The town of Chicago is celebrating prefer it’s 1986 after eliminating its heated NFC North rivals, Inexperienced Bay, from the NFL playoffs, however it’s not all excellent news popping out of the largest postseason comeback in Bears historical past.
Within the dying minutes of the sport, beginning left sort out Ozzy Trapilo was severely injured and brought off the sphere. Whereas the insanity of the 2 groups going blow-for-blow in buying and selling touchdowns overshadowed the large man’s damage, disappointing information awaited the Bears because the adrenaline of victory started to put on off.
Head coach Ben Johnson confirmed it was a patellar (knee) damage and that Trapilo is out for the remainder of the playoffs.
Trapilo was a gentle cog within the trenches for the Bears on the offensive aspect of the ball, solely permitting two sacks and three hits total underneath his watch throughout the season.
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Caleb Williams had to make use of his legs to scramble out of hazard all through the 18-point comeback victory, and he’ll have his fingers full with Trapilo out of the lineup.
The Bears will both play the reigning champions, the Philadelphia Eagles, or the Los Angeles Rams, with each groups deploying elite defensive fronts with EDGE rushers that shall be barreling down on Williams the complete recreation.
Per Professional Soccer Focus, Trapilo was graded 70 out of 100 within the 2025 common season, rating thirty sixth out of 89 eligible offensive tackles.
The Boston-raised child went to Boston Faculty and was drafted final yr by the Bears within the second spherical in hopes of serving to preserve Williams secure in his sophomore season.
