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00:00game today yeah to me this game is all about momentum and really finding the belief and the
00:04trust that you could be at your best in January what matters the most and the Bears they played
00:09great football since October they just now just gotta finish strong they've come all the way to
00:15this point last week what happened against San Francisco defense didn't play quite great they
00:20played poorly gave up five touchdowns in the red zone Ben Johnson was like I want to see how we
00:25respond to that there is a lot online like you said the number two seed avenging that
00:29week two lost against the Lions I want to see the juice that they're bringing today to their
00:34home crowd yeah week two was a long time ago but Detroit put 52 on the Bears Aaron Andrews think
00:39the Bears remember that at all oh yeah Ben Johnson saying it was a real kick in the teeth and not
00:44only did it lead them at 0-2 it left a bad taste in their mouth Ben Johnson saying the message to
00:49his group after that game was this this coaching staff knows we have the right pieces in here
00:55to turn it around and they did from then on they won 11 of their next 14 games and a division title
01:02coach Johnson told us this week we're not the same group that went out there in week two but
01:06in this league it's important to know what rock bottom feels like so you don't feel it again
01:11he said guys today is not just about the postseason it's about pride oh that'll be a lot of that on the field
01:19here today and a cold day as it should be here as we start this new year week 18 32 degrees winds not
01:27so much a factor but you never know that could change on the time here feels in the mid 20s and
01:32we get set to go as Detroit had won the toss they will receive and away we go week 18 the NFL on Fox
01:40says Kennedy will return it for the Lions and that's where they will start it out first we get
01:45to see Jared Goff but even though the Lions aren't going back to the playoffs so that is
01:49tough to swallow Goff maybe having one of his best years yeah I certainly think so I think he's just
01:55had a great season I know last week he struggled against the Vikings with some pressures but
02:00excuse me with some turnovers he's just a true QB one we talked to coach Campbell this week and he was
02:05just impressed by his leadership Jared wants to finish strong that's the kind of competitor that
02:11he is
02:12here is Jameer Gibbs who gets it on the first carry and not much there pushes the pile forward
02:27gonna get about three yards that time for this offense which is dinged up on the offensive line
02:32no Pene Sewell their star right tackle he is out today they've had injuries with Glasgow and Decker
02:38who are fighting through injuries to play and the run game which is usually so good has really
02:42disappeared the last few weeks well that's probably been the biggest issue all season long they got
02:46off to such a great start this year and then down the stretch kind of that rotating group and
02:50offensive line they just could never open up the kind of holes for their backs that they had
02:54early in the season and that run game for this team sets up so much of their play action pass and their
03:00explosiveness try to get Gibbs going again and makes a man miss and then runs into Bayard up in the hole it's gonna be a third down and a long two against this Bears defense and you know Tommy said it in the open right they got gas in San Francisco last week
03:15basically their MO is they give up a lot of yards they win because they get turnovers more than
03:19than anyone else that's been the key to their success plus 22 turnover differential I've never seen so many takeaways they're just they're really well coached and I would say the sum is greater than the individual parts they all play well you can move the ball
03:34the ball over is definitely a bend don't break element and they do have confidence at some point they will turn the ball over in some of these drives
03:43David Montgomery comes in the game on third and two Bears show growths back golfed off steals it is caught right at the marker by Amon Ross St. Brown he should have enough for a first down St. Brown another one of those guys playing through a couple of injuries hurt his knee at the end of last week's game he's been playing on a bum ankle for a month
04:01yeah he is so tough and his twitchiness on third down Goff knows where he's at on every single play we weren't quite sure if he'd be playing today and not a meaningless game but he's out here playing his butt off like he always like you'd expect him to it that's what true pros do yeah no doubt gets the first down there and he set it down for Goff and the Lions
04:25four man rush
04:28pass time lets it rip and it's going to Tesla a dart from Goff to the rookie Isaac Tesla who's really gotten better as the season's gone on he's been a touchdown machine but Dan Campbell's been impressed yeah the route detail here Tesla right there on right planting that left foot in the ground and what a little strike
04:47strike start the game off a little fastball right there one ball perfectly in stride is a very precise passer in Goff if you give him a little space he's going to find it and a crazy stat they lead the league in yards after catch a lot of that is great route running a lot of inside routes but also a lot of really great passing you know perfect passing right one foot in front of numbers runners ball to call that to the White House see Christian
05:16Hogan he going off the left guard he's had a tough year you know second year player he broke his leg back in week nine and then came back early but he hasn't been totally right he goes off right here as Miles
05:26Frazier the rookie comes on for him on that left side
05:31oh
05:33play fake
05:34Goff slips it out to Jamison Williams tight coverage it doesn't matter the shot right was all over him but Jamison Williams makes a catch for a first down
