Adam Hoge previews Bears-Vikings, talks Brian Flores' unpredictability
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What is Adam Hoge’s overall outlook for the Bears‑Vikings matchup?
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Adam Hogue, Bears insider. What's up, everyone? My name's Adam Hogue. Host of the Hogue and Johns podcast. If you wanted Ben Johnson, you're going to have to live with some of this. You're going to have to live with some of these fourth down calls that seem a little crazy. But guess what the reward is? 59 points in the opener. You know what I mean? Like, this is the Ben Johnson experience. You signed up for it. Now try to enjoy it as much as you can. Adam Hogue. Adam Hoagie or Hog, excuse me, I don't know how to pronounce the last name. With Rahimi and Grody on 104.3 The Score.
And you are listening to a football four seasons heating, air conditioning, plumbing, sewer, and electric football Friday presented by your local Ford dealers and Advent. It is indeed Rahimi and Grody on 104.3 The Score. Adam Hogue is the host of CHGO Bears and the Hogue and Johns podcast. Adam is joining us on our video stream to watch Search the Score Chicago on Twitch and YouTube. We are thrilled that he agreed to be back with us for another season here on the score. Adam, welcome back. What's going on, man? Another football Friday. Good to be talking to you guys again.
Thanks for having me.
Hell yes, man. Bears and Vikings coming up on Sunday. And I have to start with this. Kind of serious. It's kind of fun, too. But I got to ask you, do you think that when your CHGO teammate and everybody's friend, Mark Harmon... brought up the 59 points to Ben Johnson, that Ben Johnson wanted that question, that he was waiting for that question to just shoot it down for everybody once and for all.
100%. Come on. You know that's the message that he's trying to get across to his team this week. I know a lot of people out there like to take their shots at Karm. I mean, Gordy and I like to do that too.
How did Ben Johnson’s 59‑point game influence the Bears’ defensive mindset?
But that wasn't him. I didn't view that as him dunking on Karm. I viewed that as him... taking the opportunity to get a message across that he very much wants to get across we've scored zero points this week or we haven't put up a point this week whatever he said it's a new week 59 points last week great moving on to week two that's a good message for your team and i and i and yes i think he was prepared for that the best part though was the look away right like the the as soon as he got it he got done with his sentence he quickly was like all right who's over here It was almost disrespectful,
but it wasn't disrespectful. I enjoyed it. Let's play it really quick here for people who maybe didn't hear it.
Put up 59. Guys might feel like we're in a great place. We got this. Do you sort of feel like you have to guard against any level of... We haven't put up any points this week.
Okay, a likely story when you want to also be the highest scoring offense of all time. So I'm pretty sure you need that 59 to get your tally, Ben. You know, Dennis Allen, Adam, did this in a little bit more of a diplomatic way yesterday, actually, when he talked about how every week is different. You basically hit reset. You start from the beginning and you're trying to address the concerns of that week, which I also understand. But if you didn't learn anything about your personnel last week, I don't know what we're doing here.
Yeah, I mean, look, but that's a Ben Johnson mantra. I mean, he's been saying that too since he got here, that every week is its own entity. Honestly, that's Belichickian. I mean, that's what made Bill Belichick so great is that he was not just married to one way of doing things and saying, hey, this is our identity and this is what we're going to do no matter what. That when that trickles in the scheme and your game plans, that's a problem. Your identity can be established and you do that every single week. So the Bears have established that we're going to be tough physical and come at you all the time. But if you're not willing to adapt what you're doing, what you're doing from a game planning standpoint based on your opponent.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is Adam Hoge’s overall outlook for the Bears‑Vikings matchup?
0:01–2:07
2
How did Ben Johnson’s 59‑point game influence the Bears’ defensive mindset?
2:07–5:14
3
Why is Brian Flores considered unpredictable in his blitz packages?
5:14–8:01
4
Which Bears defenders are expected to improve against Minnesota’s offense?
8:01–13:07
5
How might the Vikings’ blitz frequency affect the Bears’ game plan?
13:07–18:00
6
What is the status of Kyler Gordon’s health and his potential return?
18:00–19:38
7
Why are the White Sox jersey debates relevant to Chicago sports fans?
19:38–20:55
8
What are the latest updates on the Chicago Bears stadium proposal?
20:55–21:20
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