Bears host Rams in divisional round with Los Angeles slight favorites

Cbssports reports the Chicago Bears will host the Los Angeles Rams in the NFL divisional round at Soldier Field on Sunday, Jan. 18 at 6:30 p.m. ET, with the game airing on NBC and Peacock. Chicago arrives off another late comeback and has seven wins this season in games where it trailed in the fourth quarter, including rallies against the Raiders, Commanders, Bengals, Giants, Vikings and two against the Packers.

Los Angeles enters with quarterback Matthew Stafford, who completed 65% of his passes at 7.9 yards per attempt with 4,707 yards, 46 touchdowns and seven interceptions in the regular season and threw for 304 yards, three TDs and one pick last week. Chicago's pass defense led the NFL with 23 interceptions but allowed opponents to complete 66.6% of their passes at 7.6 yards per attempt and was vulnerable early against Green Bay before clamping down after halftime.

The Bears' rushing attack was among the league's best after their Week 5 bye — including a 5.2 yards-per-carry average over that span and team marks such as 45.6% of rushes gaining five or more yards — but they managed only a 29.2% rushing success rate last week as D'Andre Swift and Kyle Monangai combined for 81 yards on 21 carries; the Rams allowed 4.3 yards per carry this year and gave up 83 rushing yards to Carolina a week ago.

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