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Ben Johnson Named New Head Coach of the Chicago Bears
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1/22/2025
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Ben Johnson was introduced today as the new head coach of the Chicago Bears.
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I don't know if you knew this or not, but there's a lot of Detroit fans who are very
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upset that Ben went to Chicago, a hated division rival in the NFC North.
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Here is Ben saying he wanted to stay in the NFC North for a variety of reasons.
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I know this is the toughest division of football right now.
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There's three teams that made the playoffs this year.
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I've got tremendous amount of respect for the coaches and the players in this league,
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having competed against them for the last six years.
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Dane Campbell, Kevin O'Connell, you're talking about two guys that are up for Coach of the
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Year awards as the season ends here.
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And to be quite frank with you, I kind of enjoyed beating Matt LaFord twice a year.
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Oh, be careful there, Ben, with the big smile on your face.
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Well, look, I said he's going to go there because of the rivalries and the ability to
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beat Campbell, the ability to beat O'Connell and the ability to beat LaFord.
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Those are all really good coaches, really good division.
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He's got a young quarterback stud, allegedly, but I think Daniels is way better than.
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But I think Campbell, you know, what he just did was close again.
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He lost the NFC title again, then blew it again this year.
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I think this team in Chicago's got the quarterback.
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They got the D that's, you know, I think needs a lot of work, but they got some star players.
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They got star corners that are shut down corners, some of the best in the league.
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And it was a, you know, are you kidding me?
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The Vegas Raiders, you were going to take that job over this.
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The Bears is much more enticing.
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And if you win in Chicago, believe me, you all right, let's just get real here for a
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second.
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There's there's New York, then there's L.A., then there's Chicago.
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And then people go to Vegas to gamble and to party and to get drunk and do drugs and
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have sex.
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They don't matter.
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They just don't matter.
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At the end of the day, it's a place to go vacation and party.
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But when you talk about big time, if you win in Chicago and people are still dressing
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like Mike Ditka from 1985, they still go to the games dressed as Ditka.
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If you win in Chicago, you're God.
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How did Michael Jordan do in Chicago?
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He was the king.
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He still is.
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He doesn't even have anything to do with Chicago anymore.
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And he's still God there.
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And Jesus rolled into one.
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Clearly you want to win in Chicago over a place like Las Vegas.
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This is where you go to party.
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I mean, I know they won the Stanley Cup, but let's calm down.
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They've never won anything else.
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