The Chicago Bears haven’t had an uneventful training camp but the arrow appears to be pointing upward ahead of the 2025 season. Struggles during the early weeks of camp gave way to a dominating 38-0 win over the Buffalo Bills on Sunday evening and with the Kansas City Chiefs coming to town, Chicago should be more than ready when they host the Minnesota Vikings on Sept. 8.
While Bears fans have to be happy with how their team looks at this point of the preseason, other NFC North clubs are beginning to take notice. That includes one of Chicago’s biggest rivals in the division, who acknowledged their success was rubbing them the wrong way on Tuesday morning.
"It's funny watching the same plays that we ran"
— Up & Adams (@UpAndAdamsShow) August 18, 2025
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Amon-Ra St. Brown, Jahmyr Gibbs Admit the Bears Looked Like the Lions on Sunday Night
Detroit Lions stars Amon-Ra St. Brown and Jahmyr Gibbs appeared on the Up & Adams Show on FanDuel TV on Tuesday morning and were asked if they watched Johnson, who served as their offensive coordinator the past three seasons, lead the Bears to a 93-yard touchdown drive to open the game against the Bills.
After St. Brown admitted he watched to support Johnson and his fellow Trojan Caleb Williams, both players began to admit the Bears looked a lot like themselves against the Bills.
“It’s funny watching the same plays we ran,” Gibbs said.
“Hopefully it only looks good for two more weeks,” St. Brown followed.
The Lions have a vested interest in how Johnson does after he left to become the Bears head coach last January. Detroit’s success was a big reason why Johnson was the No. 1 candidate in this year’s hiring cycle and Chicago landed him after agreeing to a five-year, $65 million contract.
The process was rocky early in camp as quarterback Caleb Wiliams had trouble operating the offense, but those issues appeared to be ironed out on Sunday night. The admission of Gibbs and St. Brown that the offense looked good is also a positive sign as looking anything like the two-time NFC North champions would be a stark difference for a team that hasn’t gone to the playoffs since 2020 and hasn’t won the division since 2018.
There’s a good chance that Gibbs and St. Brown were trying to hide their true feelings.. But it’s something Bears fans can put some confidence into when the games start to count.