Chapter 1: What insights does Adam Hoge provide about the Bears-Rams matchup?
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Adam Hogg says... Adam Hogg, Bears insider. What's up, everyone? My name's Adam Hogg. This is the CHGO Bears podcast. Host of the Hogg and Johns podcast. I've said this a few times. Ben Johnson does not seem like a first-time head coach. It's just like that's not the vibes that we've had with this coaching staff coming in.
Adam Hogg.
Adam Hoagie or Hogg, excuse me.
I don't know how to pronounce the last name. On 670 The Score.
You know what? To like laps should have been on the playlist at Bears practice, but the kids these days don't go hard enough.
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Chapter 2: How does 'Bear weather' factor into the Bears' performance?
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It's true. I didn't argue with you. Only Rahimi said it. So I like that it's Adam Hogue's song with us. Adam Hogue hosts the CHGO Bears podcast, also the Hogan Johns podcast. He is Adam Hogue on Twitter or Adam Hogg, depending on how you want to say it. And he joins us on Twitch, twitch.tv slash Chicago 670 The Score. Hey, Adam, how are you?
You know, guys, I walked into my 11-year-old son's hockey locker room on Sunday pregame. And because they always play on Sunday, it was the first game I was actually able to attend. And they were blasting Eminem in the locker room. before the game. And I was like, oh, okay. And even the coach walked in like, wait a minute, is this a clean version?
Chapter 3: What are the implications of Ben Johnson's coaching style?
And it actually was. So maybe the kids are actually coming around and are going hard enough. I don't know. And they won the game too. They blew them out. I think it worked.
Hell yeah. I think it's the kids and millennials will, but the kids of the Gen Xers, because Gen X is just too cool for school. They're the ones.
We just don't care.
Yeah. Yes. Yes. That's my generational theory. Getting back to the matter at hand, which is Bears practice.
Chapter 4: How will the Bears adapt to injuries in their lineup?
We were talking about this earlier, Adam. I want to get your thoughts. Number one, you can't count the Bears out. And so much so where you consider some of the setbacks that would have normally just absolutely wrecked all of us watching in previous seasons. Like I brought this up. We don't necessarily understand the left tackle situation for Sunday.
But because this team has been so good in other places and so consistent, they've been able to pick up the slack for the issue that might be at hand.
Yeah, and I think that is, it's a concern, but it's also another area where they've, They have a next man up. I mean, I don't know how many teams I've covered over the years. Gordy, you know this. Next man up is just this cliche that honestly doesn't mean anything because they don't have the next man up. Well, this year, I mean, that's one of the beautiful things about this team and this season.
They have seemingly always had... the next man up.
Chapter 5: What strategies are vital for the Bears' success against the Rams?
And when they ran out of defensive backs, they went out and they got CJ Gardner Johnson on short notice and put them out there. And then he's become a big part of this season. So, you know, Theo Bennett, it's still young. His story is incredible coming from Canada where really you don't see guys come out of Canada and have success at this level. There's been very few examples of that.
And he, he's played enough football this year that I think you can, you you know, you don't feel like it's going to be locked down at left tackle, but you feel, and you have trust in Dan Roshar and Ben Johnson to, to come up with solutions. Now, the one thing I am interested in over there is Ben Johnson.
A lot of times this season is like to leave his tight ends isolated on, on defensive ends at times. And Cole Comett, in particular, has handled that really, really well, both in the run and the pass game.
A couple times last week, because if you look at the snap counts and it is warranted and earned, Colson Loveland is starting to eclipse Cole Komet in terms of actual snaps and how you would view as the number one tight end. And there were a couple times last week where they tried to leave
Loveland out there on an island and with mixed results, not surprisingly, as good as he's proven to be as a blocker, that's asking a lot as a rookie. So I do wonder in this game where the edge rushers scare you more than they did last week with the Packers without Micah Parsons, how will they adjust with that
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Chapter 6: How does the Bears' running game impact their chances of winning?
especially with Theo Bennett in there. I will tell you this, though. Theo can maul in the run game. I almost feel like that's a slight upgrade at left tackle, what he might bring from a run-blocking standpoint.
