Ben Johnson rips Bears' offense after loss to Lions - ESPN

CHICAGO — Despite a 19-16 loss to the Detroit Lions, the Bears locked up with No. 2 seed in the NFC playoffs Sunday because of Washington's win over Philadelphia.

Though the prospect of playing multiple home games in the postseason has long been a goal of Bears coach Ben Johnson, he was in no mood to celebrate given how his team performed in the season finale.

«I was not pleased with the offense today,» Johnson said.

He added: «We can't dig ourselves in a hole like that. I was disappointed with the offense as a whole. I let those guys know that. And we'll be better for it.»

One week after coming up short in a shootout against the San Francisco 49ers, Chicago suffered its second straight loss after being held scoreless for three quarters.

«That's one we'll have to take a look at the tape and figure out why that was,» Johnson said. «I didn't feel like it was one of our more elaborate plans. I felt it was one of our simpler plans. We need to do a better job of executing it and coaching it up.»

Quarterback Caleb Williams said the Bears did not carry the right energy into the game, which forced them to play from behind throughout.

«We came out a little flat, and I think we've got to work on having urgency from the jump and get that going,» Williams said.

When asked for his biggest takeaway from the loss, Williams characterized the Bears' play as «not good enough to win.»

«We've got to get better both sides of the ball,» Williams said. «Speaking of offense, whatever happens on the other side of the ball, it's not something we can control. We have to control what we can. We've got to come out starting fast, being better, and we'll do that here coming up.»

Chicago entered the fourth quarter down 16-0 and scored its first points