Clay Harbor loves Ben Johnson's ambitious goals for Bears' offense
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What are Ben Johnson’s ambitious offensive goals for the Bears in 2026?
Clay Harbor, former NFL player.
Clay Harbor, slot to the left. Here's Bix pass. And it's caught. Touchdown by Harbor. And that's a touchdown. Clay Harbor makes that catch. And they've got Harbor for the touchdown.
Football analyst for Chicago.
Theo Benedict went to the starting lineup last year. They were six and two. They averaged six hundred and three hundred and eighty-two yards per game. So them when Theo Benedict went in, they really didn't lose a step. And that's because you got a guy like Ben Johnson who knows his players intimately.
Oh my gosh. That's a scary thing. Play Harbor with Rahimi Harrison Grody on 1043 the score.
I love the level of panic and the conversation from David Haw, talking to Clay Harbour about Miles Garrett. This is Rahimi Harrison Grody on 1043 the score. Happy to be joined in studio by the nine-year veteran, co-host of the Big Pro Football Show on CHSN with David and Ruthie Polinski at Clay Harbs82 on Twitter. Clay, thanks for coming in.
Oh, it's my pleasure. Appreciate you guys having me on and I gotta just give a shout out to my man Grody here, who's looking fit, slim, trim, impressive. Found out the guy lost thirty five pounds grinding out there. Let's go, Grody. Thank you.
I mean, yeah, like he he is like the the honors level workout program. You'd be the AP workout program yourself. So but thank you. Coming from you, that does mean a lot. I appreciate it. And it's so nice because I am I've officially entered the people are noticing phase of weight loss. For anybody who is a fluctuator of weight, like I've kind of been for a lot of my life. I've gone through this a lot and it's a little bit of a high when you when people start. to see you and they're like, have you lost weight? So it's very nice that you said that. Thank you
Yeah, first thing I noticed walking in, and I know people are gonna hate that I say this. For me, it's hard for me to keep on weight, Layla. Like I have to eat like a a lot, and then if I if I don't I lose it lose a ton of weight.
You might want to tell them it's not just natural. You actually work for that metabolism.
Yeah.
Let's get him some sweet water, guys. A couple burgers from sweet water. Do you like sweet?
You're at the gym for two hours a day, right?
How does Coach Johnson’s extreme workout and sleep regimen affect the team’s culture?
Well like three.
Okay. So I always I just hate it when people are like, Oh, all I do is this. No, it's not. That's not all you do. Tell 'em about the work because then it makes sense. Yeah. Yeah. Just don't lie.
Exactly. I'll tell you this though, I'm not getting uh four and a half hours of sleep like our psycho Ben Johnson in that article. I mean, how crazy is that? Five hours?
four hours? Pretty incredible. 'Cause I know like you resonate with people who work out. It's like is that the is is the hours that he works like was that the stuff that popped off the page to you the most?
Absolutely. And that is the guy you want leading your team, the guy that is even more passionate than the players. His car's the first one there. He's working out he's getting four out four and a half hours of sleep during the season, five in the offseason. He's working out six times a week in during camp. And when the season starts only twice, here's the most impressive thing: six coffees a day in season. Like that's some impressive numbers. I see Ray shaking his head down. We had a coffee conversation yesterday with the city. We had a coffee conversation yesterday with the case. We had coffee
talk, yes.
Brazilian no Cuban coffee.
Cuban coffee Turkish coffee is the jet fuel. Turkish coffee's the one that it's been to Istanbul. I've been to
Istanbul. I had Turk Turkish coffee. That stuff, the ki the amount of caffeine in there is very impressive. But I I do, and when you're a player and your coach works that hard, and you know how bought in he is, how how passionate he is about this game, and obviously how good he is about what he does, but it makes you want to work even harder for him. And I know there's been a lot of talk about these comments, he wants the thirty seven point nine points a game, the twenty 21 straight Patriots wins.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are Ben Johnson’s ambitious offensive goals for the Bears in 2026?
0:01–2:11
2
How does Coach Johnson’s extreme workout and sleep regimen affect the team’s culture?
2:11–4:10
3
Why does Ben Johnson compare his offense to a basketball‑style receiving core?
4:10–6:43
4
What does the Bears’ new “points‑per‑game” record pursuit mean for game planning?
6:43–9:00
5
How does the coaching staff tailor motivation to individual players?
9:00–11:27
6
What lessons did the Rams loss and missed field‑goal decision teach Johnson?
11:27–13:42
7
How does Johnson handle criticism and take responsibility for on‑field mistakes?
13:42–16:00
8
What are the upcoming lineup decisions for Saturday’s game and why do they matter?
16:00–17:45
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