Bears Insider Confirms Ben Johnson Has Final Personnel Say — And Why It Creates A Dilemma

There have been rumors and speculation for the past year that the Chicago Bears had to make a major concession to lure Ben Johnson from Detroit to become their new head coach. It involved giving him significant personnel authority. In other words, GM Ryan Poles would not be able to sign, draft, or trade for any players the head coach didn’t want. Brad Biggs of the Chicago Tribune finally confirmed this publicly during an interview on 670 The Score. Johnson is indeed calling the shots.

This isn’t necessarily a bad thing.