Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
What does the future hold for receiver DJ Moore and the Bears?
22 Jan 2026
Chapter 1: What insights do the hosts share about DJ Moore's performance?
Rahimi Harrison-Grody, middays 10 a.m. to 2 on Chicago Sports Radio 670 The Score.
One person with the team told me that it was not an effort issue on the last play, that it was also not quite a miscommunication, but like confusion, that it was a newer route concept that they had put in and they were a little surprised by the coverage and he kind of slowed down out of confusion of exactly where he was supposed to take that route, which I think speaks a little bit to why Ben Johnson put it on him today, put it on himself today, also because Ben Johnson is a great leader and has accountability.
That was Danny Parkins who talked to us at 1 o'clock. You can check Danny out on Fox Sports 1 on First Things First. And that added, I think, a new level of understanding. If Danny's reporting, you know, that's his reporting. But if that was indeed the case, that gives it a little more understanding when it came to what happened.
on the interception by Cam Curl that ended up sealing the game for the Rams in the Divisional.
Chapter 2: How did miscommunication affect the Bears' last play?
This is Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 670 The Score. Mark Grody was at Hallis Hall yesterday, so you may have missed that nugget from Danny. I wanted to see what you thought about it and also your impressions of talking to Ryan Poles and Ben Johnson about it because the one person who could help us understand in DJ Moore didn't speak at Hallis Hall.
Yeah, I mean, that's the one part here which causes most of us to hesitate a little bit in our opinions on what happened because we haven't heard from DJ Moore, who has taken a beating over that last play. If, Layla, just to answer that question, I hadn't heard that report from Danny, so thanks for playing that. If that is true, if that is true, if the— The confusion was real.
If it was a newer type of route, as Danny Parkin said, then all of a sudden, I do get why. Because I'll be honest, like when Ben Johnson yesterday said, I didn't watch the tape. I still don't believe that, by the way. Get out of here.
Yeah, that was the most incredible thing said.
Get out of town. Like, I still haven't time. Like, we kind of joked yesterday. Like, we're going to be asking at the combine and then in free agents. So, have you had a chance to watch that last play? Have you yet, coach? Nope, I've been doing all sorts of stuff. Been getting ready for the draft. Getting ready for free agency. I don't have time to look at the tape.
Eventually, he's going to have to answer the freaking question.
If I may, an old school score, say, who are you crapping Ben Johnson? However, if that is true, if it was the newer, I give a lot of credit to Ben Johnson for saying that if there was a miscommunication, that's on me. If it is also true, I'm a little bit surprised, though, that Ben Johnson didn't say, yeah, here's the concept we were going for. It's something that we haven't worked on a lot.
Like maybe Ben Johnson didn't want to just throw himself under the bus completely. But if that's true, I do wish Ben would have given us a little bit more than the old blame me, blame it on me.
You kind of snuck into Iberflue's impression there, who didn't do that, who didn't always say blame me. And when he said accountability, it was more like a search engine function. That's a good point. So when I consider Ben Johnson saying that, it's also, remember how mad he was about the loss to the Lions for days and days? And you could tell in his voice that he was still mad about it?
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Chapter 3: What are the implications of Ben Johnson's coaching decisions?
It's just a matter of we've got to wait for these answers.
accept that more from dj moore's perspective what you were saying about how he's still i think you're saying he's still processing it and he's not ready to to talk about it like i of course selfishly as a reporter i wish we had gotten to talk to him after the game yes i wish he had been present in open locker room but i'll accept that something's on his mind i may even ask the question yesterday is he hurt is he hurt was he angry when he left the building i was told you'll have to ask dj about that so hopefully we'll get a chance to ask dj about that eventually
But it was the gray area in which Ryan Pohl spoke that I think all made us perk up. You know, the Ben Johnson answer. Here's the other part of that. For that game to end that way. I'm like, man, communication derailed yet another thing. Like if relationships and jobs aren't enough, now communication had to derail my damn football game.
You know, I want a football game to be lost by like some sort of outright punishment when it came to like a one-on-one battle.
An outstanding play by someone, right?
Yeah, I want somebody to blow up the line of scrimmage.
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Chapter 4: What challenges does DJ Moore face within the Bears organization?
Communication has now messed with my football. That's the hard part, too, because then who does it come down to? Then it's a coach blaming himself. Then it's a quarterback saying what happened and what he thought was going on. Then it's another player blaming himself. Then it's us trying to figure this out. It's unfortunately mirroring real life too much for me.
But what advanced it was Danny's conversation about it. And then what hit home was when Ryan Poles just threw in there, when you talk to him, Mark, and you ask the question about the difficult decisions that have to be made. That was the part that perked our ears in here.
In terms of DJ Moore?
Yes.
Yeah, I've got to give credit to Kevin Fishbane on that. He was the one that had asked the question about the now and the future. And just to sum it up, Ryan Pohl said, this guy has been a great player. He's tough as nails. I respect the hell out of him. And then he said, as far as, and I'm paraphrasing here, as far as the future is concerned, we've got to look at everything.
We're not sure about the future of DJ Moore or anybody on this roster right now. Instead of saying, yes, he will still be here through 2029, which he has signed for for $23 million a year.
Yeah, that was the part that got me. That was the part that made me wonder what's really going on here.
The 23 mil, though, or the polls part where he didn't necessarily stamp him for next year?
That part, yeah.
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