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Not long after the Bears lost their season finale to the Lions, coach Ben Johnson huddled his team together and told them that it was time to focus. If they were thinking about vacation or whatever comes next after the season ends, he said, then they shouldn’t come to Halas Hall at all.
“The intent behind that is to let the young players, who haven’t been here before, understand that we’re all in with everything we’re doing,” Johnson said Thursday. “The here and the now …
“You don’t take it for granted.