The Athletic Article on Ben Johnson

[Canth]

Not sure if anyone posted this yet, Adam Jahn's article on Ben Johnson from the Athletic:

How new Bears coach Ben Johnson ‘created a monster’ of an offense from many influences

Johnson doesn't come from one coaching tree. After learning from many coaches, he crafted one of the NFL's best offenses.

www.nytimes.com

A couple of excerpts that really stand out to me as different than previous HC's or hell even OC's that the Bears have had:

“If you ask me, I’d say he’s a great teacher,” Sherman said. “I think that’s his strength, and he supports that teaching with all this other stuff that he does.”

“Dan giving him the chance to coach the tight ends, where you’re integral in blocking schemes, pass protection with the (offensive) line coach, you have to know all that stuff,” Gase said. “Then he’s with the wideouts. He was already with quarterbacks. He knew so many positions at such a young age.”

As Johnson’s titles changed, his skill at drawing up plays improved. Clyde Christensen, the Dolphins’ offensive coordinator from 2016-17 under Gase, said Johnson created a program for drafting their plays for installs as well as their inventory. Christensen described it as cutting edge at the time.

Johnson earned degrees in mathematics and computer science at North Carolina, where he joined the football team as a walk-on quarterback. Gase described Johnson’s program as something that seemingly functioned like Google. You’d start typing in keywords, and then like that, here’s the play. It was organized. It included everything: first- and second-down plays, third-down, red zone, four-minute situations and more.

Years later, Christensen witnessed Johnson connecting with players off the field, too. “You’d see them hanging around his office,” he said. It included players who weren’t in Johnson’s position group. If a player had questions about certain plays or had their own projects to work on, Johnson’s door was open to them.

“He could put together a little cut-up (of film) and the players loved that,” Christensen said. “He was a tremendous resource and they just all gravitated to him.”

 

[Canth]

The article also talks a good bit about his playcalling ability and how he really is creating his own offense from so many different influences.

 

[pseudonym]

Not sure if anyone posted this yet, Adam Jahn's article on Ben Johnson from the Athletic:

How new Bears coach Ben Johnson ‘created a monster’ of an offense from many influences

Johnson doesn't come from one coaching tree. After learning from many coaches, he crafted one of the NFL's best offenses.

www.nytimes.com

A couple of excerpts that really stand out to me as different than previous HC's or hell even OC's that the Bears have had:

Love all of this. Wow. Impressive.

 

[chi]

This is the exact opposite of a Jordan Siglar article

 

[cwcwcwcw1]

This is the exact opposite of a Jordan Siglar article

I'm sure sometime tomorrow he'll cut and miss paste together a thread an article along the lines of ...

"" Warren & Poles having second thoughts after finding out Johnson believes in monsters. ""

 

[mecha]

I'm sure sometime tomorrow he'll cut and miss paste together a thread an article along the lines of ...

"" Warren & Poles having second thoughts after finding out Johnson believes in monsters. ""

I don't care that it's free. it's not useful at all.

 

[Chief Walking Stick]

He's a fuckin computer nerd. None of these players will respect him and he will fail. Just like every other coach for the last 40 years. Bears a re a joke.

 

[Sparks500]

He's a fuckin computer nerd. None of these players will respect him and he will fail. Just like every other coach for the last 40 years. Bears a re a joke.

A computer nerd with the power to cut yo ass….