Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show - 5 On It: What did you learn about Bears in their win over Panthers?

Episode Date: September 14, 2026

Leila Rahimi and Mark Grote discussed a variety of sports topics in the 5 On It segment.

The score. It's time for five on it. Rahimi and Grody. Bring you five topics on their minds today. On 104-3, the score. I got five on it. Number one. You're listening to a Plummer's 911 football Monday

presented by Bucy Bank in great clips. And hey, it's a victory Monday. So here's question number one. What did you learn about the Bears from their 59-37 win over the Panthers and their season opener? I learned that Ben Johnson wasn't playing when he said he wanted to break all.

offensive records. I learned that Ben Johnson wasn't playing when he said he wants to embarrass teams and really make the point and run up scores. 552 total yards, 291 rush, six touchdowns. I learned that this was the most points in an opener for the Chicago Bears since the year 1948 when the Bears scored 45 against Green Bay at Wrigley Field. I learned that this was the third time in the Super Bowl era that the Bears have scored. 50 points in a game. I also learned that this was the highest 96 combined points in an opener was a record. The old record was an 88 of 88 in 2018 between Tampa Bay in New Orleans.

I just learned all sorts of stuff about the Chicago Bears in a historic 59 to 37 win over Carolina. I learned that the Bears' commitment to the run game is real and it is incredible. That's what I saw yesterday. I saw a Bears team that not only committed to it, but DeAndre Swift was a huge, huge asset in blocking for Caleb Williams. Because the Panthers also decided to just run straight up the middle and shoot the gaps sometimes on the wide zone run schemes. And DeAndre Swift was left being the last line of defense sometimes to Caleb Williams.

And that was incredible to see his blocking as well as just what he was able to do on the field. Kyle Munungai running away with it for the 61 yards. That was the absolute dagger. just to see the blocking that the bears did on the side of that, the commitment that everybody had to the run game and just making sure their guys next to them got yards. Just excellent blocking out of receivers, excellent secondary blocking out of your tight ends and out of your running backs,

and then to be able to ground and pound and still run 70 plays and still score 59 points. I can't say enough about how this is an outlier, but it's also Ben Johnson saying, hey, yeah, we wanted to run a better offense. we wanted to be the best offense in the league as you talked about Mark Grody. But additionally, they invested in this.

Were you upset when you got what you wanted? That's what we saw yesterday. Both unfortunately on the defensive side and then on the offensive side, this was the plan and it was executed. Are you okay with this being the way of the world in this year in the NFL? It might have to be.

I also learned within the show today. I'm sorry, I'm going overtime on this question. I also learned that Jalen Johnson needs to guess better. And at least per Anthony Heron, whose insights I trust, it wasn't a physical thing. It's not a Jalen Johnson lost the step thing. It's that, in his opinion and his what, reviewing of the tape, that Jalen Johnson was not guessing well,

and that Tyreeks Stevenson needs to stop falling for the stop and go, for the double move on those particular plays. So get better. Oh, yeah, there was a little bit of fall-down go boom there that happened. We're all learning. That's a sick twist. I like that. Yeah, here's question number two.

What was your biggest takeaway from week one in the NFC North? Layla was watching some NFC North yesterday, ladies and gentlemen. I don't know about you guys, but if you decided to turn over to old channel two and then check out the Packers and Vikings game that featured, by the way, nice call done, nicely done by JJ Watt. and then also, of course, the rest of the broadcast team that is so incredible, Jim Nance, that was lovely to see, was a Green Bay game that saw the Packers leading, and then the whole thing just fell absolutely apart. The Vikings scored 29 straight points.

Kyler Murray goes down. It was ugly video. But then you see the Vikings with Carson Wentz, dare I say, Wensis a soda, after he used to play in Wensylvania when he was with the Phillies. Is that all the things they say? I came up with Wins to Soda. I don't know how they feel about it. They're probably insulted about. I don't think the Vikings fans care because they came back and won and beat the Packers.

