{"id":18838,"date":"2025-03-26T23:01:07","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T23:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=18838"},"modified":"2025-03-26T23:01:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T23:01:07","slug":"breaking-lions-star-has-1-message-on-ben-johnson-leaving-for-the-bears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=18838","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING : Lions Star Has 1 Message on Ben Johnson Leaving for the Bears"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2201949857-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2201949857-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2201949857-1.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2201949857-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Lions Star Has 1 Message on Ben Johnson Leaving for the Bears\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s been a few months since former Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson has left for NFC North rival the Chicago Bears, and it still stings, especially for the players who have trained under him.\u00a0What makes matters worse is that Johnson left for a rival team that\u2019s right in the Lions\u2019 division. It\u2019s almost like seeing one\u2019s ex with an enemy.<\/p>\n<p>But, as they say, it\u2019s all business and nothing personal. Now, one Lions star is speaking out about what he thinks about Johnson leaving for the Windy City.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Detroit Lions Tight End Says Losing Ben Johnson \u2018Hurts\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>While attending the 2025 NFLPA Classic Golf Tournament, Detroit Lions tight end Sam LaPorta was interviewed by FanDuel TV\u2019s Kay Adams. The two talked all things Lions, and when Adams asked him about Johnson leaving for the Chicago Bears, LaPorta admitted that it \u201churts.\u201d However, he also said that he\u2019s excited for what\u2019s up ahead for the Lions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt hurts\u2026 You spend a lot of time with these people, invest a lot of energy and effort and hard work together,\u201d LaPorta said. \u201cYou\u2019re excited that he\u2019s going to go run his own team and organization and have a lot on his plate. So, just very exciting times for him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>LaPorta also said that while he\u2019s happy for Johnson and the coach\u2019s new opportunity, he\u2019s also pumped for what the Lions can do next season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s exciting times for us, too, as we turn towards our new staff and have a bright future together as well,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Lions didn\u2019t waste time finding a replacement for Johnson. Not long after the departure, they brought on offensive coordinator John Morton, and LaPorta said he\u2019s thrilled to be working with the new coach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve sat down with (Morton) for maybe 10 or 15 minutes,\u201d LaPorta said. \u201cI got to know him personally. But as a coach, it\u2019s yet to be determined. We have a great future in front of us, we\u2019re excited to work with each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Ben Johnson Gushes Over Caleb Williams<\/h2>\n<p>Johnson and Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff made for a great team, and Johnson helped Goff play some of the best football of his career. Now, Johnson\u2019s task is helping Bears quarterback Caleb Williams become the kind of signal-callers that Chicago fans are hoping he can become.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis in February, Johnson gushed over his new quarterback.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOut of structure, the off-schedule, the creation\u2026that\u2019s what stands out the most because that\u2019s really the way that this league is going right now,\u201d Johnson said regarding Williams. \u201cIt seems like as much as you want to make it pure progression, one to two to three, there\u2019s just too much variety.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cThe pass rush is coming down and to have an athlete like Caleb extend the play and potentially find an explosive down the field. That\u2019s what gets me going a little bit. I get excited thinking about that because I haven\u2019t been around that since I\u2019ve been in the league.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One Detroit Lions star is breaking his silence on what it means to have Ben Johnson leaving the team for the Chicago Bears.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18839,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-detroit-lions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING : Lions Star Has 1 Message on Ben Johnson Leaving for the Bears - Breaking News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=18838\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING : Lions Star Has 1 Message on Ben Johnson Leaving for the Bears - 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