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Patrick Mannelly loves Bears coach Ben Johnson's 'F--- the Packers' comment
13 Jan 2026
Chapter 1: What happened in the Bears' playoff win against the Packers?
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This just in. Patrick... Manali. Patrick Manali, the longest tenured player in Chicago Bears history. I just want to thank the Bears organization for an incredible 16 years. Score football, pre- and post-game show co-host.
And then Caleb, each week or each other week, it seems like he outdoes himself with some miraculous throw. That throw you're talking about on fourth and eight, like... Quarterbacks all on Twitter are like, what the heck is that?
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Chapter 2: How did Patrick Manley react to the Bears' victory?
That might be the greatest throw of the season. And we've said that about three other ones he's had.
But to have to do that in the fourth quarter, I think it was fourth or eighth, I can't even remember my stats anymore. But whatever it was, who cares? It doesn't matter. Who cares about stats? I know. He even has a signature beer. Long snapper IPA. The can artworks me long snapping a ball on top of an El Camino. I have an El Camino, so the artwork's great.
The beer's great. Patrick Medley with Rahimi Harrison-Grody on the scoreboard.
We love having Patrick Manley on on Tuesdays, especially because, well, as we just said, this is a Bears playoff win edition. Our discussion with Patrick Manley. He joins us on the Circus Sports Illinois hotline. Download the Circus Sports app today. Patrick Manley, when did it set in for you that the Bears actually won that game?
Today, and I'll be honest with you because I re-watched the condensed version on that NFL app or whatever today again, and you still can't believe at 21-3 that they came back and won that game because I just remember the emotions of how depressed and upset I was sitting on my couch Saturday night thinking, oh my God, this is the way the season's going to end.
So it just, you know, that postgame show, you can hear it, my voice in that postgame show. It's just the excitement. You couldn't believe it. Couldn't fall asleep till later after the show. And you wake up the next day and you just still can't believe it. But you got to move on to the Rams, which is exciting to be able to talk about playoff week two.
But guys, it's just what a game, what a way to win. And just the excitement in the city is just, it's insane.
Patrick, because you are the longest tenured bear, I need your thoughts, your reaction to Ben Johnson's actions and then the comments that followed said actions. And if you ever thought there'd be a day when George McCaskey would be on board with such vulgar language.
Hell yeah. I love it. I love it, man. I wrote it down. I don't like that team. That's what he said. I mean, that's just awesome. I mean, he's taken this rivalry and embraced it. He's taken this team and embraced it. He's taken the city and embraced it with what he's done with the Wiener Circle. But I love it. I mean, build it up. Build it to what it is.
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Chapter 3: What does Patrick think about Caleb Williams' performance?
I've been given a warning. I've been properly warned for picking the Packers to beat the Bears in a playoff game.
How would you handle this on a team, Patrick? What's the appropriate? Is there a fine? What happens?
I didn't play for the Bears, by the way. I just want that to be made very clear.
Okay, so maybe not Bears.
You would throw Grody into the cold tub. Oh, wow. Get him in the cold tub. And that's too good. It's good for you. Olin and Big Cat would grab you by the ankles and the wrist and then dip you under the cold tub a little bit. That's what they would do.
Olin and Big Cat?
Fully clothed? Yes. Fully clothed. I might have seen that happen a few times.
Of all the people, like, just... And I love that they work with us now, so, like, this could theoretically happen here.
Okay, let me just... It's sort of like I'm in this sorry, not sorry place because there's nobody who thought or... Saw what we saw happen on Saturday. Saw that actually coming. It's miraculous, inexplicable stuff. So if you pick the wrong team, there's nobody who picked that to happen in that game. There's no way. So sorry, not sorry.
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Chapter 4: What are the implications of Ben Johnson's comments?
It's 100%. That's all we wanted. And guys, listen in, too. I think it was your last segment. You guys played his speech in the locker room. It's his team now. That's what I hear in that. The reaction of guys giving him some crap, to cheering him on, to say get emotional, to watching everybody's face if you watch it on YouTube, to watch their reaction when he speaks. It's his team.