05:44Wow that was a ridiculous throw by Goff you see Booker right there just getting pressure Goff feels it but because he knows it's man coverage he's thinking where's my fastest player that's Jamison Williams crossing the field got a step there on right
06:00what a throw under pressure
06:02David Montgomery comes in now and he's in a wildcat formation in the shotgun
06:09Montgomery going to hand it off to his backfield mate Gibbs in a good hole up the middle for Jamir Gibbs now he's going to pick up nine for this Motor City offense right and look there's been a lot of things that have been really really good right you think about the first 14 games they're scoring plenty even when Ben
06:29Johnson left for Chicago you see what they're doing on the ground game and then all of a sudden it's like the check engine light is on
06:34no
06:35last couple games what happened they can't run the ball they turned it over a million times and now you gotta call triple A it's a whole situation
06:41situation
06:42second and one
06:43second and one
06:50Montgomery gets the carry
06:52David Montgomery
06:53looks like he got just enough on that he already got a first down so Brisker pushed it back
06:58but Dan Campbell his fifth year and you know interesting right I mean he built this program up from the ground really and then they get to the championship game last year they're the one seed they won 15 games they get shocked in the divisional round and he said hey I don't know a better motivating factor than failure
07:17yeah he's just ultimate coach holds everybody accountable even today you know we thought okay how they how's it gonna go his players gonna be biting kneecaps punching teeth out there whatever it takes it
07:28win against the division right on the road
07:30Duff looking checks it down Williams good move Jameson Williams has a first down down to the ten yard he goes
07:38nice shot
07:41Chicago's defense has tried some man coverage this is just zone coverage in the middle of the field Williams feels it Edwards can't come over there in time and golf keeps standing in the pocket delivering accurate throws
07:58really nice been a few of those and again some of this challenge from this Lions offense short of the line to gain it's second down
08:07some of these challenging kind of games that we've covered the Lions they just have not protected golf really in the interior part of that pocket a bit of a revolving door and
08:16haven't found the right solution up front to protect golf and also to open up holes in the run game that last year they were so talented at
08:25yeah talk about maybe a little bit of a regression from last year and where does that really point to they got to get the big guys up front playing a bit better that'll open up the
08:34running lanes which open up the play action pass yeah I think snowball in the NFL that's how they go really the retirement of Frank Ragnow right and then Glasgow goes from left guard to center and they got two
08:43young guys starting at guards and it hasn't been as tight by the way you heard there the announcement from Brad Rogers they replay assist did not give him a first down so they move it back to a second and one that's what the delay was there
08:56now we get back to action Christian Mahogany is back in the game a left guard for the line if he saw him go off that's good news
09:05good news
09:17not sure where the delay is here looks like everything is squared away
09:23they're just gonna re-huddle this
09:28see that very often, I don't know if that was a you know even though they use the virtual measurement the chain gang is still there and so maybe they had to get that right
09:36just looks like they're adjusting and down there on the sideline
09:39there's coach Ben Johnson
09:41kind of a little bit more at ease when we talk to him in a production meeting this week I ain't really proud of what they've accomplished but know
09:46There's been no that the goals are much higher than kind of where they're at right now
10:02Brisker and Robinson came in to make the hit on Anthony's first sir
10:06Yeah, the problem is it's just man coverage and these are more zone coverage type plays
10:11So once burskers there, then you got brisker coming out of who's basically got him in man coverage in the line
10:18Can't get out. I would always have checked with me's on those plays man coverage. I would get to something different zone coverage
10:25Okay, that's when I run the screen
10:28So it makes it a third down in six Lions have not been great here. They're only 20th in the NFL of 38 percent
10:41Run and now a whistle. I think Detroit calls a timeout. They notice they were in trouble there
10:46They do and we will as well as we'll be right back after this message from Progressive
10:52All right, so Lions use a timeout to get organized on this third down and six been a good opening drive for them 10th play of it
11:00Yeah, certainly impressed by what we've seen thus far they're not coming down to lay down here in soldier field
11:04One option tesla right here the young rookie receiver. He's been much more of a target in the red area last few weeks without
11:12They're tied in Laporta
11:19Zips it
11:22Incompletes brisker there than another good hit and here comes the field goal team for the Lions
11:28Yeah, they kind of funneled
11:30St. Brown at Gardner Johnson on their coverage watch him just fun on to the inside Gardner Johnson knows he has the inside help
11:37So he kind of lets him go in there knowing that brisker can break down that ball and break it up good coverage good scheme and
11:43the bend but don't break style the Bears there it is again
11:47Let him drive and then okay settle for field goal. Yeah, so they'll try that Jake Bates 34 yard attempt for him
11:54And Bates is perfect so the Lions take the opening drive go on down and settle for three
12:04But they grab the only lead here in Chicago week 18 regular season finale
12:12Welcome back to soldier field this is about respect that about getting some respect back
