Ben Johnson lets Bears know exactly what his plans are for HC interview process

Heading into Week 14, one of the biggest storylines across the league is one that won't have an end result until the season is over. Who will the next head coach of the Chicago Bears be?

Even amid a losing season, the Bears still find themselves in the national spotlight. Several outlets and sources have reported this opening as one that could be the most coveted of them all, this offseason. Obviously, the opportunity to coach quarterback Caleb Williams with so much talent at his disposal is a big one.

And, the defense features a lot of good players as well. The roster is strong, as a whole.

One potential head coaching candidate took center stage during this week's edition of Thursday Night Football, with the Detroit Lions hosting the Green Bay Packers.

During the pregame fodder between the Amazon Prime Video crew, they caught up with insider Albert Breer in regards to Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson and his future plans. It turns out, Johnson isn't going to do things in an orthodox manner when it comes to the coming head coach hiring cycle.

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"The Lions offensive coordinator is planning on taking a very different approach to this hiring cycle than he has the last couple. He will not chase interviews," Breer started out.

"If he takes an interview, it's going to be with the intention of actually pursuing the job. And to that end, he has a couple of criteria."

What exactly are the criteria for Johnson to pursue a head coaching job? Breer went on to state exactly that.

Ben Johnson's criteria for head coaching interviews might take the Bears out of the equation

"Number one, he'll be looking for organizational alignment, in particular between the GM and the head coach. And then, he'll be looking for a recognition from the organization of the things that have gone wrong and a willingness to fix them," Breer said of Johnson.

Those are some pretty specific words from Breer, of Johnson. On one hand, they could insinuate the Bears might be completely out of the running due to how dysfunctional they've been as an organization.

From the sound of it, Johnson is looking for an organization that knows what it's doing and, if we've learned anything about the Bears in recent history, they don't quite fall into that category.

Johnson would have to be assured that he was going to have a lot of power. He'd have to be assured that, first and foremost, George McCaskey is going to stay out of football operations. Secondly, he'd have to be sold on the relationship between Ryan Poles and Kevin Warren, which we know could be a little stronger.

There are a lot of things that would have to fall into place; things that Johnson would need to be assured of. The question is, will the Bears be able to give him that peace of mind?

Will they even have the opportunity to do so? Maybe, that's the better question.