At some point in the waning minutes of Sunday’s game, the totality of Green Bay, December, Lambeau Field, Matt LaFleur, Jordan Love and most certainly a combination of Josh Jacobs and Kingsley Enegbare outweighed the promise and progress of the Chicago Bears (not to mention Caleb Williams’s tendency to freelance his way into destructive choices). This was a totally fine, understandable and acceptable outcome; one that most betting markets predicted with razor-sharp accuracy, having favored Green Bay by a touchdown before the Packers won 28–21.
Yet that didn’t stop anyone from having fun at Ben Johnson’s expense after the game because, almost a year ago, at an introductory press conference, he talked about how much fun he had winning games against LaFleur as an assistant with the Lions—alluding to the idea that it would be similarly enjoyable as the head coach of the Bears.