12:17That's what Dan Cavill told us was at stake for his team this week adding anyone who thinks this isn't a big game for us is
12:25Completely wrong the Lions, of course, they're not going to the playoffs after going 15 and 2 a year ago
12:30And Campbell said that the motivation has to be clear to play one more game for the man next to you your own pride as a pro and as
12:38Kevin mentioned from failure and not wanting to feel it again
12:42Jared Goff agreed saying this week we find out who's really about it about playing hard about playing for the right reason so that we can finish this season in the right way an
12:52Example of that is Tom Brady pouring that out up in Ross st. Brown with all those
12:57Injury issues with the ankle and the knee out there contributing on that scoring drive to open it up guys
13:03Yeah, Tom, you know effort is not gonna be a problem for a Dan Campbell coach team and a good start for them go down the field get a field goal now
13:09Off the Bears turn with Devin Duvernay
13:11On the return always danger
13:13The Lions played him well and sandwiched him out of the 25
13:17And now we get to see
13:19This Bears offense with Caleb Williams leading them out on the field and he's coming off really a couple of pretty impressive games
13:27The amazing comeback went against the Packers and he lit up the 49ers defense last week
13:31Now look at those last three games right there six toddies
13:34No interceptions just making so many good decisions with the football
13:40They get him on the move quite a bit. He loves being outside the pocket
13:43He's so athletic out there and it really wears down the defense this D-line has to chase him all day long and that is exhausting
13:50He's so athletic out there by DJ Reed to bring up second down for this offense is playing without their left tackle today
14:03Ozzy Trapilo is out the rookies playing well for them
14:06He's been the third left tackle of the year, but Theo Benedict who's played there already goes back there today
14:11They're still without Roma Duse a you know their top or their 1a receiver time
14:15They hope for the playoffs and he will be back and healthy
14:31It's pretty good, but if we got a yard because the Lions stacked them up
14:34It'll bring up third down yeah
14:36Lopez kind of finds his way into the backfield and swift is a little quicker than the big fella right there
14:41He gets a mid on him
14:42But enough to slow his feet down and let the other white jerseys come in here and make a good stop here
14:48It's so much of this offense is built on this run game and getting these backs to the second love
14:53I've seen so many games this year from the bears with so many creative cool run designs
14:58Really hard on the defense to get a kind of beat on what the bears offense is doing
15:02Give it to swift again big hole for swift oh just got tripped up that could have been a huge one
15:08But it picks up the first down
15:10For these bears and what a turnaround it's been
15:13We'll call it the ben johnson effect shall we i mean when an offense was worse than the league last year
15:18Point scored there they are how about this year what a difference over 120 more right this season yards per game
15:24They got a chance to be a top five offense for the first time since 1977 and then the explosive plays
15:30You didn't see them last year well this year. They're number one in the end of it's really an amazing turn
15:35incredible
15:37Let's kill kill kill kill kill kill probably getting a little run here with these safeties deep in the middle of the field
15:43Yeah, this is one aspect of caleb william's games that i like and what ben johnson's trying to evolve to when you see these safeties deep in the middle of the field
15:58They don't have an extra run player down so okay
16:01He's looking okay i got two safeties great opportunity and a fair fight to run it and then i'm going to turn and give it tonight
16:08You know stud halfback swift good football now you just got to execute and win your blocks up front then you really got things cooking
16:15Here we go
16:22Swift right side good couple blocks swift first down
16:27That's also a new career high for him on these first few carries so what a year
16:31He's had in this ben johnson offense 10 more for deandre swift yeah, it's just such an easy concept
16:36That's basically an outside zone concept and there's nobody there
16:40He comes back and there's nobody to defend the edge of the defense when loveland wins that block
16:46Swift's out there and he just runs till he gets tired cuts inside commit there
16:50But this is what he's been doing week in week out monongai does it when he comes in
16:56This run game is off the charts yeah, monongai's in there now
17:06Piss to him monongai catches a low end and then campbell swats him wow jack campbell that was pretty good and he's had an amazing year in fact made his
17:14First pro bowl lions oh dinged up today alex anza lonely the really good middle linebackers out a lean mcneil
17:20They're good interior players out and their secondary has been a mess tom for half the year with all these guys out
17:26Yeah, it's just they they've been
17:2814 defensive players on ir that leads the nfl number of games missed hard to keep losing guys and standing up to the fight
17:36But they really do a good job defending the run every single week. That's what their goal is
17:41Try to get the offense in the must passing situations where hayden hutchinson get tee off
17:45He runs into a wall well played by tylene williams the rookie first round pick
17:59Wow
18:00It's a lot of strength and if anyone was wondering whether lions were going to come out here
18:05With their own attitude this first drive by their offense and here on this defense just not conceding anything to them
18:12Just tells the bears okay. It's going to be a dog fight today
18:15We're going to have to slug it out this is what these games are all about late in the year
18:19Kelvin shepherd first year defensive coordinator
18:22Never got the energy from him
18:27What's coming again?
