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A Look Back at How Vic Fangio's Bears Defense Throttled the Rams in 2018

Fangio's approach led to copy cats who slowed down the Rams offense for 2 years

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Nick Kehoe
Jul 18, 2023
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If you listened to the recently released “Playcallers” podcast, then you know it was Vic Fangio’s Bears defense in 2018 that provided the rest of the league with the best approach for slowing down Sean McVay’s Rams Offense.

In their Week 14 game that season, Chicago held the #2 scoring offense in the league to just 6 points. Quarterback Jared Goff’s sta…

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