The coach has a more well-rounded roster around which to craft his playbook in the coming months. That’s no guarantee of success, but it’s a change inside Halas Hall.

Johnson came off a bit cocky at the combine. Good. The Bears need their next head coach to be an ass-kicking name-taker.

One accomplished Bears player above all others figures to be elevated by Ben Johnson's offense based on what he did in Detroit as a play designer.