Ep. 168: Talking through the Bears’ playoff scenarios

The Charter: A Chicago Bears Podcast

Chicago Sports Network

Football, Sports, Sports:football

4.4 • 699 Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2018

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

JJ Stankevitz, John “Moon” Mullin and Cam Ellis look at the best and worst-case scenarios for the Bears in the first round of the playoffs, and wonder if Mitchell Trubisky will be up to the task of putting the final nail in the Packers’ playoff coffin. 1:25: On the surface, who’s the Bears’ best and worst matchup in the wild card round?2:45: Playoff odds time! Who has the highest chance of playing the Bears in the first round?5:10: Ranking the quarterbacks of the Bears’ potential playoff opponents9:00: If the Vikings have the ideal quarterback matchup for the Bears, they also have the best defense12:00: Don’t count out the Packers just yet15:35: The next step for the Bears? Be a “finisher” when it comes to Green Bay’s playoff hopes17:15: Why Mitchell Trubisky sounds up for the task of eliminating the Packers21:35: The moment hasn’t been too big for Trubisky and that’s a good thing22:15: Jordan Howard’s game vs. LA is encouraging for the Bears down the stretch25:55: The rest of the Bears’ offense actually showed signs of improvement vs. LA…except for the QBSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Welcome in to another edition of the Under Center podcast here on NBC Sports Chicago.
0:10.2	I'm JJ Stankham.
0:11.0	It's joined at Halis Hall by John Moon Mullen and Cam Ellis.
0:15.1	Guys, the bears are not mathematically clinched a playoff spot yet, but they're going to the playoffs.
0:22.7	It would be almost impossible for this team to miss the playoffs.
0:26.7	It would be the kind of shock that would be just something we don't, I don't even think we need to entertain it at this point.
0:33.3	Like a Cubs team, like being up by eight games over, the match will say, once in a tie.
0:37.6	Yeah, I've never happened.
0:38.6	Lock your black cats up is what Moon's saying.
0:42.1	So what I want to talk about today to start off this pod is going through some playoff
0:46.0	scenarios.
0:48.2	And just kind of starting with the fact that we're even talking about the playoffs is pretty
0:52.7	incredible given the Bears haven't been in eight years.
0:55.0	But at this point in the season now, what the bears seem to be playing for the most is
0:59.1	where they will wind up playing that first playoff game and against what opponent will it be.
1:05.2	So I want to throw out some numbers to you guys.
1:06.8	First, the bears have a, according to football outsiders, their their playoff odds the bears have a 74.8
1:13.4	percent chance of being the three seed so that's what I want to start with is the three seed and who
1:19.0	the bears should want to face in that game so just kind of on it on its surface without diving into the
1:23.8	numbers yet just getting your guys opinion who would you think the' best matchup would be in that 6-3 game?
1:31.2	Oh, boy, the one that jumps to me is the worst match, the one I don't think they want to
1:35.3	play as Seattle.
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