Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times
DETROIT — Ben Johnson’s former boss had just called a pass on fourth-and-goal from the 4 to go ahead by 33 points when the Ford Field faithful grew even more emboldened than Lions fans had been all Sunday afternoon.
They started chanting.
“[Bleep] Ben Johnson!” they said.
It was adding insult to, well, insult. Johnson’s return to Detroit for the first time since leaving his offensive coordinator job to run the Bears had long ago become embarrassing. The Lions outscored the Bears 52-21, outgained them by 172 yards and averaged, before they took their starters out, almost 12 yards per play.