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, but it’ll be tough to match the feeling we got last week. Watching the Bears’ historic comeback and the subsequent crashout from the Green Bay Packers and their fans has made for an awesome last seven days.
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The Rams have been one of the best teams in the NFC for a while now, and this will be another tough test for the Bears.
But on any given Sunday… and I’m not ready for the offseason quite yet.
GAME DAY INFO
Kickoff is scheduled for Saturday at 5:30 p.m. CT, from Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois. The weather report has a low of 4°, with some snow showers early, and a 30% chance of snow at night. Winds will be between 20 and 30 mph, with some gusts over 40 mph.
That will make the temperature feel like it’s below zero.
In case you were wondering, the Rams will fly to Chicago on Saturday night, and here’s a clip of their final practice of the week from Friday in Woodland Hills, California.
TELEVISION
The game will be on NBC/Peacock, with Mike Tirico on play-by-play and Cris Collinsworth on color, the same crew who will be calling the Super Bowl.
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RADIO
ESPN Chicago (1000 AM, 100.3 FM HD2) with Jeff Joniak, Tom Thayer, and Jason McKie on the call, and LATINO MIX 93.5 FM (Spanish) with Omar Ramos.
The Bears game can also be heard on SiriusXM.
GAME PREVIEWS
You can check out all our Bears vs Rams previews in this week’s storystream right here.
And you can check out Taylor Doll’s preview show right here, featuring former Bears defensive end Corey Wootton and her teammate at 1010XL, Aaron Williams, who is a big Rams fan.
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Our entire 2nd City Gridiron Podcast library can be found here, with plenty of Bears vs Packers previews:
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ODDS
The last time I checked, the odds from our partners at FanDuel had the Bears as a 3.5-point underdog and the over/under at 48.5.
POSTGAME coverage
This season, we have a brand new postgame show, so tune into our 2nd City Gridiron YouTube channel shortly after each Bears game for Wrap It Up with Jacob Infante! We’ll push it to our podcast channel as soon as possible after Jacob ends his live show.
Our day-after Bears game recap show is back for another season, so tune in for Bear & Balanced this Monday at 6:00 p.m. CT for a cooled-down review of the game with Jeff Berckes and me. Once we press stop on the show, you can catch the audio on our podcast channel.
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