18:28William sees it it just turns it there's nothing there lions sent the pressure and it worked
18:35Yeah, such a good job. They thought they had the halfback one-on-one, but when that defensive end peels
18:40And I think that was muhammad trying to throw a little swing past him. I don't know great job by caleb
18:47I don't mind that yeah, and never drive with the kick just dirt the ball. Don't take a sack
18:53A lot of football left
18:56And satori taylor will come on to punt it away kalif raymond back deep for detroit
19:01For detroit
19:17Next to move to the outside and up across the 20 he goes and the lions will start their second possession right there
19:23So detroit defense gets to stop three nothing they lead it and they've got it back
19:33This may have been always shot. I know how hard it is to get here
19:37It's going to be twice as hard to get back to this point next year, you know
19:41You're not hiding from anybody anymore. Everybody's gonna want a piece of you
19:44If we don't have the same hunger and the same work, then we got no shot of getting back here
19:48Yeah, that was after the championship game in 2023 was such a great year for the lions
19:54They surprised so many people and you know, then they get the number one seed last year
19:58They won 15 games and shocked at home by washington got all the way to the title game before they lost to philly
20:04And look this year. I think they've been awful. They're eight and eight
20:06They just had a couple things not go their way in some areas where dan said that make critical plays and you pointed out the offensive line
20:12I think that's been a big big part
20:14Of some of the issues here with the injuries jameson williams on a good starter
20:18We've got a few catches here today for demarco jackson
20:21Brings him down, but I love what dan campbell said this was earlier in the year time
20:25Talk about the character of this team. He said when your best players are your hardest workers
20:29Everyone falls in line. Yeah. Well, everyone's trying to find those guys and the guys that really drive the culture
20:35Who's he really referring to he's referring to jared goff. He's referring to panace tool
20:39He's referring to amon ross st. Brown and brian branch. They've got you know
20:43They're not short on star power whatsoever. They just haven't solved kind of their injury issues
20:48They play so hard and so physical by the end of the year oftentimes
20:52They're very depleted that needs to be a point of emphasis going off season
20:55There's david montgomery gets the pitch out right
20:59He has a load once he gets going and he's got a first down for the lions
21:04And I think this run game as we alluded to is this sets up everything for this offense
21:08And david montgomery even a couple years ago. He was just on fire for this team
21:13With that run style too, so he adds this physical element and the whole team played that way
21:19But that physical element also late in the season, you know, you get these bumps and bruises guys are nicked up
21:24They can't go and then you're a little depleted going into the most important games of the year
21:28He's going to win
21:30That's a good one
21:36First down play action pressure got is in trouble. He is sacked by montez sweat
21:46Grady jared was there as well
21:48That little pressure from the right, and here's Grady Jarrett on the inside on the left.
21:54Nowhere for Goff to go.
21:55Play-action fake, and it's zone coverage, so he's got to wait for these receivers to get
22:00open downfield, but again, kind of plaguing this offense is their ability to stand in
22:05the pocket clean off these play-action passes and make the throws.
22:10Great job by Chicago, making them pay.
22:13Bears drop out underneath the same ground, and just across the original line.
22:18You know, Tom, I was going to say about the Lions, I don't think it's all too dissimilar
22:21to the 49ers, and the down years they've had is because they're just physically wiped out.
