When Chicago Bears head coach Ben Johnson watched film from his team’s blowout loss to the Detroit Lions , he noticed a recurring theme.

It didn’t matter if it was tape on the offense, defense or special teams. He kept seeing the same thing.

The Lions played a little bit harder than the Bears.

“That’s a reflection of me as a coach,” Johnson told reporters at Halas Hall in Lake Forest on Wednesday. “That’s a reflection of our coaching staff and it’s a reflection of our players too. When you play a good team like that on the road, you gotta be all out every single snap and that was just not the case. Specifically, it was everybody.”

It’s been a mindset Johnson has tried to instill at Halas since the Bears hired him in January. Johnson emphasized the importance of details into every

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