Ben Johnson stood behind a lectern on a stage in front of reporters inside the bowels of Soldier Field late Monday night, trying to find the right words to describe what had just happened.

He stared toward the ground before lifting his head slightly as he began to talk. But the words quickly evaded him and he stopped, shook his head a few times and just let out a sigh.

It wasn’t a moment he had planned on having. The way Monday night started, it seemed like the Chicago Bears had truly entered a new era in Johnson’s first game as head coach.

Instead, the Bears reverted to their old habits in a 27-24 loss to the Minnesota Vikings and Johnson was left trying to find the words to explain how it happened.

“We said going into Week 1 that the team that would make the least number of mistak

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