*The video above is from Monday, Sept. 15, 2025.

CHICAGO (WGN) — As I watched the Detroit Lions knock the stuffing out of Ben Johnson and the Chicago Bears Sunday afternoon, the longer the lambasting lasted, the more obvious it became that this roster left their head coach looking like an A-list movie character without the calling card that makes them who they are.

Ben Johnson's signature is a balanced run game that allows him to open up Pandora's box in the play-action pass game. Without it, Johnson is Zorro without his rapier, Freddy Krueger without his claws, or Indiana Jones without his whip.

At the surface level, the Bears rank 8th in the NFL in yards per carry (4.8) and 11th in rush yards per game (126.5), but that stat is a bit misleading given Caleb Williams is averaging 42.5 of

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