The Bears hired Johnson, 38, after three seasons as offensive coordinator for the Lions. In his first season, he helped them jump from 25th to fifth in scoring, then they finished fifth last season and led the NFL with 33.2 points per game this season.

Perhaps it was no surprise that he would come in hot in his first press conference as the Bears' head coach. He was just hoping for a better outcome when he made a joke about Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur. "To be quite frank with you, I kind of enjoyed beating Matt LaFleur twice a year,” Johnson said with a smirk on his face.

New Bears head coach Ben Johnson says staying in the division was one of his many reasons for choosing Chicago, and he introduced himself to the city by taking a playful jab at the Green Bay Packers in his first press conference with his new team.

Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur interviewed former Chicago Bears defensive coordinator Eric Washington to be his defensive line coach, ac

Johnson was introduced as the new head coach of the Chicago Bears on Wednesday and immediately took a shot at the team's rivals to the north. The 38-year-old former Detroit Lions offensive coordinator discussed staying in the NFC North, then took aim at the Green Bay Packers and their head coach Matt LaFleur.

The New York Jets are closing in on their head coach decision, and they are doing the Green Bay Packers a huge favor.

As offensive coordinator in Detroit, Ben Johnson and the Lions swept the Packers in 2022 and again in 2024. He is taking over a Bears roster that is “stocked and loaded.”

The Chicago Bears new head coach wasted no time adding to the historic rivalry against the Green Bay Packers. Chicago hired former Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson to be their next head coach.

Chicago Bears Introduce Ben Johnson as Head Coach / Michael Reaves/GettyImages Johnson held his introductory press conference in Chicago on Wednesday, a big moment for any head coach — but especially a first-time head coach taking the reins in one of the toughest markets in the country.

Rivalry in the NFC North runs incredibly deep. With one coach's recent decision to jump from one of its teams to another, that anger and resentment had already been baked in.

Ben Johnson took a shot at Matt LaFleur and the Green Bay Packers in his introductory press conference as the Chicago Bears' new head coach.