The “early figure on the NFL grapevine” for Ben Johnson, who signed on to become the 19th head coach in franchise history Monday, is $13 million per year, according to Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio.
Ben Johnson was the most highly-sought after coach in this hiring cycle, and Chris Simms believes the interest is more than deserved.
It looks like the Chicago Bears have finally found their head coach, Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson. If the rumors of the Bears hiring Johnson as their next head coach are true, he might be one of the highest-paid coaches in the NFL.
Figuring out whether coaches learned their lesson from their firings might be easier to assess than hearing untested coordinators talk about hypotheticals.
Caleb Williams was sacked 68 times this season, tied with 2005 David Carr for the 3rd-most in a season since QB sacks were first tracked in 1963. Only 1986 Randall Cunningham (72), and 2002 David Carr (76) were sacked more.
Instead of an expansive search, the Bears should take the opposite approach — focus on the big names (Pete Carroll, Mike Vrabel) and hot coordinators (Ben Johnson, Joe Brady, Brian Flores) and take the biggest swing they can.
Ben Johnson, former Detroit Lions’ offensive coordinator, has been appointed as the Chicago Bears' new head coach, bringing innovative strategies and
The Bears appeared to be losing ground to the Raiders in their fight for Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson until this update from Adam Schefter.
Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid joins 'The Insiders' after winning the annual 101 Coach of the Year award.
Sticking with Matt Eberflus last year was a mistake that could have cost the Bears' general manager his job. Instead it put the Bears in position to hire the top candidate in the 2025 cycle. After a rough year,
Nagy was hired by the Chicago Bears in 2018 after serving as the Chiefs offensive coordinator under Andy Reid. Interestingly, the Jets tried to hire Nagy to be their offensive coordinator in 2017 under then head coach Todd Bowles, but Reid blocked the team’s request and kept him in Kansas City.