Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Allen Robinson talks Bears' potential move to Indiana, Ben Johnson's work (Hour 4)
19 Feb 2026
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Chapter 1: What are Allen Robinson's thoughts on the Bears potentially moving to Indiana?
Did the scouts expect you to be what you've become?
I don't think so. I don't think a lot of people did. For me, I definitely expected myself to play at this level.
But when did you know that you were good?
I've known since I was five years old.
Anderson twice keeping this thing alive.
Big plays.
Stafford, Robinson, chuck ball, touchdown. And now funny locker room stories. I don't know about any funny, man. Ben is a pretty serious locked in dude. You know, he's like that constantly. You know, Ben, every blue moon, you know, Ben will crack one of those kind of evil smiles, if you will.
With Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 104.3 The Score.
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Chapter 2: How did Allen Robinson feel about the Bears' performance during his time with the team?
That is the voice of Allen Robinson, the former Bears receiver from 2018 to 2021. He now is one of us co-hosting the press release podcast. He is at Allen Robinson on X and he is kind enough to join us on Twitch. Twitch.tv slash the score Chicago. Allen, just know that here in Chicago today, most of our show has been centered around whether or not the Bears are leaving Soldier Field.
Which is a conversation that I think started Percolating around the time you were still here It's still going It's still going I saw that I saw I didn't know if it was a spoof I saw Indiana
I don't really know what's going on, but yeah, it did. It did kind of start a little bit when I was there. Not so much. So just a tiny bit. There were rumblings that it was going to be where the old horse racing area was at. But I saw Indiana today and that and that absolutely blew my mind.
The fact that you said it came off as a spoof to you, does that tell you how outraged you think Chicago fans would be at a move like taking the Bears, not only out of Soldier Field, but out of the state of Illinois and putting them in Indiana?
Yeah. Listen, I don't know if that's a negotiation tactic.
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Chapter 3: What impact does Ben Johnson have as the head coach of the Chicago Bears?
I don't know what it is. It just sounds so foreign to me that the state of Indiana would even have two football teams and and and the state of Illinois would have zero. I just I can't even fathom the Chicago Bears not being in Chicago, let alone being not even in the state of Illinois.
Well, Alan, you bring a different perspective to it, too, because we've talked to a lot of fans who discuss whether or not they want to make a drive somewhere. As a player, how much does it actually factor in in your game day process, your day-to-day, that type of thing, where you're playing?
You know, I think guys think about that a lot of times that you have the practice facility that may be out in the suburb areas or in an area that has more space. It was like that when I was in L.A. It was like that in Chicago. So it's like that a lot of places. But. It's the feel of going into Soldier Field in the city of Chicago.
I remember with my family, sometimes the night before the game or the day before the game, we'll grab dinner or even stay in the city after the game and grab dinner. So it was a very nice experience to be able to come into the city and just the overall feel and the energy of the city. You could feel it in Soldier Field in Chicago.
And it's interesting that you say that, because you've played in different places, whether it was Jacksonville, Chicago, you mentioned L.A., and then, of course, Detroit, Pittsburgh.
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Chapter 4: What are the challenges of moving the Bears to Indiana according to Allen Robinson?
Like, Pittsburgh, it's all close by. You know, the Southside facility, and then you go to the stadiums. You could almost see the stadium from the practice facility. Do you think that that would be a problem? I mean, football is a game where you don't play that many games. So home games, you know, it's really only talking about like nine, ten dates. If you get to the playoffs, maybe a couple more.
But to go all the way from north of the city... All the way to Indiana, and I'm guessing they would spend the night either downtown or somewhere around Hammond if they built hotels by then. Casino. There's a casino there. True. How would that make you feel as a player, or does it matter?
I think that's tough. I think that's really tough on the families.
Chapter 5: How does location affect players' game day experiences?
I think that's really tough on the people who are coming in town and coming to the game. I mean, Chicago traffic alone is already something that you have to account for. And now with the facility being in the suburbs, now you account for the travel getting through the city. So it will make the commute very difficult.
difficult for the family and friends and for the people who are close to the players who want to have easy commutes and travel going to the games. I think it will make it more difficult.
Allen Robinson is who we are talking to, and we wanted to ask him a lot of football questions, but when you have an actual NFL football player with you, talking to him about the stadium he would play in is also pretty valid. So, Allen, we appreciate the inside info. I'm going to ask you this, excluding Soldier Field, to make it easy on you, but also we know how you feel about Soldier Field.
