A day after Ben Johnson's Bears beat one half of the Super Bowl XL teams, he paused to look at what's coming with extra time now to prepare to face the other team from last year's title game, the Seahawks.

"Thought they did a really nice job; finding a way to get a win like that on a short week," Johnson said of his team. "Takes a lot of mental preparation over the course of a few short days to make sure we download the game plan and put it to life like they did.

"Credit to the staff as well for getting that job done and I’m looking forward to taking a step back and catching our breath here this weekend. Gives us a chance to evaluate where we're at personnel wise, schematically. Almost like a mini-bye week in a lot of regards also."

Is this necessarily good for the staff, though? The rest always helps players, no doubt.…