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Bears coach Ben Johnson has mastered the art of turning the page

Carlos Ramirez
Senior Reporter · Wednesday, November 4, 2026 at 11:33 PM · 1 min read
Bears coach Ben Johnson has mastered the art of turning the page

If all things were equal, the Bears’ first team meeting of each week would feel the same after a win as it did after a loss. Corrections would be made with impersonal precision.That’s not the case, though, inside Halas Hall or anywhere else.But Ben Johnson can try.“We try to be as consistent as we possibly can and we tell them the truth and it's not about hurting feelings or anything like that,” the Bears coach said Wednesday. “We're all in the business of getting better.”That’s as true now — in a week the football-loving world officially fell in love with the Bears after a 34-17 win in Seattle — as it’s been at any point in Johnson’s career. And that's why, even in the minutes after beating the defending Super Bowl champions Monday night, Bears players were hesitant to make any grand declarations about the message they sent to the league.“We’re not really focused on everybody else … ” safety Cam Lewis said. “It was just our next game.”Said receiver Kalif Raymond: “We’ve still got a lo

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