Chicago Bears HC Ben Johnson upset with penalties against Bengals

The Chicago Bears will leave Ohio with a bad taste in their mouth after a rough week against the Cincinnati Bengals.

The interior offensive line was gashed by Bengals defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence on Thursday, leading to mistakes and an interception by quarterback Caleb Williams.

Williams and the Bears starters played early against the Bengals during Saturday’s preseason game. While the offense drove down the field quickly on its opening drive, a holding penalty on left tackle Braxton Jones knocked Chicago from the Cincinnati 17-yard line to the 27-yard line.

Three incompletions later, the Bears had to settle for a field goal.

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In total, Chicago would commit 11 penalties for 81 yards to the Bengals’ nine penalties for 49 yards.

During his postgame news conference, Bears head coach Ben Johnson sounded frustrated with his team’s performance against the Bengals. He pointed to the teams’ 11 penalties as one of the major problems that must be cleaned up before the regular season.

“Overall, it doesn’t matter if it’s preseason or not,” Johnson said. “It’s a bad feeling in that locker room after the game when you lose, particularly like that when it’s down by multiple scores. You don’t feel like you made it very close there at the end. You know, I said it at halftime to the crew. Just the penalties and the third downs on both sides of the ball.

“They really hurt us in the first half, and we weren’t able to get those cleaned up there in the second half. 11 penalties for the game. We were 2 of 14 on third down on offense, and we allowed six of 13 there on defense. So not quite good enough. And when you add in the red zone, the fact that we were able to move the ball at times okay, but we couldn’t end up with touchdowns. Those are major killers when you’re facing a good team like that.”

The Bears will have a joint practice against the Tennessee Titans this week before playing them on Saturday for Chicago’s final preseason game of the year. No doubt, Johnson will want to see the team execute at a high level without incurring penalties.

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