Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson and former Tennessee Titans head coach Mike Vrabel have dominated headlines as coaching candidates in the

Weeks after NFL Network reported that the Bears’ head coaching vacancy “intrigued” Ben Johnson, there’s reportedly “chatter” that the Lions’ offensive coordinator — a play-calling mastermind at the top of teams’ lists last cycle and again this year — wants the Jaguars’ job if Jacksonville fires Doug Pederson as expected,

No NFL head-coaching candidate is being linked to another team in this cycle like Ben Johnson is to the Bears.

The Bears opened scoring on Sunday with a punt return for a touchdown aided by some well-executed misdirection. Midway through the first quarter, the Packers punter Daniel Whelan punted from the Chicago 44-yard-line with the game in a scoreless tie.

A horrendous special teams blunder against the Bears in the regular-season finale Sunday at Lambeau Field has put them in an early hole. The Packers were completely fooled by a Bears trick play following Daniel Whelan's punt in the first quarter that resulted in a 94-yard return for a touchdown by Josh Blackwell.

The return by Blackwell was the Bears' first punt return TD since 2021 and the second-longest punt return of the NFL season, trailing only a 96-yarder by Jacksonville's Parker Was