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After the Rams beat the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday, it boosted the Bears into the final playoff spot in the NFC. Two additional playoff games were added to the NFL schedule this year as a reaction to the Coronavirus pandemic and the impacts it could have on the regular season.

Regarding the Bears, it certainly doesn’t feel like this team is a playoff team. They went on a six-game losing streak in the middle of the season, and the team benched quarterback Mitch Trubisky in Week 3.

The team went back to Trubisky after backup Nick Foles was mediocre and got injured in Week 10. The Bears managed to win three straight games late in the season with Trubisky under center, but they faced some of the worst defenses in the NFL in that stretch.

After the six-game skid, it seemed as if coach Matt Nagy had even lost the locker room. He had few answers and later handed over play-calling duties to offensive coordinator Bill Lazor. It seems as if he’s survived as there are reports he will be back next season.

The game on Sunday may not be pretty, but there’s a good reason to check it out no matter what the score ends up being.

Sunday’s Bears/Saints Wild Card game will air on CBS, but there will also be a special broadcast on the children’s channel Nickelodeon. Here are three reasons why you should watch this game on Nickelodeon. Remember, you could still have a blast even if you don’t have kids.

Chicago had already signed veteran quarterback Mike Glennon to be a stop-gap starter for a guy they would likely take in the second, third or fourth rounds of this draft. We all know how that guy turned out as a Bear.

Instead of waiting, though, Ryan Pace traded up just one spot to grab who many thought would end up being Deshaun Watson.

If only that were the case.

The infamous Mitchell Trubisky pick will live forever in Bears history books as one of the biggest botched trades and selections in sports history, because everyone knows which two quarterbacks came off the board next. Of course, it was Watson along with the half-billion dollar man, Patrick Mahomes.

Now, more than one of those guys may be on their way out of their respective cities. Trubisky is a free agent after this season, obviously, but news broke on Thursday that Watson — who signed a huge extension prior to this season — may ask the Texans to trade him.

It would not be shocking, in the least bit, to see Watson desire a trade out of Houston. After all, we’ve seen how this franchise was completely ripped to pieces by former head coach and general manager Bill O’Brien.

Even J.J. Watt has shown vibrant frustration this year in some of his postgame press conferences.

Houston stinks, and the stars on this team know it. It’s not a surprise to learn that one of them wants out. The fact that Watson could eventually ask the Texans to trade him, though, begs a large question.