Lions losing Ben Johnson to rival Bears is big 'body blow,' Super Bowl champion says

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Former Detroit Lions violative coordinator Ben Johnson near the squad to instrumentality the Chicago Bears' caput coaching occupation Monday.

Super Bowl champion Lomas Brown talked astir what Lions fans are going done losing their apical coordinator aft a crushing playoff nonaccomplishment during a caller quality connected OutKick’s "Don’t @ Me with Dan Dakich."

"I cognize it’s different assemblage blow. You cognize that aged game, assemblage blow, assemblage blow. … That was a large 1 yesterday," Brown said. "All of them connected speech radio, that was the taxable yesterday, Ben Johnson leaving. Oh my god, you got truthful galore fans upset astatine Ben astir taking the Chicago job. I deliberation it’s more, not him leaving, but much of the occupation that helium is accepting due to the fact that of however bitter rivals we are with Chicago.

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"Now, we got to look him doubly a year. That conscionable made the part adjacent harder with Ben Johnson going successful there. And a batch of sentiment earlier helium took the occupation was that Ben wouldn’t instrumentality that occupation due to the fact that helium knew helium would person to spell up against his bully person Dan Campbell doubly a year. But helium took it. A batch of radical not blessed with it astir here."

The No. 1-seeded Lions were upset by the No. 6-seeded Washington Commanders, 45-31, Saturday.

Brown said losing Johnson, particularly to a part rival, and perchance different apical assistants marque the nonaccomplishment to the Commanders wounded that overmuch more. 

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"A batch of radical not blessed with it astir here, and I deliberation that it’s, again, I conscionable deliberation a batch of that’s from the results of the game, and conscionable everything that’s going connected the past fewer days astir here. It’s culminating with Ben Johnson taking the occupation and, d---, we’re going to suffer different assistants," Brown said. 

"I mean Aaron Glenn, you speech astir possibly (offensive enactment coach) Hank Fraley. It’s different assistants that we’re going to suffer disconnected this team. That’s wherefore this was the twelvemonth for america to get it done."

Glenn was scheduled to interrogation with the New York Jets for the 2nd clip for their caput coaching presumption Tuesday, according to NFL Network

Tuesday’s interrogation volition beryllium the archetypal in-person gathering betwixt the Jets and Glenn. 

Fraley is being interviewed for the Seattle Seahawks' violative coordinator presumption Tuesday, according to ESPN. It volition beryllium Fraley’s 2nd interrogation with the squad and their archetypal in-person interview. 

Brown spent 18 seasons successful the NFL and was with the Lions for 11 of them. Brown was a prima near tackle and made the Pro Bowl 7 consecutive seasons from 1990-1996. 

Brown won a Super Bowl successful his last play with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers successful 2002. 

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