Detroit Lions OC Ben Johnson Departs to Become Bears Coach

Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson has been hired by the Chicago Bears to become their next head coach.

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00:00John the Chicago Bears have made a splash by hiring Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson to be their next head coach

00:07Give me your thoughts and analysis on this move and how this looks for both the Bears and the Lions going forward

00:14Yeah, Cameron the Bears move quickly

00:16Unfortunately for the Lions their season came to an abrupt end Saturday night

00:20Which opened the door it now lends to obviously the speculation that some negotiations were going on some back channel

00:27Movements were going on between the Bears and the representatives of Ben Johnson. But look, can you blame the Chicago Bears?

00:35Man, you look at the Detroit Lions offense

00:37You had an up-close look at your rival and what they were able to accomplish against

00:43against you and when you have a young quarterback in Caleb Williams, you definitely wanted a

00:49offensive mind to come in and mentor a young quarterback and

00:53Obviously, there's no better option than Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson

00:58It just stings Cameron because the timing of the hire comes so fast

01:03After a loss and many fans now are left reeling wondering, you know

01:07Did Ben Johnson put forth the best effort to help the Lions win?

01:12But look bottom line it is frustrating. It should upset many, you know

01:18It's a rivalry between the Lions and the Bears

01:20But when you are gonna start to hear and read what kind of financial numbers Ben Johnson earned

01:26It should taper off a little bit in regards to frustrations

01:30but look now Ben Johnson's in the division and now the attitude should be from the

01:35The fans the coaching staff of the Lions that are still there and the players. He's now on the other side

01:40he's a rival and the mission at hand always is to be competitive and win the division and

01:46Right now Ben Johnson standing in the way the Bears got a

01:50Offensive mind and they got somebody that is definitely top of class in regards to candidates

01:55But you know what the attitude we're gonna have now in Detroit out of sight out of mind

02:00It's it's moving forward for the Detroit Lions

02:03John the writing was on the wall for offensive coordinator Ben Johnson. Thanks for all the time