Not too long ago, after the Chicago Bears took down the Pittsburgh Steelers, known sports voice and former NFL player Pat McAfee went on his show and gave this team a whole lot of love.
On that episode of The Pat McAfee Show, he discussed the obvious growth from Caleb Williams in Year 2, under Ben Johnson.
Well, his love for the Bears doesn't appear to be stopping anytime soon. McAfee once again brought up the Bears on a recent episode. It seems like Chicago's going to continue garnering more and more attention because, after a win over the Philadelphia Eagles, "it's real now, huh?"
"Every time you can look at a locker room, and you see anything mic'd up... my eyes always tend to go like, 'how do these people feel about each other?' ... Ben Johnson? Boys love him!" McAfee said on the air.
Bears fans are all aboard the Pat McAfee-Ben Johnson hype train
"If he has that culture set up, his culture is a winning culture ... if the culture has been instilled, there's no stopping this train."
No stopping the Bears? Whoa, now. This fan base knows better than to call the Bears anything remotely close to "unstoppable," but it's nice to hear from an informed and entertaining voice like McAfee.
Back on the topic of this hype train, though, it's truly a blast to be part of. Who didn't love watching Johnson's latest locker room speech that ended with the head coach shirtless, flexing and yelling joyously with his boys?
Not to mention, he fed an entire city. As he said, "man of the people."
Honestly, though, the national attention is fun for once. Typically, if the Bears were to get any national attention, it would be in the form of criticism. For too long, Chicago has been the butt of so many jokes. There was that one season in 2018, up until the you-know-what, and from there ... they fell flat.
The difference now is that the Bears have the right coach. McAfee is exactly right. The players love Johnson. They are totally and fully bought in. The culture has been shifted, permanently.
Because of Johnson's culture shift, expectation level, and accountability tactics, this Bears team is different.
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Do they appear unstoppable as McAfee alluded to? I'm not sure anyone's ever ready to go that level. But let's enjoy the ride.