The NFL Draft and Ben Johnson: Why the Bears Coach Believes in the 2026 Draft Class

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🗓️ 27 April 2026

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Hoge & Jahns are LIVE as they break down the Chicago Bears’ 2026 NFL Draft class and why Ben Johnson believes this group can make an immediate impact. According to Next Gen Stats, the Bears landed one of the most athletic draft classes in the league — so what does that mean for the future of this roster? The guys react to the Bears’ Day 3 selections and share their biggest takeaways from the entire draft haul. Plus, hear directly from Ben Johnson as he discusses several of the Bears’ newest additions, and Hoge & Jahns break down what each player could bring to Chicago. How much better did Ryan Poles and Ben Johnson make this team over draft weekend? Join us LIVE for full reaction and analysis on Hoge & Jahns. 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	What's up?
0:10.4	Welcome in Hogan Johns back with you with the NFL draft officially over.
0:17.7	We are presented by old national bank.
0:19.6	Every play matters, whether it's on the field or in
0:21.6	your financial life the best teams win by delivering excellence at every level old national
0:26.0	bank where relationships and results matter member fdic good morning welcome into a live edition
0:32.4	on a monday morning move this up a day to recap everything that happened over a busy. It's a Bears Monday. It is a bad. It feels like a Bears Monday. Like a post game episode of Hogan Johns, but a post draft. Yes. Brought to you Monday morning. Yes. And brought to you by old National Bank, of course. Johnson, we didn't get a chance to talk about the day three picks yet.
0:55.5	So we're going to get into that.
0:56.7	We have a bunch of stuff from Ben Johnson as well to get to.
1:03.0	But where do you want to start?
1:05.3	Some interesting takeaways.
1:08.1	Monday is always the grades where almost nobody gives a grade below C.
1:13.2	I always find that funny.
1:16.9	I think when I was the editor of the St. Norbert, what was the name of it?
1:23.4	So here's this Chicago kid running a newspaper in a suburb of DePier,
1:28.3	Wisconsin, which is a suburb of Green Bay, the college paper, and I would grade the drafts.
1:33.3	I'm pretty sure I once gave the Packers like an F just because.
1:38.1	Well done.
1:39.0	Yeah, well, you don't remember the name of your college newspaper?
1:41.3	No, no, it's much.
1:44.0	I'm losing information in my head as new information comes in.
1:47.6	I'm past the age of 40.
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