So another fourth quarter failure by the Matt LaFleur Packers. They scored 22 points in the fourth quarter, as I said, 29 unanswered, and come away with a 39 to 22 win. So let me get this straight, Matt LaFleur. You get extended after your fourth quarter breakdown. against the Bears and back-to-back games against them. Then you roll up against another division rival, a team you should have beaten, frankly. And this happens?

Tough scene. Cram up your cramhole over the floor. Tough scene. How are those fake play-by-play dudes doing after that game? Did we check on them again? Don't wake those guys up. They're already awake. They've been doing this.

And then they get mad when we talk about them. Well, you've been talking about us for a long time. Wake up. And then they search our mentions. Why are you doing that? Are you not satisfied with your lives up there? Stalker. I'm not searching your mentions.

I just get to watch the game and see the scoreboard. I kind of learned that Detroit might be like the Bears, man, because they're hurting a little bit injury-wise all of a sudden defensively. They do win. They beat New Orleans 31 to 30. But I was talking about this yesterday, man. That could be, for myriad reasons, Bears, Bears, lions this year, because the Bears were 0 and 2 against the Lions.

last season and because the Detroit Lions straight up embarrassed Ben Johnson and the Bears last year with their own 50 Burger. I can't wait to see Bears and Lions this year and the exhibition that that might be. And then as per your Minnesota Green Bay game. I loved that game. I know you did. One of my friends called me and I was doing play-by-play the game because I was like, you need to watch this game.

Carson Wentz coming to Soldier Field. Could J.J. McCarthy step on the field in that game? repeat his second half from last year in the opener at Soldier Field. My brain did go there for a second. But it's like with Minnesota, they're just so unpredictable. I picked them for fourth in the division this season. But there they are. Winning this game against the Packers, 39 to 22, and just be in Minnesota.

Like they are year after year. Such a difficult team to predict. So I got my eye on you, Minnesota, and I did like seeing Green Bay lose. There was a graphic that went up and I don't know what Chicago Bears fan was working on the CBS broadcast. But it was last three games with double digit second half leads. 2025, we 16 at Chicago led by 10. Result L by 6. 2025 wild card at Chicago led by 18.

Result L by 4. Today led by 12. And then question marks. L again. Five on it. Number three. Love a good Green Bay, Elle, and this is a victory Monday. This is five on it, 104-3, the score.

Layla Rahimi, Mark Grody. The Sauer is brought to you by Plummers 911. Plumbing Emergency. Call the plumbing professionals available 24-7 at 1-833 Plum 911. Here's question number three. We're going to expand the NFL map out. What was your biggest takeaway from week one around the rest of the NFL? are the New York Giants better than people thought they were going to be?

I mean, Jackson Dart looked really good for the Giants last night, 23 of 29, 230 yards, 3 TDs, and zero picks. And how about the guy they kept showing in the booth, calling the game for the New York Giants? His name is Matt Nagy. Now, they do have a hardball on the sideline, so he's going to get most of the shine and the credit. but they were giving lots of credit to Matt Nagy.

Good to see a healthy Malik neighbors as well. One other quick takeaway from the NFL too, man. Oh, boy. Does Josh Allen have some folks to play with in that receiver room? Kincaid with five catches for 130 yards and an old friend of everybody's. What? DJ Moore. Oh, he had a nice day.

How about DJ Moore? Five catches, 100 yards. and a touchdown in his debut as a Buffalo Bill. Shout out to our old friend DJ Moore. I hope the Bears don't end up missing him. It wouldn't appear from the first game that the Bears missed DJ Moore, but I'm happy for DJ Moore. I'll always root for DJ Moore.

I also was impressed with DJ Moore's output in the game yesterday, and that was a heck of a game. Yeah, those are two playoff contenders in the AOC in Houston and in Buffalo. and I was reading some of the discourse from Houston about the game saying it's a meltdown, but at the end of the day, you're playing the Bills, who I think are going to the Super Bowl. Same. I got him winning the Super Bowl. Yeah, and what did we see? We saw Josh Allen be Josh Allen. And then we saw DJ Moore, I think, get the appropriate targets and production that I think he wanted to see in his career.

