SHOW / EPISODE

BEARS RUN GAME FALLING APART?! 🚨 Monangai OUT Again + JEFFERY SIMMONS ABOUT TO WRECK SEATTLE?!

20m | Nov 1, 2026

🐻🔥 The Chicago Bears are 5-2, but one major part of Ben Johnson’s offense is suddenly trending in the WRONG direction.

Chicago averaged an incredible 196.3 rushing yards per game over its first four games.

Over the last three?

Just 98.3 per game.

And now Kyle Monangai will miss his FOURTH consecutive game as the Bears prepare for one of the NFL’s toughest defenses.

So how much of Chicago’s rushing decline is really about Monangai?

Has D’Andre Swift been asked to carry too much of the workload?

Should Roschon Johnson or Zavier Scott get more opportunities?

And does Ben Johnson need to change the scheme before Seattle forces Caleb Williams to carry the offense again?

Then we flip the matchup around.

🚨 EVERYBODY IS WORRIED ABOUT CALEB WILLIAMS AGAINST SEATTLE… BUT SHOULD SAM DARNOLD BE THE QUARTERBACK UNDER PRESSURE?

Darnold enters the matchup with:

🏈 8 touchdown passes

😳 8 interceptions

🚨 6 interceptions in three Seattle losses

📉 An 80.5 passer rating

And Chicago’s defense is getting reinforcements.

🔥 Jeffery Simmons is expected to make his Bears debut

💥 Montez Sweat is back

🧠 T.J. Edwards returns to help organize Dennis Allen’s defense

🚑 Seattle starting left tackle Charles Cross is OUT

Can Chicago create enough pressure to force Darnold into mistakes without becoming reckless against Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Cooper Kupp?

And finally…

🤯 THE GIANTS TRIED TO GET JEFFERY SIMMONS TOO?!

According to the reporting discussed in today’s show, Giants GM Joe Schoen explored a Simmons trade and was told he wasn’t available.

Then head coach John Harbaugh reportedly went directly to Titans ownership trying to keep the pursuit alive.

But Chicago ultimately got the deal done.

Did Ryan Poles outmaneuver another NFC contender?

Did his relationship with Titans GM Mike Borgonzi help?

Or did the Bears simply offer a price nobody else wanted to match?

On today’s Chicago Bears Central:

🐻 Why Chicago’s running game has fallen off dramatically

🚨 Kyle Monangai’s fourth straight missed game

🏃 Whether D’Andre Swift is carrying too much

👀 Roschon Johnson and Zavier Scott’s potential roles

🧱 The offensive-line questions behind the rushing decline

💔 How losing Cole Kmet makes the run-game problem harder

🔥 Five adjustments Ben Johnson needs against Seattle

😳 Sam Darnold’s eight interceptions

💥 How Jeffery Simmons could immediately impact Monday night

🚑 Why Charles Cross being OUT matters

🧠 T.J. Edwards’ importance to Dennis Allen’s disguises

🎯 How Chicago can create turnovers without gambling

🤯 The Giants’ reported pursuit of Simmons

📞 John Harbaugh’s unusual call to Titans ownership

💰 Whether two first-round picks was simply too much for New York

🏆 Why Ryan Poles now has to prove this blockbuster was worth the price

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