Top Analyst Feels Ben Johnson Wanting More Than Super Bowl is “Disrespectful” to Rest of NFL

First Things First analyst Chris Broussard says Ben Johnson's dreams of Chicago Bears boasting the highest scoring offense is "disrespectful" to other NFL teams.

Top Analyst Feels Ben Johnson Wanting More Than Super Bowl is “Disrespectful” to Rest of NFL

Ben Johnson and Chris Broussard inside the circle (Image via IMAGO/X)

Chris Broussard isn’t a fan of Ben Johnson’s lofty goals for the Chicago Bears. Broussard believes that it’s disrespectful to the rest of the NFL.

Following the 2024 season, when the Bears finished at the bottom of the NFC North, they poached Ben Johnson from rivals the Detroit Lions and appointed him as head coach. The Bears jumped from a five-win team to finishing with an 11-6 record in 2025.

Ahead of his second season, Johnson has set some lofty goals, which he shared with Dan Pompei of The Athletic. On the latest episode of FS1’s The First Things First, veteran analyst Chris Broussard praised Johnson for being a positive voice in the Bears locker room. However, Broussard also criticized the second-year head coach for setting unrealistic goals.

There’s a downside… the quotes he had… When you say ‘I want more than the Super Bowl,’—you win the Super Bowl by a point at the last second field goal, 17-14, you are not gonna be happy? Because you did not hit thirty points… shut the team? I think that’s disrespectful to other teams in the NFL.

Chris Broussard said

Broussard continued:

If I am an opposing coach, I am pointing it out that this dude thinks he and his team are God’s gift to football… When you say ‘We are gonna go undefeated and average 30’… he is saying that [the Bears] are gonna be a mix of [the 1983] Bears, the greatest show on turf [the Rams]… throw in the Tom Brady, Randy Moss, the Patriots.

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What are Ben Johnson’s goals for the Chicago Bears?

The Bears scored 441 points in 2025, the sixth-most among the 32 NFL teams. But their 25.9 points per game were the 17th most—fewer than teams like the Lions, Indianapolis Colts, and Dallas Cowboys—all of which missed the playoffs.

Top Analyst Feels Ben Johnson Wanting More Than Super Bowl is "Disrespectful" to Rest of NFL
Ben Johnson (Image via IMAGO)

And yet, Johnson believes his team has improved enough to break the single-season PPG record set by the 2013 Denver Broncos, led by Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning, over 16 games.

You’ve got 31 other teams coming to training camp saying, ‘Our goal is to win the Super Bowl.’ I want more than that. I want to have the highest-scoring offense ever, which happens to be the 2013 Denver Broncos. I know how many points per game they scored [37.9 PPG], and I want to surpass them. I want shutouts. I want blowouts.

Ben Johnson told Dan Pompei

The Bears get one step closer to leaving Chicago

The Bears have been part of the Chicago culture since the club’s inception in 1919. However, the residents of the Windy City may no longer host NFL games soon.

According to Chicago Bears analyst Ben Devine, the Bears are set to finalize a stadium deal on Thursday.

Breaking: A finalized stadium deal is expected tomorrow with the Chicago Bears landing in Indiana. Per a source, Indiana is so heavily incentivizing the deal as to include a name change with “Indiana” in the team name when the stadium completes.

Devine tweeted

Even though the Bears are expected to relocate to Indiana, they might stick with the Chicago Bears, according to Illinois governor Brendan Moore.

Just to level set expectations: I spoke to a source close to the Bears earlier today who stressed that “it’s not some major announcement” they’ll be making tomorrow. “Right now, it’s like a 10 in terms of what people think is coming, and it should be at about a three.

The Bears have played their home game at Soldier Field since 1971. Barring minor restructures, the stadium has stayed the same for more than fifty years. In Indiana, they will move into a new stadium.

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