Ben Johnson has unknowingly been preparing the Chicago Bears for this weekend all season long

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Ben Johnson has unknowingly been preparing the Chicago Bears for this weekend all season long image

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This past weekend, the Chicago Bears created a memory that will forever last in the heads of Bears fans by defeating the Green Bay Packers in one of the most epic comebacks in NFL Playoff history. 

Down 21-3 at halftime, they roared back in the second half and secured the victory in a frigid Chicago night to advance to the next round, where they're now set to play the Los Angeles Rams. 

There were snow flurries prior to the game on Saturday, and a bit more snow was coming in the 4th quarter. This kind of weather is not something that the Los Angeles Rams, or specifically Matthew Stafford, will be used to come Sunday. 

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Meteorologist Noah Bergren is even predicting that this Sunday could be one of the coldest NFL games this season, with windchill temperatures dropping to 0 to -10°F. 

They may not have liked it at the time, but Ben Johnson has been preparing his team for this very weekend all season long. 

Ben Johnson been using unpopular practice method to keep his team tough and ready 

During some media time on Wednesday, the NFL's INT leader, Kevin Byard III, took some time to meet and had an interesting note regarding the type of Chicago cold you see in the playoffs. 

Byard III said that HC Ben Johnson has been making the Bears practice this season in the cold with no heaters. 

Byard reportedly laughed and noted that it's been a complaint among players, but that he now thinks it's paying off. 

There has never been any promise that the Bears would make it to this point of the season where this type of practice would come into play.

Just an intense belief and preparation that being the tougher team when the elements became a factor would matter. Now, he looks like a genius, and his team is better prepared for it. 

Ben Johnson has proven himself to be tough as nails this season, and his team and its culture have done nothing but follow suit. When the temperatures drop on Sunday, Chicago will be ready. 

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