Best of the Bears: What Ben Johnson accomplished in Year 1 was 'so damn impressive'

Spiegel & Holmes Show

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🗓️ 25 January 2026

⏱️ 57 minutes

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In the Best of the Bears this week, Matt Spiegel and Laurence Holmes marveled over head coach Ben Johnson's impact on the organization in his first season in Chicago; Leila Rahimi, Marshall Harris and Mark Grote shared how they feel about quarterback Caleb Williams' future after he made big strides in his second NFL season; and ESPN analyst Matt Bowen joined the Spiegel & Holmes Show to explain why Williams could be one of the most dangerous players in the NFL in 2026.

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0:00.0	Thanks everybody.
0:03.3	You're listening to the best of the bears.
0:06.8	He's it for the touchdown.
0:08.2	And the Chicago Bears have taken the league.
0:10.9	A weekly mix of 670 the score's best NFL talk to get you ready for game day.
0:37.1	And I have some breaking news for you.
0:39.4	Guys, we are getting news here right now.
0:41.3	This is per Tom Pellisero.
0:43.5	He says, a new day in Chicago.
0:49.9	The Bears are finalizing a deal to hire Ben Johnson as their head coach.
0:50.6	Let's go.
0:51.8	Per Sources.
1:45.7	That is an incredible bit of news from Tom Pelliserro. It is happening. Oh my God. Okay. It's happening. Everybody stay calm. What's the procedure, everyone? What's a procedure? Say, go. It's going on. It's everywhere. That is the number one target. Shefter, Bigsy, in on it. Wow. That's a wow. Tom Pelliserro of the NFL Network. The Bears have a lot going for them. You've got tons of caps space. You've got extra draft resources. You've got an iconic franchise that is hoping to break ground on a new stadium as soon as this year. And you have Caleb Williams. To the phone lines we go. Guys, one a day. This is a modern offense that we're going to be able to install. I'm blown away. Totally floored. Today we win the off-season Super Bowl. And I am so stoked. Wow. I'm really ecstatic about to hire. I mean, I think Ben Johnson's a slam dunk higher. Andy is in Wisconsin. I'm extremely shocked that the Bears did things the right way.
1:50.2	A local media affiliate just said, oh boy, this is not good news.
1:52.5	The stepbrother just grew up.
1:54.0	TV's own Danny Parkins.
1:55.4	It's a new day.
2:02.2	The Bears hired a young offensive coach that everybody wanted.
2:03.2	Game on, everybody.
2:05.4	The Bears are hiring Ben Johnson.
2:14.5	It was good times when Ben Johnson got hired.
2:22.0	And with how well things went this year, Speaks, it's, you forget that this was his first year as a head coach. And I knew that he could devise an offense. I knew that he could
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