Ben Johnson v Tomlin

freakfontana · Aug 13, 2026 at 6:02 PM

Thanx God popcorn ran out of town ... finally

steelersrule6 · Aug 13, 2026 at 6:41 PM

HeinzMustard said: ↑

Ben Johnson... the one that got away from Steelers. What could have been.

Reminds me of passing on Marino in '83.
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For the millionth time Johnson probably wasn't taking a job without a franchise QB .

Pittsteely9 · Aug 14, 2026 at 6:22 AM

S.T.D said: ↑

LoL. That's crazy when You think about it.
How many HCs have been a HC at the Packers, Cowboys, and Steelers?
Let's hope 3 to 5 years from now we are talking about him being the greatest HC of all time
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S.T.D said: ↑

LoL. That's crazy when You think about it.
How many HCs have been a HC at the Packers, Cowboys, and Steelers?
Let's hope 3 to 5 years from now we are talking about him being the greatest HC of all time
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He would need to go undefeated and win 5 straight super bowls to be considered the greatest HC of all time. Odds are against him.

steelersrule6 · Aug 14, 2026 at 9:20 AM

Michael E said: ↑

https://www.nfl.com/news/ben-johnson-wants-bears-to-set-nfl-scoring-record-in-2026

“I want more than that. I want to have the highest-scoring offense ever, which happens to be the 2013 Denver Broncos. I know how many points per game they scored (37.9), and I want to surpass them. I want shutouts. I want blowouts.”

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We had to live with aim-low Tomlin, who wanted to "keep it close" and then "win it ugly" in the 4th quarter.

Ben Johnson is the attitude I want and quite frankly, the attitude I had playing sports as a kid/teen/young adult. I wasn't there to participate. I was there to be part of a dominant team. We were that in soccer and youth football (second smallest on the team and OG). We were hit and miss in baseball, I was good, but never the BEST player and some years were .500 years and some were playoff years.

I can't understand any love for a HC like Tomlin that seems to dislike winning easily and often. Hired awful OCs that would "manage" the game, i.e. keep turnovers low, but we don't much care if you score any TDs. We just need 3, 4 or 5 FGs and we'll scrap out a win by D in the 4th.

Bears fans got a good one, even if he doesn't quite reach heights he's stating, at least he is plainly hungry to be more than solid, he wants the Bears to be record-setting and destroying every team they play. The complete antithesis of Mike "Mediocre" Tomlin and his hired band of sub-mediocre assistants.
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I guess you forgot when Haley was the OC and they talked about wanting to score over thirty points a game. Johnson should worry about his QB having a higher completion percentage than 58%, they won't come close to averaging 37.9 points.

S.T.D · Aug 14, 2026 at 12:57 PM

Pittsteely9 said: ↑

He would need to go undefeated and win 5 straight super bowls to be considered the greatest HC of all time. Odds are against him.
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We can only hope.

Eichburgh · Aug 14, 2026 at 4:14 PM

If McCarthy is only here for 3-5 years and is successful, it would be nice if he's able to groom his successor.

Blast Furnace · Aug 14, 2026 at 4:31 PM

Eichburgh said: ↑

If McCarthy is only here for 3-5 years and is successful, it would be nice if he's able to groom his successor.
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He said Tom Arth will be a HC someday but I would think he will get that opportunity before McCarthy leaves. Or maybe he gets promoted to OC here which could put him on a path to be the next HC.

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