The Chicago Bears pulled off another stunner on Monday night in Washington. Just like in Las Vegas, they fell behind late in the 4th quarter, only to engineer another drive for a go-ahead score. This time it came courtesy of their resurgent ground game and the right leg of 49ers castoff Jake Moody. Still, the two men at the heart of the victory were head coach Ben Johnson and quarterback Caleb Williams. Johnson called an excellent game all night while Williams protected the ball and made plays when he had to.
It wasn’t the prettiest win, but they don’t care about that. One person who couldn’t seem to get over it was Troy Aikman. The former Super Bowl champion was highly critical of the Bears throughout the broadcast, downplaying everything they did as merely good luck. Williams, ever the internet troll, couldn’t resist sniping Aikman on Instagram.
He wasn’t alone.
Johnson happened to hear the broadcast the following morning as his kids were getting ready for school. He took a dig at Aikman as well during an interview with Jeff Joniak on ESPN 1000.
Ben Johnson and Caleb Williams take things personally.
Don’t be fooled by the even-keeled professionalism in their words. Those two know how to hold a grudge when they feel slighted. They just find creative ways to express it. Williams uses social media. Ben Johnson makes pointed comments that are easy to read between the lines. It is clear that those two didn’t care for what Aikman had to say. For somebody who is supposed to be unbiased, his commentary felt slanted against the Bears all night. Previous quarterbacks and head coaches would’ve let the matter go, allowing the win to speak for itself.
Not these two. They intended to have the last word. Having two maniacal competitors at the forefront of your franchise is never a bad thing. It hasn’t been like this for the Bears since McMahon and Ditka in the 1980s. We all know they didn’t shy away from speaking their minds. Johnson and Williams have some of that same attitude.
Aikman is generally an agreeable and non confrontational analyst so it was surprising to hear him criticize things that aren’t really up for criticism. He really wasn’t overly critical of Daniel’s int because he said he just threw it a little late. No! Where Brisker was even a little before the throw he likely makes that play. The correct criticism of that play was ball placement. It has to be a high ball to clear the 2nd level defenders. There was never a window for that to be a TD at the level that ball was thrown. Compare that with… Read more »
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This is a total non-issue. Whether Troy Aikman pans the Bears, or praises Washington, or does the opposite, has ZERO impact on the result of the game. He’s supposed to be ‘neutral’ as a national announcer, but when we listen to the home team broadcast of a baseball game, we fully expect heavy bias, with the announcers cheering home runs by their team, bemoaning errors by their team, etc. He can take whatever slant he wants on it. (A useful experiment is to listen to a NFL game on the radio, using the broadcast from the other team’s announcers. It’s… Read more »
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@slipknotz Wha??? Yes. Obviously there is some national and government involvement with the nation’s premiere sport, but that is different that “political.” “Political” is how a message is written or delivered. “Government or national” is what is done. Because our U.S. military is not a conscripted or draft service, they need to stay visible and recruit service members. Sports are a high profile activity for people of the age they are recruiting. Therefore, you will constantly see interaction between military and sports. But the rest of government also is relatively invisible to the average American (or anyone around the world).… Read more »