The Bears kicked off their season with a tough 27–24 loss to the Vikings , letting a 17–6 third-quarter lead slip away. Head coach Ben Johnson didn’t waste time pointing out what went wrong, and, surprisingly, much of the blame landed on his own staff. From penalties to play-calling, the cracks were hard to ignore. What he said next might raise even more eyebrows.

Johnson stood at the podium post-game, opening with a somber admission that set a tone of shared responsibility. “All right, obviously a disappointing way to start the season there for us. We just have a 17 to 6 lead and then see it go the way it did there in the fourth quarter.” He even echoed a pre-game mantra that now felt like a self-inflicted wound. “We said going into week one that the team that would make the

See Full Page