NFL coaches rank Ben Johnson as the 3rd best play caller in the NFL

Spiegel & Holmes Show

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🗓️ 3 September 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Laurence & Spiegs discuss the Athletic's Ted Nguyen polling 6 current NFL defensive coaches and finding that Ben Johnson was the 3rd ranked play-caller in the NFL.

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0:00.0	I always say Bill Belichick is probably the best coach I've ever had a chance to go against
0:06.0	and, you know, my career as a head coach. So, you know, and then I've enjoyed watching the Lions this year
0:16.0	and the job that their offensive coordinator did there. And now he's now the head coach at Chicago.
0:23.3	You're doing good, though, man.
0:25.1	I read this before the game today, right?
0:28.6	This list.
0:32.6	Her Andy Reid there talking about Ben Johnson,
0:37.2	and we are spending some time here on the
0:39.4	Spiego and Home Show talking about your head coach, man, it's, I made plan, Spiegs for
0:45.5	tomorrow.
0:46.3	For tomorrow night?
0:47.2	Yeah.
0:47.8	Like football, football viewing plans?
0:50.0	Yes, football viewing plans.
0:51.8	What do you, like, in terms of like having food and drinks at home or going out to watch the game?
0:57.3	Going out to watch the game.
0:59.0	And I'm sitting there like, when I woke up this morning, I was like, yeah, NFL season starts Thursday.
1:05.5	And then we get the Brazil game on Friday.
1:09.2	Then you got college football Saturday, a whole slate of games on Sunday, and the Bears
1:15.3	Monday night.
1:16.1	Yeah, it's crazy that the bears are like the dessert, the very last course.
1:22.7	In fact, it's not like the dessert.
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