{"id":420988,"date":"2026-01-18T10:07:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T10:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/420988\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T10:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T10:07:08","slug":"bears-vs-rams-predictions-see-our-picks-for-todays-nfl-playoff-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/420988\/","title":{"rendered":"Bears vs Rams predictions. See our picks for today’s NFL playoff game"},"content":{"rendered":"

The No. 2 seed Chicago Bears<\/a> host the No. 5 seed Los Angeles Rams<\/a> in the Divisional Round of the NFL playoffs.<\/p>\n

The Bears erased a 18-point second half deficit and defeated their divisional foe in the No. 7 seed Green Bay Packers<\/a> 31-27 in the Wild Card round.<\/p>\n

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The Rams went into Carolina and took care of business as tight end Colby Parkinson scored the game-winning touchdown as Los Angeles beat the Panthers<\/a> 34-31 in the Wild Card round.<\/p>\n

Either the Bears or Rams will play the winner of the No. 1 seed Seattle Seahawks<\/a> or No. 6 seed San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship Game.<\/p>\n

Our prognosticators are: Art Stapleton (Giants<\/a>\/NFL writer, NorthJersey.com), Bert Bainbridge (sports trending reporter\/columnist, NorthJersey.com), Brian Marron (digital producer, NorthJersey.com), Chris Iseman (Rutgers writer, NorthJersey.com), Mike Dougherty (sports writer, lohud.com), Stephen Haynes (sports writer, lohud.com), Bob Jordan (sports editor, Asbury Park Press\/APP.com) and Dave Rivera (sports editor, USA TODAY Northeast\/NorthJersey.com).<\/p>\n

Here are our staff standings in the playoffs and our predictions for Bears vs. Rams matchup in the Divisional Round:<\/p>\n

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NFL Divisional Round predictions, staff standings<\/p>\n

Chris Iseman: 6-0<\/p>\n

Bob Jordan: 5-1<\/p>\n

Art Stapleton: 5-1<\/p>\n

Dave Rivera: 5-1<\/p>\n

Bert Bainbridge: 4-2<\/p>\n

Brian Marron: 4-2<\/p>\n

Bert Bainbridge<\/p>\n

Rams at Bears: Bears 28, Rams 24<\/p>\n

Dave Rivera<\/p>\n

Rams at Bears: Rams 27, Bears 23<\/p>\n

Art Stapleton<\/p>\n

Rams at Bears: Rams 31, Bears 27<\/p>\n

Brian Marron<\/p>\n

Rams at Bears: Rams 37, Bears 13<\/p>\n

Bob Jordan<\/p>\n

Rams at Bears: Bears 24, Rams 17<\/p>\n

Chris Iseman<\/p>\n

Rams at Bears: Rams 31, Bears 24<\/p>\n

Mike Dougherty<\/p>\n

Rams at Bears: Rams 28, Bears 13<\/p>\n

Stephen Haynes<\/p>\n

Rams at Bears: Rams 23, Bears 20<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on NorthJersey.com: Chicago Bears vs Los Angeles Rams picks, predictions for NFL playoff game<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The No. 2 seed Chicago Bears host the No. 5 seed Los Angeles Rams in the Divisional Round…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":420989,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[144288,64,63,221624,144289,1248,221625,94987,1243,481,1263,221622,593,30843,5357,1262,1254,85,221623,55661],"class_list":["post-420988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-art-stapleton","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bert-bainbridge","tag-bob-jordan","tag-chicago-bears","tag-chris-iseman","tag-colby-parkinson","tag-green-bay-packers","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-rams","tag-mike-dougherty","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-playoffs","tag-panthers","tag-san-francisco-49ers","tag-seattle-seahawks","tag-sports","tag-stephen-haynes","tag-the-bears"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}