And that's another part you wanted to see. Not only his development as a quarterback, but to me, the great ones, the quarterback are the face of the franchise now. are the leader in the locker room. And you heard that from him, the way he spoke and the way the guys reacted to him. And that was what I got out of that speech. Not him getting emotional and talking about Ben Johnson and all that.
It's the fact that it's him. He's the guy. He is the man now. And his performance is doing it. And then the way the guys interacted with him, that put me over the edge. And that got me excited to see that when I saw it when it came out.
Well, and Patrick, I think you're echoing a lot of what functioning teams should be doing. Here you are talking about Ben Johnson's message. And I said in our first segment of the show, it seems like every time we have a question about this, he's also there to answer it for us in the media, which is another example of leadership. So then...
To see Caleb Williams, like you mentioned, post-game, and then also even what he did during the game. You know, there's been a lot of discussion about him yelling on the sideline. And even like the cheese grater and him doing the salt bae with the cheese. I love that his personality is coming out more. It probably means he's more comfortable. But what do you think about it just from...
a former player standpoint seeing a guy kind of come into his own you know there's a rookie quarterback time where you're also learning like how can you describe what you're seeing as far as evolution and the leadership part of it he's he's what 23 correct 24 i believe 24 now yeah he's been programmed his entire life right coming from high school to oklahoma to usc i believe this is just my belief that he's been programmed he's had somebody whether it's his dad an agent an advisor
that has coached him his entire life, that has kind of kept him in a box. And I think now once you get older as a 24, 25, as he gets older, he's truly going to find out who he is, you know, like, and he's going to become a man. He's really going to become like who he is. And I think that's what's happening.
And when I, again, when I saw him do that face in the cheese grater, I'm like, all right, that's personality. That's coming out now. And hopefully we get to see more of that in his, in his discussions with us at the podium and all that kind of stuff.
And his teammates, it sounds like get to see that more where it's not the programmed Caleb Williams walking into the locker room that he's the guy now, like he's, he can be himself. He can let it out there and be comfortable. And I think that is part of his growth and part of his leadership that he'll get
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Chapter 5: How does Patrick view the Bears' playoff journey so far?
So I think everybody felt that way.
You're going to the cold tub too, pal. So give me the path, though, Patrick, seriously.
Oh, the path. Sorry.
Because I think they can win the game not just because they have won games in the shocking fashion that they have, but I can see the path. I'm just curious as to what your impression of the best offense in football in the Rams and how they can either keep up with or slow down. I think it's probably going to be keep up and not slow down.
I'm going to put it on Caleb Williams' shoulders again. I think that's the way playoff wins happen and how you win Super Bowls. Quarterbacks get hot and they play well. And obviously your defense has to step up. So I think takeaways is one. What I want to go see is Caleb Williams in this passing game. Because you look at this Rams secondary, they're not as good as their front four.
The front four we've got to worry about. But I do believe in our pass protection, our O-line. We'll be fourth in sacks given up in the season or whatever. But I think it's the passing game. I really do. I think you put it back in Caleb's hands again and you see what he can do. Because I think that is the weakness of the Rams if they have one is the passing game. So...
Caleb, you responded in a pressure situation last week. You played pretty well the entire game, I thought. And he plays well in big moments, and it just keeps getting bigger each week. So, Marshall, I think it's the passing game, which is weird because it has been the running game that has kind of got them there, but I think the passing game this week against this Rams team.
Can they not run anymore? I mean, it feels like we just talked about it.
It's been interesting, man. It looks like it's back to the way it was at the beginning of the season. You've got a lot of free runners. I don't know if it's communication issues. It's ā it's all the way across the board. It's, it's when you have issues like that, it's not one thing. It's, it's everybody doing a little something wrong at a different time. And that's what it looks like.
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