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The Ben Johnson “Miracle”
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For years, 20 years, maybe more, every single Bears training camp, every single Bears summer has been about one guy, has been about one position, has been about the quarterback. And I truly believe the miracle of Ben Johnson. And right now I'm willing to call this summer something of a miracle is that he has managed to change the conversation to being about the team. As I was driving back from a weekend away, I was listening to a whole range of podcasts and radio shows and everybody talking about the Bears. Yeah. They mentioned Caleb Williams. But Caleb Williams was by no means the focus of almost any national attention or regional attention being paid to this team. They're talking about Ben and they're talking about aggressive camp practices. They're talking about a rebuilt offensive line. They're talking about Luther Burden. I was talking about Luther Burden. Hell, Ben came out and was talking about Tyson Bajun. They're talking about Dennis Allen and his defense. What Johnson has done is something of a miracle because what Johnson has done is managed to turn this fan base and everyone surrounding this team who has been quarterback hungry and thus quarterback obsessed forever into a fan base that's starting to see the bigger picture. And the bigger picture is if they've got this coach right, he'll get the quarterback solved.