So that was one of those, oh, everybody's who I thought they were in this. good call. The part about the giants beating the Cowboys, I got into it with somebody on Twitch because I don't think that even for what the Cowboys were predicted to be this season, I still don't see them winning the NFC East. And if that wasn't a good example of them not proving

that they might not win the NFC East, there's a lot of football to be played, but I don't think the Cowboys are as complete of a team as we think. Eagles and Commanders was low-key interesting that ended up being a two-point game. And then I think it was, it was for me overwhelmingly, just the hate watch of the late game being the Packers and the Vikings was Chef's Kiss.

Such great joy you got from that. I am enjoying the joy that you derive. Yet another stat. Point differential last season, last five games, regular and postseason for the Packers, first through third quarters, plus five. Fourth quarter and overtime, minus 53. Ew, okay. Five on it

Number four And then I'll get some You should be better I'll this is classless I don't care What are you talking about? Who's gonna say that? No people search our posts about them

And then talk about them Like they work for the Packers Or they own the team or something We're supposed to get hate From the Packers people Don't worry about that It's funny to me Like oh this random Packers person

We give them hate Hey we hate on them every day What are you talking about? Exactly exactly No I just I laugh at the whole spectrum of it all. I find it entertaining. There's no be better, right? Yeah, there's no be better. This is the Packers. Screw you Packers. All things go, man. It can get as ugly as you want.

I'm going to enjoy my lovely day in Chicago and have some Rinali's chicken. And then I'm going to take a two-hour walk on the lakefront before I watch baseball. Yeah. Speaking of baseball. Here's question number four. What stood out to you about the Cubs and White Sox this weekend? I'll tell you what. The Cubs Saturday win over the Pirates stood out to me because Because Jacob Webb got himself into the game and was good. Comes in with the bases loaded. Gets him out. He ended up sticking around for an inning in a third. And he was fine.

And I got to say that's quietly because it's just been so bad for him. So it was really encouraging for me to see that. Jacob, he had a good game. Yeah, he did. And Ryan Zephryon got the save. Now, he only had to record one out because there was Rollison, who got the first two outs in the inning. We call that a Mike Montgomery, by the way.

Somebody gets the first two outs, and then you're Montgomery, you come in and you win a World Series. I have dubbed it, the Mike Montgomery save. That's what Zephyrion got for the Cubs. So that stood out to me. As for the Chicago White Sox, I don't know why I'm continuing to speak in this covert voice, but I'm enjoying myself right now.

It's almost like your NPR about the baseball. Take a sip of your coffee. The White Sox on Saturday as well, got something that they've been lacking lately, not just timely offense, but that magic thing that they had been having throughout the season. Randall Gritchick, just when you thought it was over, Sox, Randall Gritchick with an opposite field to run Homer to eventually win that game. So that was sick to see.

And then how about old David Sandlin coming in? Yes. Perfecto for 5 and a 3rd yesterday before the roof caved in on Chris Murphy and Sandlin loaded the bases in the car. beat the socks. So that's what stood out to me. By the way, so I was texting with one friend of our show, Herb Lawrence. FOS. FOS. For the show.

Yes. After I enjoyed a, I knew he would, more importantly, enjoy the end of the Minnesota game that saw them lose to Mississippi State. Shout out Marshall Harris, Hale State 38 to 13. Shut up, Mars Hall. And then they had the cutaway of PJ Fleck, and I said in all caps, row that boat. blank, and I can't say it on the air. And then Herb was worried about the socks.

And then he texted me back later in the evening and said, but I like to see that, though, and that indeed was the White Sox coming back, beating the Cardinals, 6 to 5, which they desperately meet it, because the lead is now down to a half game in the central. Are we panicking yet? A half a game. Of course they're panicking. Are you kidding?

