NFL coaches routinely submit to in-game interviews by the network handling a given game. Almost as routinely, these interviews consist of uneventful (and largely useless) coachspeak.
On Sunday, Bears coach Ben Johnson’s interview after halftime of his team’s game at Las Vegas was not uneventful.
First, Johnson interrupted the first question from Aditi Kinkhabwala of CBS, who was prefacing her inquiry by pointing out that the offense had struggled.
“They haven’t done anything, you’re right,” Johnson said.
After his answer, Kinkhabwala said, “You need to change what you’re doing.”
“ I don’t know, you think so? ” Johnson said. “We’re gonna be just fine.”
Johnson addressed the interaction with reporters on Monday.
“In the moment I honestly I didn’t think too much of it,” Johnson sai