Windy City Gridiron
The Chicago Bears have won a playoff game. It’s been a long time since we’ve been able to say that. A lot has happened since the last time we could say that. George McCaskey wasn’t running the team; Lovie Smith was the team’s coach, and Colston Loveland was in first grade.
Not only did the Bears win a playoff game, but they did it against the Green Bay Packers. They did it in ridiculous comeback fashion yet again, and so much went into what might have been the most enjoyable win of my lifetime.
I was alive for the Super Bowl championship in 1985, but as an 8-year-old, I certainly didn’t appreciate it as one should have. I certainly remember the NFC Championship win against the Saints (I happened to be at both these games!) and that should probably be the best win I’ve ever experienced, and maybe it is, but that wasn’t against the Packers, and it didn’t have this time of comeback attached to it.
If this game on Saturday isn’t first, it’s second. That’s how good it was. Not only was the comeback phenomenal, but the Caleb Williams throw to Rome Odunze, considering the degree of difficulty and circumstance, is one of the greatest throws in NFL history. That’s right, I said it. It’s one of the greatest throws in NFL history.
The game had everything, and if the win wasn’t enough, the Packers fan crashing out just made the victory taste every bit sweeter.
Speaking of Packers fans, let’s also talk about Ben Johnson and his “F the Packers” line in the locker room after the game. I’ve never seen so many Packers fans take to social media (even some bitter Lions fans as well), jumping at the opportunity to call Ben Johnson classless.
This is a laughable take from the not-so-lovable Cheeseheads. As I pointed out on social media, Aaron Rodgers did this to Bears fans, long before Ben Johnson opened his mouth.
Now what’s funny about that is the retort that some had, I’m paraphrasing, but many responded, “That’s a quarterback vs a coach, it’s totally different. A coach needs to act with some decorum.”
This is the year 2026. There are cameras everywhere, including the locker room. That used to not be the case. There were never cameras in the locker room. Heck, I remember when Antonio Brown live-streamed Mike Tomlin’s postgame speech without permission a few years ago, and everybody lost their minds. Camera weren’t in the locker room, now they are. You’ll hear things that perhaps you wouldn’t have years ago.
But the bottom line here, this type of stuff has been said in locker rooms by coaches for decades, and if you are that offended by what Ben Johnson said in the locker room, you need to start watching badminton. This has always gone on.
“Oh, but Vince Lombardi or Bill Walsh would never.”
You sure about that? I’m not going to embed it in here because of the foul...