Yeah, fair enough. I want to get this breaking news across, Adam, while we've got it. And it does affect Marshall because he was keeping an eye on this guy. Jeff Passan reporting that infielder Bo Bichette and the New York Mets are in an agreement on a three-year, $126 million contract.
After losing the Kyle Tucker sweepstakes, the Mets pivot quickly and get one of the best players left on the market. Will Salmon was first on the deal. So that's some breaking news.
Also, no deferrals and opt-outs after year one and year two. So, yeah, he can just go right back to the wheelhouse next year if he has a good year. But getting back to the business of football, I'm glad you brought up Theo Benedet specifically in the run game because I think so much hinges on their ability to run the football.
I'm not saying they've got to be Black Friday good at running the football, but certainly better than they have been the last couple of times out.
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Chapter 7: What role does special teams play in the Bears-Rams game?
Yeah, I had a good conversation with Dan Roshar, the offensive line coach yesterday about that. because, and Ben admitted it the other day too, like the last three games, they haven't been quite on point running the ball. And I think they're looking at that. You know, Roshar talked about some of the landmarks and target points, you know, in some of their blocks being off a little bit.
However, you know, the one cutback run that DeAndre Swift had on the touchdown in the fourth quarter looked a lot like the Eagles game with those giant cutback lanes that they were able to create. So maybe there's some signs in there that they can, they can get it together. Cause I totally agree.
I mean, this is a team it's it, in some ways we, the way they keep coming back, we shouldn't ever be surprised, but it is really remarkable that they were able to do that last week without much of a running game. And it has been, it has been a struggle. So I want to see that get better. I'm
wondering a little bit if they're hitting somewhat of a wall up front with the offensive line because of the amount of games that they've been playing and had to put together here. Some of that's somewhat natural, but the other team's got to go through that too. So we'll see if the Bears can run the ball better.
I agree that they need to, and it would really help them, especially would help them not fall behind.
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Chapter 8: What predictions are made for the outcome of the Bears-Rams game?
Because I think that's part of the reason why they're not quite clicking early on in these games because they almost have to adjust to... How can they? It's just a big reason why they haven't scored touchdowns in the first half the last couple of weeks. You got to get that run game going. If you do that, then you can build a lead.
And I think we'd all like to see what this team would look like if it looked more like that Eagles game where they were playing with a lead for most of them.
Right. That's the prototype. That's what we've all been wanting to get back with the Bears, and it has regressed just a little bit. But Adam, I wanted to go back to what you were saying about the Bears' ability this year to do things like master next man up. Colston Loveland passing up Cole Komet. And you brought up a great question yesterday as we surrounded Colston Loveland about –
the rookie wall and how it hasn't existed with this team this year how impressive do you think that is and do you remember a time when we didn't see something like that it seems like that's just such a present part of all NFL rookies in this league
Yeah. I mean, I think it's a big reason why a lot of players take a huge jump from year one to year two. We sort of take for granted what these rookies go through. And at this point, now that you're in mid-January, it's been a full 12 months of being on from starting with the draft process, which carries over from your last season of college football.
So now we're talking about it being well over... It's basically been a year and a half since these rookies reported for their last college training camp, right? And then played their full season, depending on how long they went. In a weird way, Caleb benefited from having some off time in there because his team, their season ended early his last year at USC. So it's not all the same.
But for these teams that play deep into the postseason, they... They're then they go straight into draft prep. And a lot of that becomes more of like track training for the combine rather than football. And then they got to get ready for the pro days and then they get drafted. And then they're literally a rookie minicamp the next weekend, you know, and the only off time they get all of that time.
is the break they get between veteran mini camp and training camp, which is basically six weeks in the middle of the summer. So it's a lot and it's, it's a real thing. Then they play more games their first year in the NFL than they've ever played in their life because it's the NFL and you play more games. Now you're also in the playoffs. So is Declan Doyle put it yesterday.
If you include the preseason, this is the Bears' 22nd game of the season, which when you start to put that in perspective, it's pretty crazy when you consider what football actually is and how grueling it can be. So getting back to the idea of the rookie wall, to me, it's remarkable that it's not just Colson Loveland. A lot of these rookies just seemingly have blown through that.
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