When Ben Johnson left the Detroit Lions to become the head coach of the Chicago Bears, there were lots of ... opinions. Of those opinions, though, were many Lions fans who were extremely sour towards the decision and swore Detroit would be just fine without their offensive guru.
Bears fans were ecstatic, but Lions fans thought they were going to continue their run of NFC supremacy.
After the Bears beat the Green Bay Packers in Week 16, though, Johnson's squad had an opportunity to clinch a playoff berth with the most ironic help you could imagine.