"A Feeling We Won't Forget": Ben Johnson Believes Playoff Loss Will Fuel the Future
Heartbreak fuels resolve. Coach Ben Johnson views the playoff loss as a crucial catalyst, forging a memorable feeling to ignite future success for the Bears.
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Grant Bricker here for Bears on Roundtable.
The Chicago Bears were officially eliminated.
From the postseason on Sunday night, as they lost 20-17 in overtime to the Los Angeles Rams on a game-winning field goal.
The Bears were down 17-10 and got the ball back with 1:50 to go.
As they marched down the field and got into the Rams' red zone, But then they met some opposition and found themselves on 4th down at the Rams'.
14-yard line as their season was on the line.
The Rams' pass rush got to Williams, as he had three defenders on top of him, and he threw the ball up into the end zone on a.
A prayer, and Cole Kmet answered that prayer as he caught the ball, tied the game Up at seventeen.
Kmet wasn't even supposed to be on field.
Really, as he came in for the injured Colson Loveland.
Who suffered a concussion after a hard fall and had to exit the game.
After tying the game at 17, the Rams got the ball back with under 20 seconds to go and took a knee to the head to overtime.
The Bears won the coin toss and elected to kick the ball to the Rams.
The Bears' defense made a big-time stop and got the ball back to the offense.
However, Caleb Williams threw an interception, giving the ball to the Rams.
Who did not waste any time as they quickly got into, uh, Harrison Butker's field goal range, and he hit the 42-yard game-winner.
Sending the Rams to the NFC Championship, where they will face the Seattle Seahawks.
The Seahawks and Rams already played each other this season in Week 16.
Absolute thriller, with Seattle winning 30 to 37 after that.
A gamble, going for the two-point conversion, that paid off.
For the Bears, they have a lot to look forward to in the Ben Johnson era.
As it was just a little over a year ago that they were 5 and 12 under former Head Coach Matt Eberflus, and now they reached the Divisional Round as NFC's #2 seed and won the NFC North.
This loss is going to sting for a bit, but Chicago fans can definitely hold.
Their heads up high, as they know their football team is in good hands with General.
Manager Ryan Poles and Head Coach Ben Johnson in the near future.
