Kyler Gordon And Bears Set For Another Epic Against The Rams

After Saturday night's shocking comeback playoff triumph complete nan Green Bay Packers, Kyler Gordon called nan measurement the Bears rallied yet again for illustration a movie.

He was near to explicate this connected Wednesday arsenic nan Bears prepared to look nan L.A. Rams successful nan divisional playoffs.

"I conjecture successful my head, I ever thought this game, for illustration nan setup of it, was conscionable gonna beryllium thing historical," Gordon said. "That’s what I kept telling everybody, but astatine nan aforesaid time, conscionable enjoying it arsenic different game. But I would conscionable opportunity it was conscionable a movie, to beryllium honest."

It was humanities arsenic nan Bears scored their first playoff triumph since beating Seattle successful nan 2010 divisional playoffs.

Gordon was conscionable happy he had a domiciled successful it, and that he came retired of it pinch 1 for Sunday's crippled pinch nan Rams arsenic nan Bears effort for their first NFC Championship Game berth successful 15 years.

A groin wounded coming into nan play connected Black Friday, and past aggravating it erstwhile he was group to return against nan Packers astatine Lambeau Field Dec. 7, each near his regular play astatine only 3 games played.

The Bears needed that slot cornerback because it's important successful Dennis Allen's system, conscionable for illustration successful immoderate modern nickel protect package.

So he sat and bided his clip and healed.

"I was conscionable watching nan travel of nan game, what's happening, what they're giving me, picturing myself successful that position, and what I’d beryllium getting, what I would check, and conscionable being successful nan crippled myself moreover though I wasn't retired there," he said.

The Packers crippled successful Green Bay Dec. 7 beryllium perchance astir difficult because he had been group to return and getting injured successful pregame warmups has to beryllium nan frustrating. His affirmative cognition astir nan crippled is reflected successful his thoughts connected that miserable fate.

"Definitely big, but I thought it was cool that–-because I was expected to play astatine that Green Bay game, it was expected to beryllium specified a large rivalry game-–to travel backmost and play that, that aforesaid type of one, and it'd beryllium for moreover bigger stakes and worldly for illustration that," he said. "So I thought it was cool."

The Packers decidedly tested Gordon. Pro Football Focus gave him a comparatively mediocre people for nan crippled but that was based mostly connected th 34-yard drawback he allowed to Romeo Doubs. He really held his ain considering it was his first action since Black Friday.

The Packers attacked him much than immoderate DB, 9 targets successful total, and each they sewage was 3 receptions. They sewage thing wen they threw to slot receiver Jayden Reed. When they brought nan extracurricular receivers inside, they were much successful arsenic Matthew Golden caught 2-of-4 matchups against Gordon and Doubs nan 34-yarder successful 3 targets.

"I honestly didn't consciousness nary type of measurement astir it because I've already, you know, we're benignant of going backmost a small bit, I made my plays and I had for illustration 1 aliases two, truthful yeah, I didn't really consciousness for illustration ace attacked," he said. "But no, it was smooth."

More importantly, he sewage done nan crippled healthy.

"Yeah, I was conscionable much comfortable pinch my feet underneath maine and worldly for illustration that, truthful conscionable nan much nan crippled went on, nan amended I felt," he said.

The adjacent time he felt it aft being inactive for truthful long.

"Definitely a small sore because it's been a while since I played, but still wide beautiful good," he said.

So it's connected to nan adjacent section for a defender who is judge to person a cardinal domiciled Sunday considering really quickly Matthew Stafford tries to get nan shot retired of his hand.

"Extremely happy," he said. "Definitely for illustration it's reliable times to beryllium capable to spell done for illustration that arsenic an athlete. A batch of group don't understand for illustration what that's like, but moreover myself not moreover being done that ever earlier myself."

He can't hold for a postseason sequel.

"Yeah, I conscionable wanna get retired there, conscionable support doing immoderate I request to beryllium doing to enactment connected nan section and immoderate I gotta give," he said.

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