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Bears Things: Ben Johnson won the press conference, now here’s what’s next…

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January 23, 2025
Chicago Bears head coach Ben Johnson and general manager Ryan Poles

Wednesday felt like a monumental day at Halas Hall. In a city used to losing out on big targets — Tracy McGrady, LeBron James, Shohei Ohtani, Manny Machado, to name a few — Ben Johnson made it perfectly clear that he wanted to be the Chicago Bears head coach.
For the first time in a long time, Chicago landed the guy everyone else wanted. They got him.
[Hoge: In hiring Ben Johnson, Bears did the obvious thing — for once]
Johnson not only won his introductory press conference, he dominated it — just like he’s dominated NFL defenses the last three years. I’ve covered my fair share of introductory press conferences (five head coaches, three general managers, one team president, countless coordin...

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