The heat is rising at Halas Hall.

First-year Bears coach Ben Johnson delivered a fiery message to his winless team Wednesday about the “championship-caliber” practice habits they’re lacking after dropping two straight games to start the year — including Sunday’s blowout loss to his former Lions team.

“I think our practice habits are yet to reflect a championship-caliber team,” Johnson said , according to the Associated Press. 6

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When pressed to elaborate, Detroit’s former offensive coordinator didn’t hold back, stressing strong finishes.

“We should be going to the football, finishing hard,” Johnson said. “We talk about it all the time with the offensive players that our fundamentals, our finish and our technique, they need to show up in walk-through, they need to show up on th

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