Overview

• The halftime interview featured Johnson interrupting and replying, “They haven’t done anything, you’re right,” before answering a follow-up with, “I don’t know, you think so? We’re going to be just fine.”
• Kinkhabwala thanked Emmanuel Acho for his public support and said a bad caption misrepresented her question, which she asked as “Do you need to change what you’re doing?”
• She told 670 The Score she wished she had been more specific on the follow-up and noted lighter pregame interactions with Johnson during CBS meetings.
• CBS play-by-play announcer Spero Dedes described Johnson as “all business” with “a little intimidation, menacing stare,” as the clip drew millions of views.
• The exchange came with Chicago’s offense sputtering before the Bears beat the Raiders 25–24, sealed by Josh Blackwell’s blocked 54-yard field goal in the final minute.