Outside of Soldier Field, because I know you like playing there, what was your favorite stadium to play at, either home or road?
I got to go with Fortfield and Fortfield because I'm from Detroit. I'm a Detroit native. So I grew up. In the dog days and years of the Detroit Lions, 0-16, I saw a lot of bad football growing up with the Lions. So the year that I was there, we won the division.
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Chapter 6: What are the key priorities for the Bears moving forward?
We went 15-2. It was a phenomenal season to be able to see that stadium in downtown Detroit sold out, all the lights flickering in the pregame festivities and player announcements. It was a phenomenal experience.
Okay, that's a great answer, and it obviously is understandable. My question is this. Judging on what you thought Ben Johnson would do after seeing what he did in Detroit, and now what you've seen him actually do as the head coach of Chicago Bears, did he exceed expectations? Did he meet expectations? How would you describe that season now that it's over and done with and in the books?
I think he slightly exceeded expectation. I say that to get to the playoffs. I think that would be Ben Johnson's expectation as well. So it's tough to say exceed. I think if he had made it to the championship game or to the Super Bowl, then I could have said exceed. But I would say he met my expectation. Ben Johnson is a phenomenal coach.
Chapter 7: How does Allen Robinson evaluate Caleb Williams' performance as a quarterback?
With the team that he inherited with some of the players in Caleb Williams, in DJ Moore, DeAndre Swift, Cole Komett, With the guys they drafted, he had a phenomenal roster with just him being able to use the tools that he had on that roster. So I thought Ben Johnson would come in, set the foundation and build from there. And that's what he did.
And you could tell each and every week those guys played hard. They won close games. I said this very early in the season. Ben Johnson's great. He coaches his best in close games. And I think there were a lot of close game victories that the Chicago Bears won. Even one that comes to my mind is in Cincinnati, winning that in the last moments of the game.
So I think the Chicago Bears turned a lot around this year as far as their overall culture with the years prior with Eberflus losing some of those close games.
We're talking to Alan Robinson, and I know you had a keen eye on the playoffs. I really appreciate even you telling us about just physically the process of going about your job as a receiver in the cold weather. I thought that that was such good advice and information, just watching, having that knowledge in these last two games especially.
Chapter 8: What insights does Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker provide on the Bears' stadium situation?
I also want to know your advice and your impression of what you saw. You know, we talked a lot about that last play. DJ Moore got a lot of focus, you know, as a receiver yourself and a former Bears number one receiver. You know, what did you think of that? And then just also the receiving performance in that final game against the Rams.
Yeah, you know, when you look at a game, there's always times and moments where things can be better. Miscommunication and things like that. But I think the Bears, what they did was they gave themselves a shot to win the game.
I mean, when you look at a game like that, there are many plays that you can look at throughout the course of the game that maybe could have changed the overall trajectory of how it played out. But I thought the weapons that Caleb had, I thought they made plays down the stretch.
They were able to give themselves a shot, get it into overtime, drive the ball down and were about 20 yards or so from kicking a game winning field goal. And I also thought Caleb Williams, you know, he turned into Superman when he had to and made some extremely big plays. Obviously, he had the late game turnover that then led the Rams to go down and score.
But I thought overall he played very well. And I think for a second year player, he had a lot of growth. And I think he should be. Proud of himself. And when I say proud, meaning being able to come in, have a new head coach, learn that offense, learn that system, get to the game that they got and now going to the offseason to say, OK, now we have a great foundation to build upon.
And just as a follow-up, you know what it's like to install a new play or a new route tree, and there had been a lot of discussion about that happening. Makes sense, you know, from a coaching standpoint to be able to build on the systems that you talked about, build on plays that you drew up before, have something be different.
How hard can it be sometimes in those type of pressure situations as a receiver to install something differently, knowing you're going to do it for the playoffs and knowing that everything's on the line?
Yeah, it's difficult. But what I always said is you would much rather a Cheesecake Factory menu of plays and options and routes than you would like a kiddie menu. You know, you want to be able to say, OK, we have something for each and every situation. If we're being played like this, to be able to take advantage of the defense and what they're giving us.
So for me, going into weeks like that, even though it may take a little bit more studying, watching a little bit more film to be able to make sure that I'm honed in on the game plan. I always like to be able to have the versatility and the options and the bullets on hand to keep firing.
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