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Dan Wiederer: That nasty Bears defense? It's an amazing safety net for a struggling QB.

CHICAGO - The true power of the Bears defense could be seen in the expressions of two young quarterbacks late Sunday night, two leaders processing a hard-to-believe result. Bears 15, Rams 6.

Jared Goff stepped to a lectern not far from the visitors' locker room at Soldier Field looking as if he were about to recap a colonoscopy.

Goff had arrived in Chicago on Sunday as the pyrotechnist of one of the league's most explosive offenses. He had 27 touchdown passes and just seven interceptions and was charging toward the franchise record for passing

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