Ben Johnson vs Lions: Week 18 Rematch to Write Bears’ Perfect Ending + NFL Playoffs | Hoge & Jahns

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🗓️ 2 January 2026

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Ben Johnson faces his former team Sunday at Soldier Field as the Chicago Bears take on the Detroit Lions in a massive Week 18 showdown with the NFC No. 2 seed and NFL playoff positioning on the line. Hoge & Jahns break down why this revenge rematch is the biggest game of the season for Ben Johnson and how the Bears can write the perfect ending to an unforgettable year. We dive into the key injuries and their impact on both teams, look at how much Caleb Williams and the Bears offense have evolved since Week 2, and examine the Lions’ late-season spiral, including Jared Goff taking the most sacks of his NFL career. Plus, why this game could become the defining moment of Ben Johnson’s first season as Bears head coach. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	What's up?
0:11.0	Welcome in our last preview episode of the regular season.
0:18.0	And then it will be playoffs next week.
0:24.7	Playoffs. Playoffs. It happened. It is happening.
0:30.6	And it sure looks like it's probably going to be Bears Packers. The Eagles will be sitting their starters. And the Bears are favored to beat the lines. We'll see. I mean, that's why we're here.
0:36.1	Are you okay with that? I'm okay with that. With what? The Packers? Yeah, yeah,'ll see i mean that's why we're here are you okay with that i'm okay with
0:38.4	what the packers yeah yeah yeah no that's how it should be i i think it's very i think it's very
0:44.3	important that you get the two see so you at least host the divisional round you're guaranteed
0:50.6	to host the division around if you win first game and then if you in this year
0:56.4	where we keep talking about how wide open it is the once you could easily lose then you get
1:00.9	you could potentially have the nmc championship game at home too so i i think that that's pretty
1:05.6	crucial we'll see if the bears can get it done because i also don't think that this is
1:10.1	necessarily uh the easiest game in the world because I don't think the lines are going to lay down, which is what we're going to talk about a lot here on this episode.
1:19.4	Meanwhile, though, it is worth pointing out if we are looking ahead a week from now, Johns, the Packers are in position where they can rest everybody and they are resting everybody.
1:28.3	Both of their injured quarterbacks will not play this week.
1:31.3	Clayton Tune's going to start.
1:33.3	They get to really treat this like a bye week.
1:35.3	They also went out and claimed Trayvon Diggs.
1:38.3	So they're trying to load up here quickly to try to you know get back in a positive
1:44.9	spot after losing what three games in a row
1:48.1	yeah are they in a row
1:49.5	and it'll probably be before
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