22:26Yeah, you're just going up against other teams that have their best players in, and sometimes
22:30you've got your reserves, and naturally, look, this game is about match-ups.
22:34It's about your best players going against their best players, and yeah, there's a lot
22:37of other role players, but when you lose the Brian Branches and the Laportas, and in this
22:41case, Panay Sewell right there at right tackle, he's not blocking the other team's best players.
22:46You're just, you're starting from a deficit.
22:49Yeah.
22:49That's a hard thing to overcome.
22:50Third and nine here.
22:51Bears show blitz.
22:52They've come with it.
22:53Goff sees it underneath.
22:55Catch.
22:55And a first down and more.
22:57It is St. Brown.
22:58Who else?
22:59The master on third down.
23:00Up to the 49.
23:01He goes for the Lions at a 14-yard game.
23:04Yeah, this coverage, which is all-out pressure.
23:07You see Gardner-Johnson has no help.
23:09And Amon Ra, this is, look at all those guys come.
23:14So there's nobody in the middle of the field to help.
23:16That really hurt the Lions last week against the Vikings.
23:20Vikings played very poorly on offense, turned the ball over a bunch.
23:23Coach Flores, the Vikings defense coordinator, sent the house a lot.
23:27There were no answers.
23:28So naturally, you come back the next week, Dennis Allen's saying, all right, we've got to
23:31make sure we challenge them with some of those blitz pressures as well.
23:36Fake to Montgomery.
23:37Wow.
23:37Comes back.
23:38The other way.
23:38Jamison Mario slapped it.
23:40He was thinking about scoring, I think.
23:42And just took his hands off it.
23:44A little behind him.
23:45And it's like a good day.
23:45See Goff having a laugh at that one.
23:47Oh, man.
23:50I ran that play a lot in my day.
23:51We called that show time.
23:54Rolled out to the right.
23:55Play action fake.
23:56And then you get your speedy receiver coming across the field the opposite way.
24:00And look at Jarrett.
24:00The high step and going, oh, big fella, you catch that one.
24:05You're up the sidelines for about 25-30.
24:18Second down.
24:20Goff near Saks.
24:21St. Brown again.
24:22Already up to a big start.
24:23It's another first down for the Lions for being shoved out of bounds there.
24:27Yeah, there's just so much soft coverage at times in zone with this defense.
24:33You guys, Goff sees it.
24:36He knows St. Brown on that easy little quick out.
24:38Just get speeded out there to the big fella.
24:41Let him do some damage.
24:42End of the first.
24:43Calvin Harris takes us a break.
24:44I heard he's great live.
24:45Oh, what do you know about that?
24:49We start the second quarter.
24:513-0 Lions.
24:52And they're on the move again.
24:53Jared Goff off to a half start.
24:549-11 throwing the football with two gloves on.
24:57Yeah, he's got the two gloves on today.
24:58I don't see that very often.
24:59I saw Kurt Warner do it a few times.
25:01Ben Roethlisberger.
25:03I always felt for me just the left hand was right.
25:06The right hand I always like to just keep super warm.
25:09But the way that he's spinning the ball, he's got something that he likes.
25:12And he's a very accurate passer anyway.
25:14I always thought you'd lose a little bit of accuracy when you put the gloves on.
25:17But today I haven't seen any inaccuracy from him.
25:20Yeah, he's been on it.
25:21Lions on the move again.
25:22A little trickery.
25:22Flea flicker.
25:23Goff.
25:24Loading up.
25:24Tipped at the line.
25:25And incomplete.
25:27Nice play from Austin Booker.
25:29What a big week last week.
25:30Had a couple knockdowns as well.
25:31Into the bag of tricks.
25:34And when you're in week 18, believe me, every team has like 20 trick plays they haven't called at this point.
25:40Wow.
25:41So why not get out there?
25:42And then you got Victor Wemben Yana right there playing defensive man up at about 11 and a half feet.
25:49Knocks that thing down.
25:51He was up there.
25:52He got Brock Purdy a couple times last week too.
25:53Booker 6'6".
25:54That's quite a wingspan.
25:56So that trick play fails.
26:01Second down.
26:05Got Vincent Trubble.
26:07Looking around.
26:08Roll is complete.
26:09Jamison Williams backs up to take a look.
26:11And he sprints forward for a first down.
26:14It's almost like he did that on purpose to survey the field.
26:17And then he jetted forward.
