Overview
- Ben Johnson and Aaron Glenn spent 2021–2024 as rival coordinators with the Detroit Lions and their practice battles shaped both coaches’ approaches.
- Johnson has led the Bears to early head-coaching success, including a 2025 division title and a playoff win, while Glenn is 4-16 as the Jets’ head coach and facing increased scrutiny.
- Chicago’s quarterback picture remains unsettled with Caleb Williams rehabbing a right hamstring and coach Ben Johnson declining to name a starter for the Week 4 game.
- The Jets enter the matchup with a markedly improved defense that ranks second in the NFL in yards allowed and has forced no interceptions in an NFL-record 20 straight games.
- Sunday’s result will be an early measuring stick for Glenn’s rebuild and could shape evaluations of his job security while also showing how Johnson adapts play-calling against a coach who knows him well.