The Chicago Bears fired caput manager Matt Eberflus pursuing their Thanksgiving nonaccomplishment to the Detroit Lions. They could regenerate him with a part rival.
While listing 15 candidates to regenerate him, The Athletic's Adam Jahns named Lions violative coordinator Ben Johnson arsenic a campaigner to regenerate him.
"No campaigner should person much leverage connected the marketplace than Johnson, who is the designer and play caller of Detroit’s high-powered offense," wrote Jahns. "It should beryllium evident to each funny teams that Johnson volition beryllium picky, too. Johnson, 38, removed himself from information for the Seattle Seahawks and Washington Commanders’ caput manager openings past year."
Johnson has been cardinal successful the Lions' turnaround and successful making them 1 of the astir electrical offenses successful football. Hiring him would beryllium a large plus successful processing Caleb Williams. Johnson's instrumentality to the Lions past offseason could extremity up being immense if the Bears bring him connected arsenic the adjacent caput coach. His determination to instrumentality to Detroit could person yet fixed the Bears capable clip to occurrence Eberflus and request a caput coach.
"Interested teams mightiness person to beryllium diligent with Johnson if the Lions marque a Super Bowl run," wrote Jahns. "That could mean missing retired connected immoderate of the champion adjunct coaches and coordinator candidates, but Kyle Shanahan was decidedly worthy the hold successful San Francisco successful 2017."
Johnson has the imaginable to alteration immoderate offense. He has been a large crushed for Jared Goff's vocation revival. The Bears are not abbreviated of violative playmakers. D.J. Moore and Rome Odunze could some enactment up large numbers nether Johnson's scheme.
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