Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Can Bears cornerback Jaylon Johnson regain Pro Bowl status this season? (Hour 4)
10 Jun 2026
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Chapter 1: What updates are being shared from Bears minicamp?
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Third and nine, big play. Sanders with time to the sideline. Tough throw for Judy, and Judy has it intercepted. It's picked off by Jalen Johnson. Judy had it near his hands, and Johnson took it away. The 29th Chicago takeaway.
That is courtesy of Fox. That's our friend Adam Amin, isn't it? That's Adam. Oh, no. Or is it? Oh, it's Joe Davis, isn't it? Oh, Joe Davis. I'm not used to the A-team, man.
He's a play-by-play man.
And Adam is up there. But, like, I'm just not used to, like, the Kevin Burkhardt and the Davises of the world calling these Bears games.
Get ready for this year.
Oh, I know. It's going to be amazing. It is. Also, thank you to everybody who supports our Vine and Tubi discussions here on The Score.
We are a Tubi show.
309 says the 80s miniseries V is available on Tubi. Because, of course, Tubi comes through.
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Chapter 2: How is Jalen Johnson performing in practice?
You wish it was Kyler Gordon. Kyler Gordon, not practicing. You kind of thought, well, maybe Josh Blackwell, but really that's not starting, is not necessarily putting in spots of consequence. Probably not great for Blackwell in that spot. Malik Muhammad, who I saw working. On the inside, on defense, inside the Walter Payton Center earlier in the offseason program.
But for right now, it is Jalen Jones. And I already talked about Tyreek Stephens, who got banged up yesterday. But looks good.
Looks good so far. I'm really wondering how the piece of Malik Muhammad's game fits into this. Because if you'll recall, like the outside was not kind to Kyler Gordon when he was a rookie. Matt Eberflus was the coach. It was a different time. But I do understand that it is a very demanding position to have to start as a rookie at.
So, you know, once he moved inside, I feel like we got the best version of him. I don't know what happens with Malik Mohamed in this equation. I don't.
either now he wasn't very active yesterday he just didn't seem to be a big part of that and i don't know if maybe reporters asked about malik muhammad said i don't know if that rose to a level of priority the one thing that keeps sticking to my head that they did say about malik muhammad is that they want him to get stronger and they weren't specifically this is like put on weight kind of thing before you can get out there and make plays but they did mention that so it may not be a thing where malik muhammad is making plays right away when the lights come on for real for the bears
Which, who's demanding that of him?
That's a good point. I mean, like, he's not expected to be that guy right away. I mean, he's a fourth-round pick, so... Yeah, exactly.
It's kind of like, I understand that he's in a position of consequence, but just because the Bears need him to be good doesn't mean that, you know, consider who he was prior to where they drafted him, or if you're Javon Dexter, for example. Or for, in this case, he was drafted in the fourth round. He does...
carry himself very professionally, but there's still going to be a learning curve there for him.
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Chapter 3: What are the expectations for Jalen Johnson this season?
Yeah, Darnell Moody after a Bears game. I don't remember who it was against, but he dropped the ball. So he sat there after a game at Soldier Field for about 45 minutes using the jugs machine.
They're two slender and fast receivers, both from schools based in Louisiana. Could be a lot of similarities.
Darnell Mooney also purchased a Juggs machine with his first paycheck. That's right.
That's right.
Weed Man brought up a good point yesterday on Take the North.
Dan Weiderer is his name.
Thank you. Yes, of the Take the North podcast. It's a Bears podcast.
We at least need a clear reference at some point. You're right.
Weed pod, weed pod. You're a journalist. That's good journalism right there.
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Chapter 4: How are injuries impacting the Bears' cornerback lineup?
You know, there was the infamous Browns game where he lost the Hail Mary, even though he dropped it twice somehow. There was the ball in Washington where he said it got lost in the lights. Like, I was pretty fried. My patience was definitely gone with Darnell Mooney by the time he left because they kept putting him in positions where he wasn't succeeding.
And then partially because of a lack of talent. And then they would do outrageous things like make him set the edge when he's as big around as one of my legs. Like, what are you guys doing? This isn't how he's supposed to be used. Partially because of a lack of talent. It's true, though.
I don't know that he's your wide receiver one and they really tried to make him happen as wide receiver one in plays of consequence. And I didn't trust him in those.
Yeah, that's all accurate. And then there was just the Justin Fields part of it, too. Just the chemistry didn't seem to be there with him. It wasn't there early on with Allen Robinson. So some of it, as close as they were, and Darnell Mooney and Justin Fields were tight. I mean, they were best of friends and probably still are.
Yeah, and they worked hard together. They really did spend a lot of time in the offseason together.
They did, but it didn't work on the field with those two. It just didn't. And I guess we could look back and say that a lot of that did fall on Justin Fields and the coaching staff.
I understand. There's a lot that does fall on Justin Fields. It does. That was a two-to-tango situation. I have defined lack of highlight the opposite of highlight memories of drop balls in the end zone or just when he was supposed to be that guy and it didn't work.
Could somebody put a highlight reel of good Darnell Mooney-ness? Because Layla needs to catch up, get back on the Darnell Mooney bandwagon. We need him back.
Friends, he is listed at 180 pounds at 5'11". And fast. And he's not. And they wanted him to set the damn egg.
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Chapter 5: What does Ben Johnson say about the defensive line's performance?
It's on social media. It's okay. It's not like you were like, I was staked out at Dayo's house in the bushes.
