild-card-playoffs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">49ers beat the Eagles 23-19<\/a> on Sunday night, the Rams punched their ticket to a Round 2 playoff game next weekend <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/bears\/2026\/01\/11\/bears-packers-colston-loveland-hit-home-run-receiving-yards-caleb-williams-ben-johnson-dj-moore-kyler-gordon-nfl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">at Soldier Field<\/a>. The NFL will announce the day and time of its playoff games later Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">During the regular season, head coach and play-caller Sean McVay\u2019s Rams led the NFL with 394.6 yards per game and 30.5 points per game.\u201c<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cLet\u2019s go snatch these guys\u2019 hearts,\u201d Stafford told the wide receiver, with the Rams trailing by four points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Stafford led the Rams to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/game\/_\/gameId\/401772979\/rams-panthers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">34-31<\/a> victory with a seven-play, 71-yard drive that ended with a 19-yard touchdown pass to tight end <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4242557\/colby-parkinson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Colby Parkinson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cIt was pretty cold, just to hear that,\u201d Adams said. \u201cAnd I actually literally smiled in the moment because I thought that was one of the most gangster things you could say at that moment, honestly. And to hear him say that and the look on his face and then throw that touchdown and then the look on his face after that was just MVP stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cThe Bears advanced to the divisional round via a thrilling 31-27 win over the Packers on a game-winning touchdown pass from quarterback Caleb Williams to wide receiver D.J. Moore with just under two minutes to play. Chicago finished the regular season 11-6 to capture the NFC North title under first-year head coach Ben Johnson, which also gave the franchise its first playoff appearance since 2020.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Kickoff date and time for Rams-Bears has yet to be announced.\u201c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Rams will take on the Chicago Bears in the next round of the playoffs, and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":671643,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2079],"tags":[7,1014,58,4200,2444,2611,6,424],"class_list":{"0":"post-671642","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-rams","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-los-angeles","10":"tag-los-angeles-rams","11":"tag-los-angeles-rams-news","12":"tag-losangeles","13":"tag-losangelesrams","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-rams"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115882713748086899","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}