Lions OC Ben Johnson is one of the most notable names on this current coaching carousel in the NFL. He still has several options on the table too with six jobs still available around the league.
ESPN’s Adam Schefter joined ‘The Pat McAfee Show’ on Friday and discussed Johnson’s candidacy for those openings. He was certain that he’ll be a head coach for one of them next year rather than returning to Detroit again and said he could end up as the hire for any besides one.
“He’s getting a head coaching job. He is getting one,” said Schefter. “It’s just not going to be in Dallas.”
“Again, I don’t know where he’s going to go,” Schefter said. “He’s going to have, I think, three realistic options.”
So, that leaves five potentially for Johnson with the Chicago Bears, New York Jets, Jacksonville Jaguars, New Orleans Saints, and Las Vegas Raiders.
Per the latest over this last week, Johnson is in connection to two more than the others in Las Vegas and Chicago. However, Schefter doesn’t understand the Raiders’ buzz, although noting he could end up in Vegas, considering the circumstances with the franchise.
“Well, I know everybody has got Ben Johnson anointed to the Raiders. I’m not in that camp right now,” said Schefter. “So, I have to believe it before I see it.”
“Again, I know that this Raiders freight train has gathered a whole lot of steam – and I don’t want to slow it down because, by the way, I want to say, for the record, it could happen. He could be the coach there. But I am not just convinced just yet that that’s going to be the way it’s going to be,” said Schefter. “If you’re picking the Raiders? You’re telling me that Ben Johnson turned down the chance to go coach Jayden Daniels last year, turned that down, so he can go to a place this year in Las Vegas without a top pick, without a quarterback, that plays in a division with Patrick Mahomes, Justin Herbert, Bo Nix, Andy Reid, Jim Harbaugh, and Sean Payton? Does that make sense to you? I’m just wondering. Like, I’m just laying it out there like that.”
With that, Schefter brought the Bears back into it and wondered why Johnson isn’t getting more buzz there.
“Here’s my question,” Schefter said. “Why is everybody ignoring Chicago when it comes to Ben Johnson? Why, why has that just been dispelled? I don’t get it. What am I missing here?”
Johnson has a game in the NFC Divisional to prepare for tomorrow for the No. 1 Detroit Lions. From there, though, Johnson’s name is in the mix around the National Football League, especially in Sin City and Chi-Town.
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