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Daunting schedule can't dull Ben Johnson's edge over Matt Nagy, Marc Trestman
This time for sure? Ben Johnson is not the first Bears coach to elicit excitement and hope that the Bears will not only become...
Mark Potash
16 hours ago3 min read
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1st-and-10: Setting the bar for Ben Johnson's debut season
Three consecutive winning seasons. That seems like a reasonable — and modest — bar for success for Ben Johnson as the Bears' head coach....
Mark Potash
3 days ago7 min read
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The annual Bears Optimist/Pessimist Test
The Bears are always compelling in September but especially this year, when optimism about Ben Johnson's impact with 2024 No. 1 overall...
Mark Potash
4 days ago2 min read
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Beating Matt LaFleur just got a little tougher for Ben Johnson
"And to be quite frank with you, I kind of enjoyed beating Matt LaFleur twice a year." That was Ben Johnson's mic-drop line that would...
Mark Potash
7 days ago3 min read
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1st-and-10: Can Ben Johnson make a GM out of Ryan Poles?
Asked about the Bears' curiously vacant left tackle position 13 days before the season opener, Bears general manager Ryan Poles deferred...
Mark Potash
Aug 279 min read
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Doubts aside, Bears in better shape with Caleb Williams and Ben Johnson — but Sept. 8 can't get here soon enough
It's uncanny how no matter how hard the Bears try to solve their chronic — and I mean chronic — quarterback quandary, they always enter...
Mark Potash
Aug 264 min read
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Braxton Jones looks first up at LT, but he'll have to win the job every week
Bears defensive end Dayo Odeyingbo, who was general manager Ryan Poles' biggest expenditure in free agency in 2025 (three years, $48...
Mark Potash
Aug 234 min read
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A timeline of Bears quarterback futility — this time for sure?
As if the debate over Caleb Williams' training camp/preseason wasn't enough, Mitch Trubisky's visit to Halas Hall last week with the...
Mark Potash
Aug 226 min read
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The Sun-Times had the Tyson Bagent story down pat — from the beginning
CHGO Bears reporter Mark Carman broke the news that Bears backup quarterback Tyson Bagent had signed a two-year, $10 million contract...
Mark Potash
Aug 204 min read
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Caleb Williams' performance vs. Bills not bad for starters
When Bears coach Ben Johnson was asked to "put a proper frame" around the near-perfect opening seven-play, 92-yard touchdown drive...
Mark Potash
Aug 183 min read
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The rising cost of the Bears upset of the Packers in Week 18
A perusal of 70 mock drafts in April revealed three main candidates for the Bears' first-round pick: Penn State tight end Tyler Warren...
Mark Potash
Aug 153 min read
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Shades of 1969 — red-hot Brewers adding to Cubs' misery
Panic — or resignation — is starting to set in among Cubs fans, with the slumping Cubs starting to splinter, losing seven of their last...
Mark Potash
Aug 153 min read
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Bears' hole at left tackle not getting any smaller
"Trust Ben Johnson" has been the theme of Bears training camp. But even if Vince Lombardi is coaching the Bears, playing musical chairs...
Mark Potash
Aug 133 min read
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The Colson Montgomery/Andrew Vaughn White Sox conundrum — which story is defining?
Poor player development has been at the root of the White Sox's issues since the end of the Ozzie Guillen era. Virtually every single...
Mark Potash
Aug 135 min read
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The Caleb Williams process – still a matter of if, not when
Bears quarterback Caleb Williams did not play in the preseason opener against the Dolphins on Sunday, but the performance of backups...
Mark Potash
Aug 123 min read
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Bears win, 24-24: The summer of Ben still burning white hot
The Bears and Dolphins tied 24-24 in their preseason opener on Sunday at Soldier Field, but there was a winner: The Ben Johnson Effect....
Mark Potash
Aug 113 min read
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Why Babe Ruth stands alone
On Aug. 11, 1929, Yankees outfielder Babe Ruth became the first player in baseball history to hit 500 home runs, when he hit his 30th of...
Mark Potash
Aug 113 min read
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Bar still set at 2022 Lions for Ben Johnson's Bears offense
Bears coach Ben Johnson — not surprisingly — said Friday that quarterback Caleb Williams and most of his offensive starters would not...
Mark Potash
Aug 84 min read
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To play or not to play? Caleb Williams needs the work, but only if the Dolphins play ball
Is Caleb Williams having a good training camp or a bad one? Bears coach Ben Johnson will give us the answer Friday when he determines...
Mark Potash
Aug 73 min read
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The Kittredge turnaround: Was it fans' tough love? Or Craig Counsell's pat on the back?
When Bears cornerback Tyrique Stevenson went haywire on the Hail Mary play against the Commanders last year, coach Matt Eberflus'...
Mark Potash
Aug 72 min read
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