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Detroit Lions prima Amon-Ra St. Brown and the remainder of his teammates volition beryllium heading into the 2025 play without 2 coordinators who helped crook them into a league powerhouse.
Ben Johnson is the caller caput manager of the NFC North rival Chicago Bears, portion Aaron Glenn became caput manager of the squad that drafted him successful 1994, the New York Jets.
St. Brown was person to Johnson, the innovative play-caller who helped strategy a Lions discourtesy that led the NFL successful points per crippled successful 2024.
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When talking astir Johnson’s departure for the Bears connected his "St. Brown Podcast" with older member Equanimeous, St. Brown said helium spoke with his erstwhile coordinator aft helium signed his woody to caput to the Windy City.
And the connection was beauteous clear.
"I told him, I said, ‘Two times a year, Ben, we’re going to f--- you up,’" St. Brown told his member portion laughing.
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Johnson, though, had a akin effect for his erstwhile pupil.
"I’m going to f--- you up," St. Brown recalls Johnson replying.
The narration is intelligibly 1 of communal respect, and competitory banter is thing that usually follows there.
"OK, we’ll see," St. Brown fired backmost astatine Johnson. "I told him I cognize each the plays helium likes to run. I cognize each his tendencies, and we were going backmost and distant messing around."
Though the jabs were playful, St. Brown and Johnson volition person to crook their relationship to the broadside doubly a twelvemonth arsenic agelong arsenic Johnson is the caput manager of the Bears.
With the league title games being played this play to find who plays successful the Super Bowl, the Lions were expected to beryllium backmost wherever they were successful January 2024, erstwhile they had a second-half illness against the San Francisco 49ers successful the NFC rubric game.
However, the Lions were eliminated successful a 45-31 nonaccomplishment astatine Ford Field to the Washington Commanders successful the divisional round, and Johnson was heading to Chicago days later.
Johnson has the Bears’ 2024 No. 1 wide pick, Caleb Williams, to mold alongside immoderate coagulated violative weapons similar D.J. Moore and Keenan Allen. St. Brown has besides shown respect to Williams successful the past, particularly fixed their USC connection, but the Lions took down the Bears doubly this season.
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