Bear & Balanced: Bears Handle Business and Down the Browns

The Chicago Bears put last week’s loss in Green Bay behind them, focused on the job at hand, and beat the Cleveland Browns 31 to 3. Previous Bear teams may have fallen into the trap of looking ahead to the rematch with the Packers, but that’s not the culture head coach Ben Johnson has built with this group. The 2025 Bears allowed the sting of losing in Lambeau to fuel them all week, and they took it out on the hapless Browns.

The Bears did what good teams are supposed to do, and they crushed a lesser opponent.

I can’t wait for Saturday night, but let’s put a bow on the Browns game.

Check out JB and me on our latest show, embedded right here (or on YouTube), live at 6:00 p.m. CT.

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Here’s our usual bullet point outline of Bear & Balanced.

• Intro: We’ll both share some general thoughts about the game.
• Trench Tribute: This is our weekly pick for the best Bears lineman.
• Caught up in a numbers game: This segment features one number or statistic from the game that we found interesting.
• Sweet Tweets: We’re both active on social media — so be sure you’re all following us at @gridironborn & @wiltfongjr — and we highlight one Twitter interaction/Tweet each week. We’re both on Bluesky here and here as well.
• The Caleb Corner: We talk about quarterback Caleb Williams before we take our commercial break.
• The 3 Bears: You all know the story of the Three Bears, don’t you? In this porridge-themed portion of the show, we give our picks for the Bear that was hot, the Bear that was cold, and the Bear that was just right in the game against the Browns.

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