AHEAD OF SCHEDULE: Caleb Williams-Ben Johnson Pairing Defying Odds in Bears Playoff Run | CHGO Bears

CHGO Chicago Bears Podcast

ALLCITY Network

Nfl Bears Podcast, Tremaine Edmunds, Dj Moore, Nfl Free Agency, Chicago Bears Analysis, Nfl News, Bears Fans, Chicago Football, Bears Postgame Show, Chicago Bears, Nfl 2025, Bears Coverage, Bears Nfl News, Ben Johnson, Montez Sweat, Nfc North, Bears Podcast, Chicago Sports Podcast, Ryan Poles, Nfl Daily Podcast, Nfl, D'andre Swift, Bears Talk, Bears Nfl Draft, Chicago Bears Draft, Nfl Analysis, Caleb Williams, Monsters Of The Midway, Lance Briggs, Bears 2025, Chgo Sports, Bears Tailgate, Halas Hall, Rome Odunze, 2025 Chicago Bears, Mark Carman, Chicago Bears 2025, Bears Storylines, Chicago Bears Free Agency, Bears News, Bears Football, Da Bears, Chgo Bears, Nfl Talk, Chgo, Jaylon Johnson, Nfl Draft, Bears Insider Podcast, Chicago Bears Schedule 2025, Chicago Bears Live Show, Bears Trade Rumors, Bears Rumors, Bear Down, Football, Chicago Bears Insider, Gregg Braggs, Matt Eberflus, Bears Breakdown, Nfl Podcast, Adam Hoge, Bears Fan Community, Cole Kmet, Chicago Bears Podcast, Bears Trade Deadline, Bears Nfc North, Chicago Bears Coverage, Chicago Bears News, Corey Wootton, Nfl Trade Rumors, Bears Analysis, Chgo Bears Podcast, Sports, Free Agency Podcast, Chicago Bears Training Camp, Bears Season Preview, Chicago Bears Coaching Staff, Chicago, Chicago Bears Fans, Bears Training Camp, Super Bowl, Bears Game Recap, Nfl Fans, Bears Draft 2025, Chicago Bears Postgame, Soldier Field, Bears Free Agency, Nfl Trade Deadline, Nfl Draft 2025, Greg Braggs Jr., Bears Live Podcast, Sunday Football Podcast, Draft Coverage Podcast

4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2026

⏱️ 97 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Following the Chicago Bears Wild Card win over the Green Bay Packers in the NFL Playoffs, Ben Johnson’s group has now played 18 games in his first season as head coach. Of those 18 games, the Bears have been underdogs in 11 of them. How has the Caleb Williams-Ben Johnson pairing been able to defy the expectations to such a great degree? Brian Baldinger joins to give his perspective of the team’s progress ahead of the Divisional Round matchup against the Los Angeles Rams. Later, Adam Hoge has his report card for Caleb’s performance against the Packers. Just how elite was his second-half performance? Plus, cheese grater mania has taken over Chicago. Brandon Martinez became a fan favorite after he was seen grating cheese at the Bears-Packers game following a Bears touchdown. He joins the show to talk about his famous moment. Join Adam Hoge, Mark Carman and Greg Braggs Jr. on the CHGO Bears Podcast! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	from the fresh newly decorated Xfinity loft.
0:13.0	Wow, this is some big time, big time upgrades that we're making around here.
0:18.7	And yes, we are the CHGO Bears podcast.
0:21.7	Probably presented by our friends at Bet365.
0:23.9	Download the app.
0:24.8	Use the code CHGO 365.
0:26.9	Get yourself $200 in bonus bets when you deposit $10 and make a bet for $5.
0:32.1	And from Toyota, let's go places.
0:35.5	Look at this.
0:37.1	This is nice.
0:39.2	Apparently you win a playoff game and you get to redecorate.
0:41.7	Yeah, I mean, we've got Mike flags.
0:43.4	You can't see the new rug, but it is popping.
0:45.7	New intro, new rug, new loft, new lights.
0:51.9	But same elite guests.
0:53.1	But same elite guest. But same elite guest.
0:54.3	That's right.
0:54.7	Why don't we just jump right into it?
0:56.4	Brandon Martinez is coming up later in the show, who was the cheese grater guy. I'm super excited to talk. We all are super excited to talk about him in about 20 minutes. And my guy, Tyson, Bejon, will be on about an hour from now. We've got a big show for today. We're going good and, I don't know, call it 88 minutes today.
1:10.7	But we lead off with our guy, Baldi, Brian Baldinger, joining us here, NFL Network and everything else in his sweet hulibouble sweatshirt.
1:19.1	Baldy, if I had told you that the division round would be the Chicago Bears hosting the L.A. Rams and that the Bears would come back and beat the Packers to get there.
1:33.9	If I had said that to you, I don't know, roundabout, call it, I don't know, mid-October, would you have said, dude, you need to stop drinking?
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in 26 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from ALLCITY Network, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of ALLCITY Network and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.