With the Chicago Bears scratching the surface of what they aspire to become offensively, there’s a mighty long way to go to build a juggernaut like the one Ben Johnson was an integral part of in Detroit.

Five games into the season, the Bears have done something the franchise has accomplished only three times since 1958 — score 21 points or more in each game. Entering Week 7, the Bears (3-2) are 10th in the NFL in scoring, averaging 25.2 points per game.

That’s significant growth when considering the franchise ranked 28th last season and has finished in the top 10 only four times in the previous 30 years — 2018 (ninth), 2013 (second), 2006 (second) and 1995 (eighth). Seven times in that span the Bears were bottom five in scoring.

There has been rapid improvement in a number of areas. Pas

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