But I seriously was like, oh, Bears Care Gala video. And then I'm like, what? Dayo Dangbo in a suit. What's happening here? And Neville Gallimore was narrating it. And he does seem, Neville Gallimore seems to have some funny ad lib improv skills. I think he does.
I think he might be one of those go-to guys this year in the locker room. Kalief Raymond, obviously, will be one of those guys who we heard from yesterday. He's fun, and he knows Ben Johnson. So, yeah, but I'll take that. I will take that for Dio DeBango. I just screwed up the screw-up, didn't I? I owe the dang bow. I owe the dang bow.
We've reached a level of this that is just, it's point of no return.
It really is the point of no return. Braden Montgomery just turned us silly today with elation and excitement.
It was that old Bob Costas. He's out there being mischievous.
The 80s, man. We're partying like it's the 80s.
He and Stoney. It was just lovely, sophisticated baseball banter from two Gs.
Yeah, a couple of Gs.
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Chapter 6: What role will Montez Sweat play in the Bears' defense?
Totes. It was great.
Ah.
You know what? Let's yap with Chris Emma. Oh, yes. He's back from Hallis Hall already. We were worried about the traffic. So we wanted to secure Chris Emma. And now we have gotten him into our clutches in studio. So we will bring him on next. How did it turn into such an aggressive? Is this let the bodies hit the floor? Why?
Emma's that guy. Watch out. Something's wrong with me. This was because this was all birthed off of when Ben Johnson did the whole thing with talking about Tyson Bajent. Yeah, I forgot what the context was, but he said no.
I think it was like, have you thought about the possibility of Tyson Bajan getting traded?
And he said no, but it sounded kind of demonic, like no.
He was coughing. Like when you watch the video, it doesn't sound nearly as violent as it does with just audio.
So then I asked Grody to say in that style of Ben Johnson saying no, Grody.
can you say some people like chris and he did it on the air and that's why we have and then we just rolled in with let the bodies hit the floor that's right check me out leila in the building this guy emma he's been well he could talk about i guess he's been jamming out the slipknot lately yeah i'm hearing you two chat about people stealing stuff off your desk over at hallis hall Yeah, man.
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Chapter 7: How is the chemistry between Justin Fields and Darnell Mooney evolving?
It was painfully obvious.
All right, so Tez Effect out at Hell's Hall today.
You were very bullish on Montez Sweat Groats yesterday. Yeah, yeah. Did that continue today, Chris Emma?
Ben Johnson jumped right to it, asked about Montez Sweat, who we're going to hear from later on this afternoon up at Hell's Hall about...
This is a guy who had a season beyond just the 10-saxy law, that he was excellent against the run, that he played to his assignment with that defense, and he was a guy who really set the tone for a defensive line that obviously we know more to be desired from that group. And you're going to hear Ben Johnson about his admiration for Montez Sweat. Here's Ben Johnson.
My appreciation grew even more, and I loved him during the season, but when you watch the self-scout after the year, I think this was a guy that played at a very high level. I talked to him yesterday about it. I would argue it was the best year of his career.
Whether that showed up statistically or not, that's debatable, but his ability to play the run, play the pass, I thought he did a really nice job, and hopefully it's something that we can piggyback on and carry that momentum into this year.
Man, best year of his career. That blows me away a little bit, considering the season that he had when he first came to the Chicago Bears.
Respectfully, it was the season he was traded to the Bears.
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Chapter 8: What are the implications of Roma Dunzay's 'new normal' on the team?
And if we're sitting here mid-season talking about this passer finally has to find a way to get home, that falls on Poles because he was the one who committed to Diogo D'Angelo in this case. So You're right, Layla. It's a huge financial commitment that has just not bared any kind of fruit so far, and you want to see that change this year.
But I just have a hard time saying this is somebody you're going to be able to count on this year. Chris, I'm freshly back from Hallis Hall, Emma of The Score. He'll be doing updates on WBBM a little bit later on. Good afternoon, Lisa. That'll be happening starting at about 3.16 today.
We love Lisa Fielding.
We do love Lisa Fielding. She's one of the greats, man.
She's like our entire station group main anchor. And a hell of a follow on TikTok. She's editing amazing videos out there. And I don't know that anybody's seen. She's ridiculously good at video editing. I didn't know she had TikTok. Lisa Fielding is on top of everything at all times.
Oh, man, I've been working with Lisa forever. We've done weekends together where she was the anchor and I was the sports guy. We've had many a laugh together. So, yes, I'm glad we could all agree that Lisa Fielding is awesome. You get to be with her later on today. Where was I going? Oh, yeah.
I wanted to go to Roma Dunze because last week all the fuss was legitimately Roma Dunze saying that I have a new normal because of my foot. Has there been any follow-up to that with the head coach of the Bears? Ben Johnson was asked today with follow-up about Roma Dunze what he said.
The term he used, new normal, that's a concerning line when you're talking about a guy who's 24 years old and somebody you're really relying on. So Ben Johnson was asked about that. Do we have that cut, guys? And he basically is trying to allude to the idea that this is somebody they're still believing in. He was the No.
9 overall pick a couple years ago and brought in to be that guy who elevates Caleb Williams with his team. And you're hoping he's still the case, especially after you part ways with DJ Moore this offseason and hope that you get that level. And they're hyping up Luther Burden. They're saying buy Luther Burden stock. That's wonderful to hear. But, man, Roma Dunzay is somebody you've got to have.
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