The news of Ben Johnson’s arrival was greeted with excitement from many Chicago Bears fans — plus a bit of understandable skepticism from others.

We don’t know whether Johnson will lead Caleb Williams and the Bears to great heights, but he feels like the right guy for a very big job.

It’s been a long, long time since the Chicago Bears hired a coach that other teams actually wanted. A history littered with the Marc Trestman’s of the world, you have to go back to the 1982 hiring of Mike Ditka to find a coach the Bears landed who other teams were actually interested in.