Ben Johnson's offense with the Chicago Bears, Fitzgerald's settlement and Dan and Matt open their Book of Dead
Dan Bernstein Unfiltered
312 Sports
4.6 • 735 Ratings
🗓️ 26 August 2025
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Dan dives deep into what the Chicago Bears offense might look like under new Head Coach Ben Johnson. Get expert analysis on potential offensive strategies, key players, and what fans can expect from the Bears in the upcoming NFL season.
Bernstein unpacks the latest on the Northwestern University and Pat Fitzgerald lawsuit settlement, offering insights into the legal implications and what it means for the future of college football programs.
Plus, Matt and Dan open their “Book of Dead” to reflect on notable celebrity deaths in 2025, sharing reactions, tributes, and the cultural impact of each loss.
Tune in for NFL insights, legal sports drama, and pop culture commentary—all in one episode.
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| 0:00.0 | Dan Bernstein Unfiltered, Unfiltered on 312 Sports. |
| 0:08.3 | 2 of Dan Bernstein Unfiltered on 312 Sports. |
| 0:12.7 | Today's show brought to you in partnership with my bookie. |
| 0:16.7 | Dan Bernstein here with Matt Abatacola. |
| 0:19.2 | Hello. |
| 0:19.9 | Hey, and how are you, buddy? |
| 0:20.9 | I'm really good. |
| 0:22.1 | And I have to say, immensely gratified by the response we got from yesterday's show. |
| 0:27.4 | I can't even tell you, just to follow up with a number of people who have reached out via text, via DMs, etc. |
| 0:35.2 | Or just anecdotally, people that I've seen. Thank you. Thanks for all the nice things that you've said. And if you said horrible things, that's fine too. Thank you for those as well. Yep. Thank you for being part of it. Thank you for subscribing. That's all good too. And I hope you really feel gratified with, and I told you this was going to happen. You did. |
| 1:01.3 | I told you that there was a latent group of these hidden Mattabatacola fans that didn't even realize how much they missed you. Yeah, it was really interesting yesterday to see all the response and lots of text messages and emails and messages on social media platforms from former listeners and friends and |
| 1:13.1 | former colleagues, just really positive stuff. And to see that, a lot of the YouTube comments |
| 1:18.4 | and just to see my name included was really special. Yeah. So it felt great and responding |
| 1:24.4 | to people and saying thank you for reaching out. It just, it was a really good day. Yesterday was a really, really good day. So thank you for |
| 1:31.8 | listening to the show, for subscribing to the podcast. Make sure if you haven't done so, |
| 1:37.0 | you've heard about it, whatever, make sure you do that. Make sure you subscribe. Go to YouTube, |
| 1:40.8 | subscribe to 312 Sports, Dan Bernson and filtered. |
| 1:51.6 | And also very exciting too is Forward Progress, our Bears podcast, which we will drop our first episode later today. |
| 1:54.7 | I've got so many Bears thoughts. I'm going to start with one today. |
| 2:02.0 | But I've got so many others that are for forward progress that are sort of granular roster stuff here on Cutdown Day. |
| 2:07.4 | And when you go to YouTube, make sure you subscribe to Forward Progress its own YouTube page. |
| 2:08.3 | So make sure you do both. |
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