The latest Bears Banter has arrived!
The Chicago Bears finished up a dominant performance against the Cleveland Browns and are looking ahead to a huge NFC North battle this Saturday with the Green Bay Packers.
Daryl Johnson was in the booth for the NFL on Fox for the Bears-Browns game, and he was nice enough to join the podcast to talk about the Bears-Browns game and how viable he sees this Bears team moving forward the rest of the season.
There was plenty made about how cold it was against Cleveland
at Soldier Field, and with the Bears potentially having an important game to finish the season in Chicago against Detroit and potential home playoff games as well, cold is going to be a factor.
Johnston, who was on the Cowboys Super Bowl teams in the 90s, says that cold shouldn’t affect players, and it only will if you let it. As a warm-weather team, the Cowboys went 5-1 in cold-weather games from 1991 to 1995 (I did that research myself, so it may not be 100% accurate). How much can cold impact a game? Here’s what Johnston said about the cold.
“As much as you allow it to. We played in heat, we played in rain, we played in cold, we played in snow. The wind is the one thing that can impact a game outside of guys just being mentally tough. Because that definitely has an impact on the passing game and special teams,” Johnston explained. “The cold makes it a little more challenging on the catch, the ball is a little bit slicker, which means it’s harder to catch and easier to fumble, so you have to be dialed in a little bit more on your details. But other than that, it’s just a mental thing; if you let the cold impact you, then that’s weakness on your part, just not being mentally strong.”
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