Caleb Williams tells Amon-Ra St. Brown what really happened to Ben Johnson’s catfish

The Chicago Bears were one of the most disappointing teams in the NFL during the 2024 season. Chicago finished the regular season 5-12 and at the bottom of the NFC North division standings. The The Bears fired Matt Eberflus after Thanksgiving and now he is looking for a new coach.

Now it seems some pranksters are using that reality to mess with Bears players.

Bears KB Caleb Williams explained on the podcast St. Brown what happened when it was fake Ben Johnson came to him on Saturday.

“I’ll explain this situation,” Williams began. “I got to Amon-Ra and I didn’t ask, I asked Amon-Ra for Ben’s number. Obviously I didn’t want to save his numbers because he’s not our coach. I didn’t want to do all that. I asked because I wanted to make sure it wasn’t because there are apparently so many fake numbers out there today. I asked him to see if it matched his number. Amon-Ra does Amon-Ra things and doesn’t answer.

“No, that didn’t happen brother,” replied St. Brown. St. Brown then explained his side of the story. He said Caleb asked what Johnson’s number was because “fake guys were hitting on him pretending to be Ben.” St. Brown initially dismissed this as a prank by Williams.

“He thinks I’m trying to joke, but I’m dead,” Williams explained.

St. Brown then said he finished dinner and checked his phone 20 minutes later. He found the message “Everything is fine, I called and it wasn’t him.” from Williams. The story was on social media less than an hour after that moment.

Williams claimed he was fooled by the text because it looked so official.

“The text was so official, like I got that text from the college coaches and other coaches before I was drafted and all that,” Williams concluded. “So it looked crazy professional.

Ben Johnson is the betting favorite to become the next coach of the Bears

It’s hard to blame Caleb Williams for being fooled by that fake text message. Besides making the text seem real, Johnson joining the Bears is a real possibility.

Johnson is currently the betting favorite to become the Bears’ next coach at several sports betting sites. Other coaches in the mix include Commanders OC Kliff Kingsbury, Lions DC Aaron Glenn and Vikings DC Brian Flores.

It is easy to believe that there will be other candidates in the game for Chicago. GM Ryan Poles hinted last week that he is The Bears may interview some names “that will surprise you.” That makes it sound like the Bears will have an exhaustive search for their next coach.

Johnson has been the most coveted head coaching candidate in the NFL for the past three years. That didn’t change this offseason.

Johnson helped turn the Lions into one of the most dangerous offensive teams in all of football. He helped design a system that maximizes Jared Goff. As a result, many Bears fans love the idea of ​​signing him because of what he could do to help the development of Caleb Williams.

It will be fascinating to see if Chicago tops Ben Johnson’s list of new destinations later this offseason.