On Sunday, when the Chicago Bears take on the Atlanta Falcons at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, it will be the first time the league’s top two rushing offenses meet this late in the season, since Saquon Barkley and the Eagles beat Derrick Henry and the Ravens in Week 13 of 2024.
When did these two teams last meet as the league’s top two rushing offenses? November 16, 1986, when Walter Payton and Gerald Riggs led their teams. Ironically, Chicago’s starting quarterback was also dealing with an injury heading into that game. Jim McMahon was sidelined for multiple weeks at that point with a torn rotator cuff suffered in the season opener against the Cleveland Browns. Like Williams, McMahon was close to returning. Mike Ditka gave McMahon one more week and started Mike Tomczak; despite the ground game being the headline of each team’s offense heading into the game, Tomczak scored the Bears’ only touchdown in a 13-10 victory.
We don’t know what Ben Johnson will do with his quarterback decision this week. We probably won’t know until tomorrow at the earliest, Sunday morning the likeliest. Speaking to reporters on Friday, Johnson said he hopes to have more clarity on Williams late today, and that he looked good in his first full practice back on Thursday. Still, the team needs to see him stack a few practices back-to-back before they’d feel comfortable with him returning…
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FULL STORY: Two of the NFL’s Best Run Games Collide, and the Bears Are Shorthanded for It (via Patrick K. Flowers)
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