And oh, by the way, you're playing the Cleveland's, Cleveland Guardians, the Clevelands, you're playing the Clevelands in Cleveland. Today, it's a three-game series. guard that, which now unfortunately is part of the program here. I told you I was looking forward and kind of stressed out about this series, and here we are. So, yeah, this is, that is going to be peak viewing for me. Meanwhile, the Cubs are facing the Braves. So this is just one of those early parts of the week where I'm going to be baseball stressed

for three days in a row on both sides of town. I would like to turn to my colleague Ray Diaz for an observation from the baseball weekend. we not only got to see in person in the good seats, no less, at Wrigley on Friday. Yeah, you too. We not only got to see a first win of the series, which helped the Cubs then take two of three from the Pirates, but also runs scored a plenty.

We saw 12 runs, right? I don't even know how to act. It was amazing. It was amazing, especially the contrast of the previous game we had gone to. It was the Cubs and the White Sox, and the Cubs had some trouble scoring runs. So it was delightful to be, you know, in the nice, you know, end of summer, transitioning to fall-type weather and see some runs scored by the Cubs, man.

It's a beautiful thing. And Shoda. Shota was good. He allowed just one homer. He did. Six innings, two runs, five hits for Shoda in that game. Five on it. Number five.

Five on and a 104 through the score. Final question. A video posted on X by Titans reporter Jim Wyatt. showed a Jets fan proposing to his girlfriend on the Titan sideline before yesterday's game at Nissan Stadium in National Tennessee. So the question is, should this be allowed? I sent this to our thread because what are we doing here? All of this is bad.

And I'm not necessarily anti-end game proposal. I've seen a lot of happy couples. I'm happy for them. But proposing to your girlfriend, when you're a Jets fan, when it's not your home team, so you're in Tennessee. You're not even at the Meadowlands. Then you're doing this before the game,

before the first NFL game of the season. When your focus should be on the game as a fan, so now you're on somebody else's field doing this before the game, and then you're also doing this before the first game of the season. This is all bad. Everything is bad. I don't know that I would have said yes.

What if he, though, just received this opportunity he was gifted the opportunity because going on the sideline. Disrespectable to the Titans, frankly. It's a big deal, though. What if this was the one time in his life that he was allowed on an NFL field and he thought, wow, this is a great moment.

Honey, we're watching our team, but we get to go down on the field. Like, field passes, you don't just, like not many people get to go down on the field before games. As a sideline reporter with the Bears for four years, I remember how excited and exuberant people were when they got to take those tours on the sideline. This might have been a once-in-a-lifetime thing, Leila.

But that's why you just let that moment be that moment. Why do you have to combine major moments? That's what people do, though. Have you ever seen the proposal at a wedding thing, like where there's a wedding happening and then somebody else proposes? That's really disrespectful to the bride and grooms. I don't know, man. I think that's a thing. Why would I make somebody's wedding about myself by proposing? Well, because then the family, if your friends and their family, then it's just one big, it's a proactive. It's a happy, happy day. No, don't propose at weddings. That's the bride and groom's day. I like double happiness. Don't propose on another team's field.

This is where we need. This is for me. The lingering questions become like I need to know more about the girlfriend. Is the girlfriend some sort of massive football fan? Because if she's not, what are you doing, bro? You're not. If you're really a Jets fan and you've already declared that, then you need to respect the Jets and propose at the Meadowlands.

Okay? You chose that life. All right. Fine. Fair enough. Fair enough. coming up next year. I don't know before the game.

Like, just enjoy the game. Unbelievable. I'm sorry, this upset you so much. I hope that you feel better now. It's just bad for. I'd have said no. You're not better now. I would have said no.

Why don't we break down some of the, as good as it was yesterday, there were some stressful moments in the Bears' 59 to 37 win over the Panthers. We've kind of hit on some of them, but let's do a deeper dive on some of the that we might have been feeling during this Bears game. It's Rahimi and Grotia on 104.3, the score.