On Wednesday afternoon, Ben Johnson was introduced as the Bears’ 19th head coach in franchise history. Unlike his predecessors, he was able to leave a lasting first impression. With another monumental offseason quickly approaching, getting down to business will be the next step in getting the ship righted.

On Wednesday morning, general manager Ryan Poles introduced Ben Johnson as the 19th head coach in franchise history. For the better part of three decades, the Chicago Bears have been a mess. Their lone run of sustainable success came on the shoulders of Lovie Smith, who also happened to be a first-time...

Yesterday, the Chicago Bears signed two more players to reserve/future contracts: safety Alex Cook and offensive lineman Joshua Miles.

The 25-year-old Cook was initially an undrafted free agent by the New York Giants in 2023, and he spent part of that season on their practice squad. The Carolina Panthers signed him off New York’s practice squad, and he played in ten games (2 starts) for them that season. He spent 2024 with the practice squad of the Panthers and Giants.

Miles was a seventh-round pick of the Arizona Cardinals in 2019, and the Bears are his fourth team. The 29-year-old...

The Bears got their man in Ben Johnson. And ECD will review what had been a tremendous process featuring no fewer than 17 confirmed interviews.

The buzz and excitement surrounding the Chicago Bears and their hiring of Ben Johnson as the 19th head coach in franchise history is at an all-time high. Altogether, no fewer than 17 interviews were done in a true example of “leaving no stone unturned” during their search. It also amazes me just how many people from my list wound up taking interviews with Chicago.

In total I had covered 30 different names between my first...

Ben Johnson introduced to Chicago press, fans

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The Bears have attempted a lot of things over the years in trying to fight their way back to football relevance. In hiring Ben Johnson, they might have made a major step in the right direction.

I tend to be skeptical about many things, and I have certainly been skeptical of the work Ryan Poles has done while assembling a 15-36 record as the general manager of the Chicago Bears. Yet as I listened to Ben Johnson’s press conference, I kept repeating one word to myself.

Finally.

What was striking about the press conference was not necessarily what Ben Johnson...

The Chicago Bears are in a great position to succeed, and George McCaskey has put people in place to do that.

I sat around this morning trying to think about what to write about our beloved Chicago Bears. I knew the Ben Johnson press conference was today, so I figured I’d react to it. However, some of our other talented writers handled that duty (I mean, how great was that?).

As I listened to Ben Johnson, I realized something: It’s time for us, as Bears fans, to applaud George McCaskey.

Look, I can imagine what kind of visceral reaction you...

Taylor Doll with the inside scoop on Ben Johnson’s time with the Detroit Lions from Pride of Detroit’s Jeremy Reisman.

Her planned Making Monsters podcast series about Chicago Bears head coach candidates only got up to one show before the Bears shocked everyone and hired Ben Johnson on Monday afternoon. So, on this episode, Taylor Doll quickly pivoted and brought on the Editor In Chief at Pride of Detroit, Jeremy Reisman, to give us the 411 on the former Detroit Lions offensive coordinator.

Jeremy has been on the Lions' beat for the entirety of Johnson’s time with the Lions, so...

The Chicago Bears will introduce new head coach Ben Johnson to the media today at 11:00 am.m (CT), and the franchise understands the magnitude of this hire because the press conference is set up in the much larger PNC Center at Halas Hall. Coaching introductions and some other pressers are normally held in the Mugs Auditorium, but the Bears are giving this the big-time feel it deserves.

The PNC Center also has a studio built in, so we’re sure to get plenty of post-press conference hits today as well.

Once a stream kicks off, we’ll share it here.

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Ben Johnson was the dream for head coach. What would be the next dream scenario for the Bears?

In what many hoped for but few expected, the Chicago Bears landed the top available coach of this cycle in Ben Johnson. A dream scenario for The Beloved.

But now what?

Assuming Coach Johnson is able to lure in each of the coaches he wants (looking at you Hank Fraley), my attention shifts back to the roster. Here’s a look at some important dates this offseason:

• Jan. 30: East-West Shrine Bowl
• Feb. 1: Senior Bowl
• Feb. 18: First day...

Ben Johnson is signed, the presser is later today at Halas Hall. Stay tuned to WCG for the latest news & updates.

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The unexpected announcement of Ben Johnson being hired as the Chicago Bears head coach negated yesterday’s head coach report and rumor tracker we published in the morning. So, now that the Bears got their guy, I had to launch a fresh tracker for reports and rumors about his coaching staff.

Johnson could look to Detroit to bring an assistant with him to serve in a coordinator role in Chicago. The most rumored name is Lion offensive line coach Hank Fraley, who could come to the Bears as Johnson’s offensive coordinator. Two other rumored candidates for Johnson’s O.C. are quarterback coach...

The incoherent ramblings of a belligerent Bears fan.

They did it. They really did it.

The Chicago Bears hired Ben Johnson. They reeled in the big fish. They did what they had to do.

I’m floored.

I’ll add one other note: I was wrong.

When the regular season ended and things lined up for the Chicago Bears coaching search, I looked at the situation. I said the Bears were going to get Ben Johnson as long as Mike Vrabel took the New England Patriots job because there was simply no way he was going to take the Jacksonville Jaguars job...