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80 yards of offense for PHI, playing at home on a short week. Everything favors them right now. One play was 30 yards (to Smith). So 50 yards on all other plays.

Hurts is 5/10, in this game, it's the conditions. Williams also has 3 runs that all resulted in 1st Downs.

PHI did not score in the 2nd half against DAL. So they now have gone an entire game's time without a TD, and only 1 FG.

2nd Half Scoring this season: CHI 142 PHI 97 (only 47 pts in the 3rd Quarter)

Now we are even on the Monangai spot.

Another great defensive stop. It doesn't look like Philly's offense wants to be playing today.

Damn, Trapilo whiffed completely on that block, damn.

Huge 3 and out for the Bears defense.

Bears have the wind against them in the 2nd and 4th quarters. He was throwing directly into the wind on the one to Odunze.

Damn, I wish WRs would come back to the ball a little bit with this wind. Odunze probably has a TD if he comes back 2 feet. 10-3 Bears.

Swift revenge game, who is this guy breaking multiple tackles on one run?

I really like this running game. Caleb with another 3rd Down conversion, love that he extended the ball to ensure he got the first.

Looks like they are rotating. On that last play Gordon was blitzing and slipped, but luckily it was a bad pass by Hurts.

I don't like the light boxes against Barkley.

Another dominating offensive drive, wow I am impressed. The Bears are killing the Eagles in the trenches. Swift has 43 rushing yards, Monangai has 38, in the first quarter. 7-0 Bears, now the defense needs a good stop and they can't take PHI out of their game.

Officials doing their best to keep PHI in this game. I don't know how they overturn that ball placement with indisputable evidence to overturn it.

I thought this was an interesting nugget on Stevenson (who is out this game): "Most in the NFL". Swapping this version of Stevenson for Jaylon is a huge upgrade. Then you take Gordon for McCloud, who also has been targeted too much, and some of the biggest liabilities in your pass defense are gone.

Next week is a big week for the NFC Playoff picture. CHI-GB = winner takes the reins of the NFC North, loser may fall out of playoff slot. DET-DAL = winner probably jumps into the 7th seed, loser probably out of playoff contention.

Weather and refs. Unfortunately, I think those two factors will have the biggest impact on the game, low 30s with real feel in the 20s, 20-mph winds with gusts in the 30s. Game start is at 3pm, so it will get colder as the game goes on. The Bears need to establish the run and stop the run. Whoever does that wins. Bears need a clean game from Caleb, no turnovers, take what the defense is giving you.

At 6-5-1, if they go 4-1 the rest of the way, that's 10-6-1. The Bears go 3-3, they are 11-6. DAL also plays the Chargers, so 3-2 seems more realistic, finishing at 9-7-1.

GB wins, St. Brown hurt, who was clearly a huge part of their game plan. Neither team looked particularly good. I feel much better facing either of them with Jaylon and Kyler. I was kind of surprised by how bad the defenses were. 7 TDs allowed between the 2 teams, 9 scoring drives. GB had 3 sacks (on Goff), DET had 0. No turnovers. Bears still in first, but a loss tomorrow would drop them to 2nd and GB would be 0.5 ahead. DET now has 2 extra losses.

Edmunds on IR, and they ruled out Edwards, Sewell, and Hyppolite.

Looks like all LBs and Stevenson are out, but Jaylon and Kyler are back.

Weather looks like it will be cold and windy. Hopefully this game doesn't come down to FGs.

No team controls its destiny more than the Bears do right now. Of all the teams in and around them in the NFC playoff picture, they have the most games against those teams (5), GB and DET have 3, SEA and SF have 2. The Bears just have to have the same record as DET or GB the rest of the way to make the playoffs, just beat one of those teams to the finish. If they have the same record as both of those teams the remainder of the season, they win the Division, and DET misses the playoffs.