Chicago Bears head coach Ben Johnson has a reputation around the league of being a football addict, dedicating his life and time to the game, and that may have gotten him caught sleeping at the facility this summer.
Johnson is entering his second season as the Bears coach, looking to build off an 11-win season that led to the first playoff win in franchise history since 2010, while beginning to build what could be the making of long-term success behind a high-powered offense.
In order to build off that success, Johnson has had to commit as much time as possible to the team, which got him caught by rookie tight end Sam Roush during summer workouts. In a recent interview with CHGO, Roush revealed that he caught Johnson sleeping in the facility, after noticing his head coach with bed head hair when he arrived for a workout.
“I was lifting at 8 am and [Ben] walks in and he’s got bed head,” Roush said. “I look at him and I was like, ‘You slept in the facility last night, didn’t you?’ And he was like, ‘Don’t ask those kind of questions.’ It was the middle of June.”
Getting in extra work in the middle of June shows the true dedication that Johnson has to the organization and his football team, also setting a standard that he can hold the players to as well. Johnson and the success of his relationship with quarterback Caleb Williams will be key to what the Bears can do in 2026, looking to improve off a good first season last year.
It’s unlikely that Johnson wants his players calling him out for sleeping in the office, or wants them sleeping in the facility either. But it’s that level of dedication that could help propel the franchise to the next level.
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