In his two full seasons with Detroit, Johnson went 3-1 against Green Bay, including sweeping them in their two regular season meetings in 2024. As he stated in his press conference, Johnson particularly enjoyed beating Packers head coach Matt LaFleur twice in a season.

New Chicago head coach Ben Johnson didn't waste any time jumping into the Packers-Bears rivarly with his comments directed at Matt LaFleur.

New Chicago Bears head coach Ben Johnson was preparing the Detroit Lions to play the Washington Commanders a week ago. On Thursday, multiple changes were announced on his third official day in charge of the Bears. During his introductory news conference on Wednesday, Johnson identified issues Chicago had in 2024. He called out the offensive line.

The Chicago Bears media got a chance to be introduced to new head coach Ben Johnson. While doing so, Johnson made a comment that’s sure to end up as bulletin board material inside the Green Bay Packers’ locker room. “To be quite frank with you, I kinda enjoyed beating Matt LaFleur twice a year.” BEN JOHNSON COMIN’ IN HOT pic.twitter.com/vBxiEriFRk

The interview was scheduled for Jan. 11. The Detroit Lions were deep into their postseason bye week and still awaiting their divisional-round opponent. But offensive coordinator Ben Johnson was multitasking.

The Detroit Lions also lost coordinators Ben Johnson and Aaron Glenn to head coach jobs and DL coach Terrell Williams to a coordinator spot.

The Chicago Bears' poaching of the Detroit Lions coaching staff continued as Ben Johnson snagged a former colleague to be his assistant head coach.

Ben Johnson has given his first press conference as head coach of the Chicago Bears after leaving the Detroit Lions in what has been a controversial move, with him responding with a clear message