The Chicago Bears have a brand new head coach, and a few will say they landed the most popular title in the marketplace.
Ben Johnson is finalizing a deal to develop into the brand new head coach of the Bears, in response to a number of reviews.
Johnson has been the offensive coordinator of the Detroit Lions for the previous three seasons. He drew curiosity from groups as a head coach candidate final 12 months, however he selected to return to the Lions and anticipate the proper alternative. He feels he has that in Chicago.
The 38-year-old Johnson had been seen as a favourite for the Las Vegas Raiders head coach job, however he opted for the Bears as an alternative. He’ll now get to work with quarterback Caleb Williams, who was the highest total choose within the 2024 NFL Draft.
Johnson could have wished to keep away from the AFC West, assuming the Raiders supplied him their head coach job. The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers and Denver Broncos all have confirmed head coaches and quarterbacks (for essentially the most half), so Johnson could have been hesitant to affix such a stacked division.
The Lions led the NFL with 33.2 factors per recreation this season. They ranked second within the league with 409.5 whole yards per recreation.
Detroit earned the No. 1 seed within the NFC and a bye within the first spherical of the playoffs, however their season got here to a shocking finish with a 45-31 loss to the Washington Commanders on Saturday.
They are going to now want to exchange their offensive coordinator and presumably their defensive coordinator, who can be anticipated to land a head coach job.
