It's why a recent ranking of each new head coach's predicted win total in 2025 will frustrate Bears Nation. Johnson doesn't rank No. 1, or even No. 2. Instead, he ranks third among the new batch of HCs with a projected record of 9-8.

This prediction on Chicago Bears head coach Ben Johnson is a bit unexpected. Johnson, of course, came from the Detroit Lions.

Caleb Williams in his supremely disappointing rookie year presided over one of the least productive offenses in the NFL, a unit that never got better and suffered from the rookie’s wildly inaccurate passing — especially from a clean pocket.