Ben Johnson leads the Chicago Bears to the playoffs as a first-year head coach.
Dan Bernstein Unfiltered
312 Sports
4.6 • 735 Ratings
🗓️ 5 January 2026
⏱️ 62 minutes
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0:00 Bears
15:25 Ben Johnson
32:25 Ozzie Guillen
42:00 Cubs
50:50 Bulls
The Chicago Bears finish the regular season with a tough 19-16 loss to the Lions at Soldier Field—but still lock up the No. 2 seed in the NFC playoffs! Now, it’s all about preparing for their oldest rival, the Green Bay Packers, in a huge Saturday night showdown. Can Ben Johnson lead his team to victory in his first year as head coach? We break it all down! Plus, we want to hear from Ozzie Guillén on what’s happening in Venezuela, talk Cubs offseason rumors as they chase big names, and preview tonight’s Bulls vs. Celtics matchup in Boston.
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| 0:00.0 | Dan Bernstein unfiltered, unfiltered on 312 sports. |
| 0:08.0 | Happy whacking day. |
| 0:10.4 | It is that. |
| 0:11.4 | We have reached that Monday in the NFL when teams are going to decide it is time to start launching coaches and general managers and wading their way into that big soup of hirings and |
| 0:24.5 | firings. |
| 0:25.4 | And let's just sit here for a moment and be thankful. |
| 0:30.2 | Before we get into all of the everything, just be thankful the bears aren't doing that today. |
| 0:36.6 | That this is a whacking day in the NFL that does not involve your Chicago Bears. |
| 0:44.6 | That they have, for the most part, as far as we know at the moment, they have who they want in most of their positions. |
| 0:52.5 | And if, in fact, there are positions to fill it will be |
| 0:56.4 | because other teams are coming through and interviewing them and poaching them or whatever may |
| 1:01.6 | happen it doesn't always work out this way but the bears are uninvolved in an NFL whacking day |
| 1:09.3 | so that's a good thing. |
| 1:11.8 | That means, regardless of what is happening around them, |
| 1:16.5 | that things for now are okay enough. |
| 1:19.8 | As it stands, that is not the case for the Falcons or the Browns or the Titans |
| 1:25.5 | and maybe other teams in the next 50 to 65 minutes that we usually |
| 1:33.1 | do this program as some information rolls in. |
| 1:36.8 | I know in the podcast world, we're not in the breaking news business, but the timing is such |
| 1:42.4 | that it may indeed happen as we go here. |
| 1:45.7 | Did you see what happened in Atlanta after the post game? So Rahim Morris gives his post |
| 1:50.8 | game press conference. He walks off stage. The father and son, blank boys. Was it a big trap door? |
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