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Spiegel & Holmes Show

Caleb Williams mentions how he was 'drowning' last year around this time (Hour 2)

Spiegel & Holmes Show

Audacy

Sports

4.2652 Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

In the second hour, Matt Spiegel and Laurence Holmes listened and reacted to Bears quarterback Caleb Williams' comments about his growing comfort in head coach Ben Johnson's offensive system. After that, the guys reacted to an interesting report about the Bears exploring potential stadium sites in Hammond, Indiana.

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0:00.0

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0:05.0

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0:08.0

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0:11.0

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0:14.0

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0:23.6

The score!

0:24.6

Spiegel and Holmes, afternoons on the score.

0:27.6

Well, it's staying in the course.

0:29.6

We talked about all the players, when they came back, we gave them an action plan,

0:33.6

three areas of improvement that we really wanted to hone in on in the springtime,

0:59.0

you don't just all of a sudden master those. We haven't had pads on yet. And so those will continue to be the points of emphasis for them over the summer and when we get into camp so that we can apply them when we're playing real football. So, you know, we fit them on those things. I'm going to keep those in-house. Those don't need to be public. But he is taking every little criticism, every little coaching point.

1:04.0

And he's doing things better and better every single rep that he gets.

1:11.0

Bears head coach, Ben Johnson, talking about the growth of the quarterback, Caleb Williams.

1:16.0

The Bears and the NFL is what I, in what I like to call the dark period.

1:24.1

This is the only real time that the NFL releases its stranglehold on the sports world.

1:27.6

There's a six-week window, really a five-week window because people start... Yep, because people start getting excited about camp the week before camp starts.

1:33.2

And then, of course, you know, you'll have hard knocks come back and then we'll be back in the cycle.

1:37.0

But right now is the dark period.

1:39.6

But I watched Caleb talk for about 20 minutes yesterday and he what the the dark period what

1:47.0

yeah I because you're I get what you're saying but I also feel I guess I feel like they do such a good

1:53.8

job of like having the offseason schedules mean that you get a chance to listen to Caleb for 20

1:59.3

minutes does that still feel dark in that sense that you got a chance to hear him Caleb for 20 minutes. Does that still feel dark in that sense? That you got a chance to hear him. That's, you know, I think it's kind of fascinating that he gets a chance to talk. Yeah, but you won't hear him again for another six weeks. Like he's out. So that's what you're talking about. Yeah, he's out the door, and so is everyone else. And Ben told him to get away from everything again and so

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