CHESS MATCH: Ben Johnson & Sean McVay Meet in Battle of the Minds in NFL Playoffs | CHGO Bears

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🗓️ 15 January 2026

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

The Chicago Bears are in final preparations for their NFL Divisional Round game against the Los Angeles Rams. It will be a matchup of two of THE premiere offensive minds in the NFL between Ben Johnson and Sean McVay. How will the Bears defend Offensive Player of the Year candidate Puka Nacua. We hear from Jaylon Johnson and Kyler Gordon on the matchup. Adam Jahns joins from Halas Hall where the coordinators are speaking today. Plus, X’s and Hoge’s is back WITH the intro song as a superstitious CHGO Bears crew does everything they can to keep the season alive. Arash Markazi joins the show to give the Los Angeles Rams perspective of the matchup. Join Mark Carman and Greg Braggs Jr. on the CHGO Bears Podcast!

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0:00.0	From the Xfinity Loft.
0:11.2	I got to be honest, the new jingle is really starting to get me going.
0:14.9	I'm looking at a little Merton Hank's type of dance here on the show as Braggs tweets
0:18.9	out the show and pays no attention to me.
0:20.3	But I know you're looking.
0:21.3	I know you're thinking you want to be like me.
0:23.8	Huge show today.
0:25.1	Welcome into the CHGO Bears podcast, proudly presented by our friends at Bet365.
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0:38.6	You download $10 or you deposit $10.
0:41.7	I should say you make a bet for $5 and you've got $200 in your account.
0:45.9	And Toyota, let's go places.
0:47.9	Hit the like button as we start out a huge Thursday show in advance of Sunday.
0:53.2	And I do want to remind everybody, our tailgate,
0:56.9	it's not going to be cold. We got heaters. We got hand warmers for those who get there early.
1:03.1	It starts at 1230, right? Absolutely. That's right. It ends at, when does it end?
1:08.5	1230 to 4.30. 1230 to 4.30 because everybody's got to get over to the game or get over to
1:13.6	the bar. Come on out. Let's do this together Sunday. Extra barbecue, extra beers, extra brags.
1:21.3	It's going to be a lot of fun. Yeah, absolutely. Head to all chto.com slash events. Get your tickets.
1:26.9	Every tailgate we've done this year has been
1:28.5	unbelievable, but they at this point just keep getting topped and have no doubt. First
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