26:18And another first down for this Lions offense.
26:19Yeah, you shake off in the pocket.
26:21Just buying time.
26:22Little drip to the right and then back to the left.
26:25All helping the receivers cross the field.
26:27Find some open space.
26:29And who else?
26:30But Jamison Williams, who's really evolved this year as a receiver.
26:34I see so many different kind of routes in his route tree.
26:38He's got a different arsenal.
26:39Before he was just kind of known as a down the field, you know, pass catcher.
26:43Now, a lot of things underneath, a lot of catch and run, man.
26:46This guy's got such a great career ahead of him.
26:49Now, it's David Montgomery right side.
26:51Montgomery chucks through with a flag.
26:54Back behind the line of scrimmage.
26:55So, this one might be coming on back.
26:58Brad Rogers, our referee.
27:00Holding.
27:01Offense.
27:02Number 69.
27:04Ten-yard penalty.
27:05First down.
27:06First penalty of the game.
27:07That's on tape.
27:08Ratlidge, the rookie right guard for the Lions.
27:12Yeah, it's got feelings right there.
27:16And just kind of peels him off right there.
27:18Yep.
27:18Curls that left shoulder.
27:20Easy for the refs to see that one.
27:22And, again, when you have this defense that the Bears play a little bit,
27:25and don't break a lot of zone.
27:26If they can get a holding penalty, now they're right where they want you.
27:29First and 20.
27:31And get to some of these passing defenses they play, you know, so well.
27:35Oh, my God.
27:36Now they just kind of overcome it and get back on track to the Lions offense.
27:40Stay with the run.
27:41Montgomery gets a good block on the outside.
27:43A nice cut from David Montgomery.
27:45Down to the 30 Eagles that time.
27:48Pick up seven yards.
27:53Again, we told you the Bears win, and they get the number two seed,
27:56which guarantees a second home playoff game if you win the wild card round.
28:01They also would get that if the Eagles lose.
28:04Right now the Eagles are up 7-0.
28:05Which means they've got to win.
28:09Keeping an eye on that all day forward.
28:10Just got stuck in a long way.
28:12Back to the tight end, Ferkser, who's been involved early.
28:16This NFC playoff picture looks like this.
28:18With Seattle beating the 49ers, they claimed the NFC West in the number one seed last night.
28:23So it's the Bears and the Eagles for the two or the three seed.
28:26The Panthers, by virtue of the Falcons, went today.
28:29Won the division for the first time since 2015.
28:31They're locked at four.
28:32The Niners or the Rams could switch between five and six.
28:36If the Rams win, they would play Carolina.
28:38If not, they would be six in play.
28:41The Panthers falls into that spot at two.
28:43So there's a lot of jostling still going on.
28:45The teams, though, are in and set.
28:49St. Brown's got all three targets so far in this game on third down.
28:53Let's see if he gets a fourth.
28:54Looking that way.
28:55Got a throw in that way.
28:57Guess what?
28:57That's how he does.
28:58It's another first down.
28:59Keep going back to it for on the raw St. Brown, his fifth catch of the game.
29:03Yeah, and a tough matchup for C.J. Gardner-Johnson.
29:07Say he's more of a zone-type player.
29:09And you're going against St. Brown.
29:10That twitchiness at the top sticks his right foot in the ground.
29:13That's all you need.
29:14And, again, more accuracy from golf.
29:16Perfect runner's ball.
29:18A-plus.
29:20So good at just getting it to your best guy.
29:23At some point, this defense needs to adjust.
29:25And they look down, and Dennis Allen's saying,
29:27Hey, everything's going to Amon Ross St. Brown on third down.
29:31We've got to get some coverages tied on
29:32and maybe dedicate an extra player to him on that down and distance.
29:38Got it.
29:40And let's pat it down again.
29:41And the Bears lineman.
29:42That time she was a linebacker, T.J. Edwards,
29:45who got up there and got it.
29:46Second and ten coming up.
29:50Just elevate.
29:51Edmonds ends up taking the coverage
29:53when Edwards blitz and then Edwards feels like,
29:56Yeah, I'm not getting through Taylor Decker.
29:57Why don't I just jump?
30:01Jump, jump.
30:02Make you want to jump, jump.
30:03There you go.
30:04I knew you'd be with me on that.
30:06I'm all your music.
30:06I knew you'd be with me.
30:09Come on.
30:0914th play of this drive.
30:11Nice job in zone defense.
30:32No one really overpursued in that case.
