The opening drive was a great start for Ben Johnson. The finish was more of the same for the Chicago Bears .

With Johnson making his debut as Chicago’s head coach, the Bears blew an 11-point lead in the fourth quarter of an ugly 27-24 loss to the Minnesota Vikings on Monday night. Johnson’s team was flagged 12 times for 127 yards — including four false start penalties — and his offense was shut down for much of the second half.

“We said going into Week 1 that the team that would make the least number of mistakes would win the game, and unfortunately, we were on the wrong side of that,” Johnson said. “We made too many there late in the game, myself included. There were a number of things that I could have done better.”

Caleb Williams connected on his first 10 passes for Chicago —

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