That was a thorough whistle-to-whistle butt-kicking, and the Chicago Bears need to regroup and turn the page after the stink bomb they dropped in Green Bay yesterday. The Bears fell behind 14 to 0, made it interesting heading into the half at 14 to 7, but did nothing coming out of the break and lost 31 to 7.

Even with the halftime score so close, head coach Ben Johnson felt like most fans when he dropped a few f-bombs to ESPN 1000 on his way into the locker room. Staying with the bomb theme, the Bears had no answer for Jordan Love’s right arm. He had one of the best games of his career, and his four pass plays of over 40 yards were the most the Bears have allowed in a game since at least 2000 (per The Athletic’s Kevin Fishbein via TruMedia).

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His second touchdown to Christian Watson traveled 66.9 yards in the air, the third-longest completed air-yard pass in the NFL since NextGenStats started tracking it (2016).

The Bears need to figure out how to pressure the quarterback or cover better, and I don’t think a couple of defensive players returning from the PUP list is enough. Could we see another trade?

When the highlight of the day was the pregame workout from the starting quarterback, you know our show isn’t going to be anywhere near as balanced as usual.

Check out our latest Bear & Balanced right here (or on YouTube), live at 6:00 p.m. CT as we talk through the game.

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

• Intro: We’ll both share some general thoughts about the game.

• Trench Tribute: 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 (be sure you’re all following us at @gridironborn & @wiltfongjr), so we highlight one Twitter interaction/Tweet each week. We’re both also on Bluesky here and here.

• The Caleb Corner: Tyson’s Corner: We’ll talk about quarterback Tyson Bagent 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 Packers.

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