Adam Hoge details Ben Johnson's 'intensity' at Bears practice

Spiegel & Holmes Show

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4.6 • 632 Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Matt Spiegel and Laurence Holmes were joined by CHGO host Adam Hoge to discuss first-year Bears head coach Ben Johnson's intensity level at practice during OTAs.

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0:00.0	I'm just going to watch it you or practice.
0:04.4	Your manner is on what you do.
0:05.8	What you think?
0:06.7	Well, I was going to ask you the body agitation you saw today.
0:11.0	Is that typical Ben Johnson or is that just early groin pains with what's going on?
0:16.2	You saw agitation today?
0:19.5	Yeah. No, I thought that was normal.
0:22.3	I'll work to get my body language under control.
0:25.2	I'm talking about that with the players, so I need to do a better job myself.
0:28.0	I'm on it.
0:29.6	Spiegel at Holmes, afternoons on the score.
0:33.0	That was Ben Johnson answering Adam Hogue's question about the way he reacts to things inside of practice.
0:40.8	If you're listening to the Spiego and Home show, it's not a surprise to you.
0:45.3	And we'll talk with Adam Hogue about that.
0:47.2	He joins us now on the Circus Sports Illinois Hotline.
0:49.7	Download the Circa app today.
0:51.7	Hoger, thanks for joining us.
0:53.1	We appreciate it.
0:54.1	We had Lomas Brown on the show a few
0:56.9	weeks ago, and one of the things that he left us with was, you better get ready for Ben Johnson
1:03.1	practices, because Ben Johnson practices are no joke. You're going to see a level of intensity
1:08.9	that you're not used to seeing. Now that you've had a chance to experience it, what did you take away from it?
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