Report: Bears' top coaching targets are Ben Johnson, Mike Vrabel

The rumor mill has been hot and busy on the final Sunday of the 2024 NFL regular season, and the Chicago Bears are one of the biggest topics in the head coaching conversation.

With many names being rumored and attached to the Bears' head coaching vacancy, there are two names who continuously get discussed: Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson and former Tennessee Titans head coach Mike Vrabel.

During the NFL Today show on CBS, insider Jonathan Jones discussed both Vrabel and Johnson potentially being linked to the Bears and the team's interest in both. Detailing the difference between both coaching candidates, Jones said that teams who are all in on one of the candidates will more than likely not be in all in on the other, meaning the Bears will have to decide which direction is best for them between the two.

"Mike Vrabel, Ben Johnson, are the top two candidates but they are different people," Jones said on Sunday. "I had a source tell me if you're all in on Vrabel, you won't be all in on Ben, and vice versa. There's interest in Chicago in both coaches, GM Ryan Poles, he'll be making the call on the head coach and team owner George McCaskey wants his football team, to handle the football [side]."

Now that the 2024 regular season has concluded, with the Bears getting a 24-22 victory over the Green Packers, the focus and conversation shifts to the focus of the search for their next head coach.

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