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As highly touted as Bears coach Ben Johnson was as an offensive coordinator and head-coaching candidate the last few years, he got a good reminder of where he truly stands in the NFL’s hierarchy of coaches when he encountered the Chiefs’ Andy Reid at the owners’ meetings in March.
When Reid sauntered into The Breakers in Palm Beach, Fla., the whole room took notice — not just Johnson and the other young guns, but even those with Super Bowl rings.
“You get a bunch of the head coaches together and they part the Red Sea for him and he walks on up in such high regard,” Johnson said this week.