30:34It was just try to fit hand off to the right with the bootleg everyone stayed at home
30:38Good solid defense and good situation. I was even they get a second stop here on third and ten
30:46Then st. Brown's been the target, but you still got to deal with Williams and tesla
30:51a lot of severe gigs is a light out bottom of your screen here
31:10Zips it to the
31:12Incomplete and the bears get another stop in the red zone
31:15I just say this is a great coverage jack you'll see at the top of golf straw
31:24There's just nobody there tesla's on the ground grounds there williams there gibbs there everyone's just locked up
31:31it's a lot of yards on kind of a
31:3411 12 yards or 10 yard that was third and ten but in order to get that with that limited space
31:39It's really hard to create that separation in the drop back pass game
31:43And again good good job by this bears defensive
31:48Bates up for 30 yards and that is good two field goals for jake bates
31:52So this bears defense which gave up five touchdowns on the red zone last week. Oh, we got crisscross with rain. Jake jolivet
31:59You're the man
32:06And when i'm back in ship
32:12Hey, when the bears are playing good, there's no better place, right?
32:30I mean, we were here a couple weeks ago and it blew the top off this place on that dj more bomb in overtime and
32:36You know look they got a payoff game at home. It's just it just feels different
32:40special football city and even for a opposing player to come in here and play at this stadium known all the greats
32:46That have played here and you get these pregame books that are always sitting at your locker
32:50When you pull up to these games and you open them up and you just start looking at all the bears legends
32:55And it's dead guy and it's walter payton. It's gale sayers and amongst many many others brian or rocker you think okay
33:03Football loving town
33:05It's a good block on the return and up across the 30
33:08Before the bears finally see their offense. They haven't had it much
33:11Today as a matter of fact the lions two long drives
33:15So caleb williams
33:17Only saw it once for eight plays. I guess the positive so far you were talking about what ben johnson wants to see
33:22Well a red zone d which gave a five touchdowns and five san francisco trips last week
33:27They've stopped twice detroit now
33:29Yeah, and they got a couple negative plays on those drives
33:31One was on the screen play on the first drive where they
33:34Stopped them for the negative play and then the second was the holding penalty
33:36So you get them behind the sticks now
33:38They get to play the kind of style of defense that they really thrive on now
33:41Let's see what they got on offense with menunga in the backfield
33:44That's a good play that looked like it was going to be completed two more but campbell
33:53Got his hand on it busy day in the nfl week 18 game break with
33:58Carissa thanks tanner mckee is good
34:00He just plays behind jalen hurts yes
34:04Yeah, they think very highly of him in philly he's done a great job as a backup kind of getting the confidence that an organization
34:14That'll be a third down coming up, you know, it's pretty amazing this bears offense tom, you know
34:19A lot of times, you know rookies to get on late in the season
34:21Maybe they hit the wall get a little tired
34:23They're two offensive rookies loveland and luther burton
34:26They've been the best players on offense for them absolutely and add in the nun guy to that
34:31Trapillo who's their left tackle. I mean talk about a draft they have this is just
34:35World-class loveland
34:37This is a michigan man, you know, I always a little biased toward those guys, but what he's done since the by the leading receiver
34:43Are you kidding me as a rookie so impressive here's williams on third down with some pressure
34:48In trouble and sacked
34:50He doesn't get sacked often, but aiden hutchinson gets home
34:53Wow
34:58Darnell right at right tackle has had such a good season, but one-on-one with aiden hutchinson
35:05Who gets a ton of chip blocks so aiden when he's knocking the chip he lights up by the time caleb understands like okay?
35:12Maybe I got to escape
35:14Then he feels that face mask right in the shoulder pad nothing caleb williams could do
35:18They sat caleb waves four times in that week two game which was the highest all year and hutchinson gets home
35:25For the first time tonight 14 and a half for him on the year
35:31For the 15
35:35Fighting hard for about eight yards and that's where the lions will get it again
35:38So the bears offense hasn't gotten it much lions have it again up six to nothing in this first half from soldier field
35:48Back at soldier field in chicago it's week 18 lions and bears detroit up
35:54Six to nothing here in the early going welcome you to the broadcast booth good to see you along with tom brady i'm kevin burkhart
36:00So the nfc playoff field is set now
36:02We're just jostling with seedings depending on what the results are the games are today
36:05Who's like under the radar do you think going into this well?
