Matt Bowen would make changes in the Bears' secondary if he was Al Harris

Spiegel & Holmes Show

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🗓️ 6 January 2026

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Matt Spiegel and Laurence Holmes were joined by ESPN analyst Matt Bowen to break down the Bears’ 19-16 loss to the Lions on Sunday and to preview Chicago’s showdown against rival Green Bay in the wild-card round.

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0:00.0	Watch Matt Bowen.
0:01.5	Bowen's a tough guy.
0:37.5	Matt Bowen. And it's intercepted by Matt Bowen. Miller, a ton of time. The coverage is good with Matt Bowen. Seven-year NFL veteran. Well, it's coming from Bowen, and he knocks it out. The wrenskins fall on top of it. Matt Bowen's been the guy applying all the pressure. Coach for I.C. Catholic football. Matt Bowen? Man from Glen Ellen, Illinois. He's very active. NFL writer and analyst for ESPN. That shows you that I think this playoffs is going to be one of the most unpredictable we've seen in a long time. Tell me who the favorite is right now. The one Super Bowl. I don't know who it is either.
0:54.8	Matt, as always, we appreciate the time and the education, sir. All right, guys, thank you. All right, happy New Year. Matt Bowen and his family right there. Happy New Year to them. Matt Bowen's family was not on the line, just to clarify. But they're in support. They're implied. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, it doesn't exist.
0:55.8	Merry New Year!
0:57.2	Matt Bowie.
0:54.8	I have a simple role with But they're there in support. They're implied. Yeah. Yeah. It doesn't exist.
0:55.8	Merry New Year.
0:57.2	Matt Bowen.
0:58.5	I have a simple rule of beer.
1:01.5	I only drink beer that you can buy in 30 days.
1:02.8	So I'll leave you with that.
1:05.9	With Spiegel and Holmes on 670 the score.
1:45.2	What a time to be alive and talk playoff football with Matt Bowen. He joins us now on the Circus Sports Illinois hotline. Download the Circa Sports app today. Matt, thanks for joining us. How are you? I'm great guys. What's going on? Oh, Matt, so much is going on. There's a lot of different things to talk about. We've got the season as a whole. We've got the Packers game coming up. We got that effort on Sunday. Let's start with the effort on Sunday. Why did they stay in man-to-man as much as they did on defense? And there's lots of crazy theories out there. Do you, you've probably heard him.
1:47.5	Do you have any thoughts on why they stayed that way?
1:49.6	Because, boy, Jared Gough was eating them alive.
1:51.1	He was.
1:52.4	Actually just looked at the numbers.
1:57.3	He got man coverage on Sunday who's 17 of 30 for 228 in the touchdown.
2:01.8	So a lot of those throws, two speeds, were rhythm throws, right?
2:04.7	Inbreakers, crossers, overroutes.
2:09.8	That's where golf is at as best, especially when he's a clean platform to throw the football from.
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