If going for two and the win against the Rams after Cole Kmet’s miraculous touchdown catch crossed your mind, just know that you are not alone. Bears Head Coach Ben Johnson briefly considered going all-in on with a win-or-go-home two-point conversion attempt. He ultimately decided to play it safe and sent kicker Cairo Santos to boot the extra point, which was successful. However, it’s not as if the thought didn’t cross Johnson’s mind.
“I thought about it,” Johnson said while explaining his thought process in the post-game press conference at Soldier Field. “Probably what played a little bit of a factor was our goal to go situations hadn’t gone very clean. Our inside-the-5 plan hadn’t worked out quite like we had hoped. And so, it felt better taking our chances there in overtime.”
The Chicago Bears’ shortcomings in short-yardage and goal-to-go situations in their loss to the Los Angeles Rams in Sunday’s NFC Divisional Round showdown were a major storyline and a big reason why Ben Johnson and his team are not preparing to take a trip to face the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC Championship Game. And I feel as if this post captures the reason why Johnson decided against going for an attempt at a game-winning two-point conversion:
So many missed opportunities for Bears: 4th-and-2 fail –> INT 3rd-and-1, 4th-and-1 fail –> TO on downs 3rd-and-1 fail –> Punt 1st-and-goal from Rams' 5 –> TO on downs Ball at Rams' 48 in OT –> INT
— Sheil Kapadia (@sheilkapadia.bsky.social) January 18, 2026 at 9:07 PMBN BEARS ON SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook | Twitter | Blue Sky
Three of the five scenarios Sheil Kapadia points out above featured moments in which the Bears could not come through on 3rd-and-short and/or 4th-and-short scenarios. Given how he saw the game play out to that point, it is easy to understand why Ben Johnson came to the decision to not go for it. Don’t get me wrong. I would have totally understood going for it in that situation. Going for two and the win would have been consistent with the type of thinking we have come to expect from the first-year head coach. But playing for overtime was a sensible option that isn’t worthy of sharp criticism.
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And yet, I can’t blame you if Ben Johnson’s decision to not go for it left you stunned. I thought about it in the moment. It was a fleeting thought. With the Rams looking stunned on defense after allowing a last gasp 14-yard touchdown on 4th-and-4 on a throw that was made from the 40-yard line, it wouldn’t have been difficult to build a case to go for two while Los Angeles’ defenders were in a state of shock. In the end, kicking the field goal was the right move. It’s not as if the Bears didn’t have an opportunity to pull off the win in overtime. But it just wasn’t meant to be.
Chicago Bears Press Conference — Bears Head Coach Ben Johnson (Jan. 18, 2026)
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