36:08It's hard to think that the defending super bowl champs are under the radar, but i've loved philly all year
36:12They've had a few down stretches a little volatile, but they kind of rise to the moment when they need to a lot of champs
36:18Caliber players on that team that believe themselves in the biggest moments i'd be a little worried if i had to face the eagles in the playoff
36:25Also the bears are trying to get the two seed
36:28At pince
36:30The bears first controlling if they win today they'll get the two the eagles need a win from them and the bears lost
36:34To get that two seed and we'll see that they all play meanwhile in this game the lions about the ball the entire game
36:40It's like a couple long drives field goals the bears offense hasn't done anything and they got it again
36:45Yeah, they just doing such a great job on defense
36:48Limiting any really run plays and almost had an interception by jack camp on the last drive
36:52And then this lions offense has been very efficient kind of jerks playing point guard spreading the ball around
36:58To all his different weapons they look so good right now at this point
37:05Here's to me gibbs who gets to care looking for a little something there and gibbs gonna pick up about two
37:11Bring up a third short you know gibbs is obviously one of the most electric players in the league
37:15But we're talking about the run game how it's disappeared his last three games
37:2068 total scrimmage hours is his high which is nuts for a guy that's put up the numbers that he's put up this year
37:26Yeah, absolutely bizarre kb. He's just
37:296.1 a carry for the first 12 weeks and then less than three yards to carry the last three
37:34Really again speaks to him getting to that second level level of the defense
37:38He's a threat at any time he touched the ball dennis allen's not worried about last three weeks. He's worried about today
37:47The third down they give it to gibbs on the run in trouble in the backfield and taken down
37:52To your point contact behind the line of scrimmage it was jalen johnson that time help from the secondary
37:59Yeah, you got hubbard right here right tackle who ends up missing his block
38:03That's where Gibbs is trying to go, but then he's got to bounce it outside and johnson gets him on the ground
38:09Nice job tackling stepping into the hole wrapping up and bringing him down short of the sticks
38:15Ryan's gonna go for it in their own territory. Why not?
38:20There you go jumble formation here
38:22Oh
38:37Now who did it first?
38:40He jacked them
38:43Ends up being billings. I think just
38:45Encroachment defense number 97 made contact with the center five yard penalty
38:53results in the first down that's a nice way to say a contact that was he was assaulted that was not contact you railroaded
39:02I guess you might as well get your money's worth if you're gonna jump it so on fourth down the penalty by chicago
39:08We'll give the lions
39:11The first down dennis ellen watching along here. He's done an amazing job with this defense this year
39:24I think it's another chain gang issue. Yeah, they were slow to maneuver
39:29It's a golf called another hubble and another huddle
39:33Yeah, it looks like getting the guys back in the huddle too
39:35Just to re-communicate a few different reminders about what you want to do on this particular play and also
39:40Not allow the defense to kind of see your formation or so they can get any beat on what you're doing
39:46I see yagas
39:48Get in the huddle julian
39:51Those receivers didn't want to run out to their spots again
39:54What's coming?
39:56Josh sees it throws incomplete again against that blitz and saint brown was having a monster first half for another lions first down
40:04Wow
40:05Hey after the final nfl regular season weekend, there's three guys you can't miss on monday morning
40:09Dave portnoy colin coward and nick wright three voices that set the conversation only on fs1
40:15I'm a ross st. Brown six catches 57 yards already in this first half oh hum
40:23He's doing his thing. He's he's pretty incredible
40:26I mean when you think about all the things he's done
40:28How about the most catches in nfl history the first five years of a career?
40:31Yeah, it's just everything you want in a receiver. I think the guy's made in a lab. I love his play style
40:38He's just talented in every area
40:41Hits gibbs out of the backfield gets by edwards. He didn't have to force him out of bounds
40:46Yeah, the play calling today has done a great job just keeping this bears defense off balance
40:52And I saw that a lot from the 49ers offense last week against the bears. They could really never
40:59You know hone in on these passing situations. They got them to in the red area
41:03Excuse me this bears defense today the lions but so far in the middle parts of the field between the 20s
41:08They just haven't got a beat on how to slow down this offense. It's kind of
41:13Eating up all the clock for this bears offense as well. Yeah, 157 yards to 30 in favor of the lions. Here's gibbs
41:19tries to get to the edge some pressure to the bears and gibbs is strung out by kevin byard
41:24Who's having a great year as we go downstairs to aaron and just to add to tom's point there
41:29I was talking to kevin byard this week and he said yeah the red zone
41:33And also the critical downs the third down we couldn't get off the field versus the 49ers