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CHGO Chicago Bears Podcast

OFFSEASON BEGINS: Ben Johnson, Ryan Poles Enter CRUCIAL Offseason w/ Eyes Towards 2026 | CHGO Bears

CHGO Chicago Bears Podcast

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🗓️ 21 January 2026

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

Chicago Bears head coach Ben Johnson and GM Ryan Poles spoke at Halas Hall on Wednesday morning in their end-of-season press conferences. In what was a successful season that ended short of the ultimate goal, the Bears front office now prepares for a crucial offseason that will shape the future of the team. Hear from Poles and Johnson about several pressing offseason topics including the health of their players, plans on filling the Safety position, the possibility of losing parts of the coaching staff and the team’s identity. 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

That feels real now.

0:08.6

The offseason has arrived.

0:11.1

Ben Johnson, Ryan Poles, both speaking today as we have a ton to do on the show,

0:18.3

as we're going to hear from both the head coach and the general manager

0:21.1

as we are flipping around in the old remote world today because we were out at hallis hall

0:26.8

where the CHGO bears team had a great time today hanging out thank you to the bears by the way

0:31.7

the chick-fil-a lunch brought in or breakfast rather I should say the, the yogurt, the biscuits, the coffee,

0:40.6

brags, you know, we, you know, you missed out on everything, buddy.

0:45.1

So just rub it.

0:47.1

Yep, it's the way it is.

0:49.0

I'm just fine.

0:51.0

Me and the cats are steady chilling out here in NWI.

1:15.9

There you go. So, all right. We're going're really upset. You didn't have to drive two hours. Yeah, before we, I'm glad you're comfortable, Gregie. And listen, the great Gregory's, I'm calling you this entire off season. Thank you. Before we get into the cuts, let me just ask you off the top, like your number one takeaway, ho, your number one takeaway, brags from, from the extravaganza that was listening to Ben, you know, look back on the year and Ryan doing the same thing. What do you guys got?

1:21.5

Go ahead, Greg. Yeah, I was going to say for me is I, well, you can talk about the X's and

1:27.0

O's and the Jimmy's and and Joe's as John said yesterday but

1:30.3

for me it is important about messaging and I think Ben Johnson has done such a good job of messaging

1:36.0

from one year ago today when he stepped to the podium as introduced as the head coach of the

1:41.7

Bears to the owners meetings to to mini camp, to training

1:44.6

camp, so on and so forth. And it was important to me in terms of what his messaging was today.

1:50.9

And that is calling it, you know, 2025. Hey, this is 2026. He's already calling it last season.

1:59.0

This is two days ago, right?

2:02.4

And so, like, to me, that's deliberate.

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