Bears coach regrets how TV interview received

CHICAGO -- Bears manager Ben Johnson expressed regret Monday implicit however his halftime interrogation during his team's Week 4 triumph against the Las Vegas Raiders was received.

The Bears trailed 14-9 erstwhile Johnson was asked by CBS Sports sideline newsman Aditi Kinkhabwala astir his connection to players aft Chicago scored conscionable six points disconnected 3 turnovers successful the archetypal half.

Johnson said helium told his team, "That it wasn't our marque of football, we're susceptible of a batch more. We're hitting the reset fastener present astatine halftime and we're going to travel backmost and found our individuality present successful the 2nd half."

Kinkhabwala followed up by asking Johnson, "Do you request to alteration what you're doing?"

The 39-year-old Bears manager intimated that helium heard a connection astir what his team's attack should beryllium successful the 2nd fractional alternatively than a question, which led to a curt exchange.

"In the infinitesimal I honestly I didn't deliberation excessively overmuch of it," Johnson said. "I'm benignant of successful crippled mode. But erstwhile I look backmost astatine it, I americium a small spot disappointed with what that looks like. I didn't perceive precise good and that's not an excuse but erstwhile I thought I heard, it was not a question, but I needed to marque immoderate changes, I didn't instrumentality that precise well, truthful I'll bash a amended occupation with those going forward."

The Bears pulled disconnected a 25-24 triumph connected the roadworthy erstwhile cornerback Josh Blackwell staved disconnected the Raiders' effort astatine a last-second triumph upon blocking Daniel Carlson's 54-yard tract extremity attempt.

Johnson credited his squad for the "character" the Bears showed successful clawing backmost the pb aggregate times successful the 2nd fractional portion overcoming violative struggles. The Bears manager said helium did not consciousness that everyone connected discourtesy was "pulling their weight" done 4 games, including himself arsenic a playcaller.

"When you look astatine it arsenic a whole, it was conscionable a mess, man," Johnson said. "I'm conscionable not arrogant of what we enactment connected tape. I deliberation it's a reflection of myself. I ever instrumentality it personally. I saw america getting amended the archetypal 3 weeks successful a batch of ways connected discourtesy and past this was conscionable a small spot of a measurement backmost for us. Like I said, the bye week is coming astatine a bully clip and we're truly going to beryllium capable to instrumentality a bully look astatine ourselves and bash a small psyche searching. It's ever bully erstwhile you play that poorly and yet you're inactive capable to travel distant with a win."