Ben Johnson / Matt LaFleur - a new rivalry, but for how long?
Dan Bernstein Unfiltered
312 Sports
4.6 • 735 Ratings
🗓️ 8 January 2026
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
0:00 Bears - Packers
13:20 Dennis Allen
20:25 Cubs
41:00 Bulls
47:52 Hawks - Wizards Trade
53:20 McRib Lawsuit
The Bears-Packers rivalry is heating up again! Who wins the chess match between coaches Ben Johnson and Matt LaFleur in this weekend’s Wild Card round? Could LaFleur’s future be in question compared to Johnson’s?
Plus:
✅ Dennis Allen speaks on Tyrique Stevenson’s role
✅ Cubs trade for Edward Cabrera – what it means for the rotation
✅ Bulls fall to Detroit – what went wrong?
✅ Hockey legend Glenn Hall passes away at 94
✅ And… what’s the deal with the McRib lawsuit?!
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| 0:00.0 | Dan Bernstein Unfiltered, Unfiltered on 312 Sports. |
| 0:07.8 | Welcome to DBU. |
| 0:10.4 | We are brought to you in partnership with MyBooky, and we are counting down the hours. |
| 0:17.6 | We are 48 plus hours until kickoff for bears and packers. And now there's a |
| 0:25.3 | possibility that the stakes are rising in a way that we didn't consider. And I'm usually |
| 0:33.7 | loath to do this, but it does make sense when you actually start looking at all of the economic forces involved. |
| 0:46.0 | And in the current NFL climate right here, here's what we know. |
| 0:51.5 | And you correct me if I'm wrong, Maddie. |
| 0:53.4 | We know that new Packers team president, Ed Policy. And do we have an official ed policy, by the way? I'm not sure. Does Hubbard have a codified ed policy? It's a phys ed policy. Okay, I just want to make sure because I don't want to run a foul of ed policy or ed policy, either one. |
| 1:11.4 | I just want to make sure that if, in fact, we have an ed policy, |
| 1:15.2 | that our best practices are adhering to it in a way that protects us from legal exposure. |
| 1:20.8 | And other kinds of exposure, too, because you never know, depending on the way the policies interact. |
| 1:24.8 | But he didn't pick up Matt LaFleur's contract option. |
| 1:31.7 | So as of right now, next year is the final year of Matt LaFleur's contract. |
| 1:39.0 | Correct? |
| 1:40.2 | Correct. |
| 1:41.0 | And from what we understand, he's not making market money. |
| 1:45.0 | Correct. |
| 1:46.0 | Because that's what happens. |
| 1:47.0 | You sign a contract, the rates go up, and then you feel like you're underpaid. |
| 1:52.0 | That's the way contracts tend to work when business is growing. |
| 1:57.0 | It's usually a good situation to be in when you're good at your job. |
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