Ben Johnson Speaks On His Future | The Valenti Show with Rico

[@jhoe164]

8:23 decker will almost certainly be back? the guy just signed an extension

[@fredricclack7137]

AGgo; Ben Stays! 🦁⚒️💙

[@richhava]

1. Ben Johnson will leave if we win the SB. If we do not, he stays.

[@jackweasel13]

I think maybe Jacksonville. Maybe he can fix Lawrence

[@Megahustla313rd]

If Lions lose Ben Johnson or Aaron Glenn, hopefully, Lions will give the new replacements longer contracts so the local & national media can stop focusing on trying to have other teams steal them from the Lions.

[@NeilCronce]

Really hes working with beer league talent against a too 5 offense.

[@NYCfrankie]

I'm absolutely praying he stays one more season AG can go he'll absolutely be missed but Ben Johnson is crucial to this offense especially if we don't win the SB this year which is gunna be a miracle with the injuries I hope there's some truth to the rumors his family doesn't wanna leave and are happy in Michigan give the man a pay raise if necessary

[@msuobad]

I think the opposite is true. This offense is so loaded I dont think we would miss a beat if we had like Scotty Montgomery or Tanner Engstrand as OC instead. AG is working magic with less talent and was rated the #1 coordinator in the league by NFL players.

[@babybandit2178]

ya he’s not staying. he’s been waiting for the bears job for 2 years sweetheart.

[@ethanrais1977]

I don’t know they talk about Ben Johnson missing his window, but he could always go to another team and be an offensive coordinator and do a great job and get a job later. He’s only in his 30s or 40s you could be a head coach in your 50s and 60s.

[@szahmad2416]

I think he wants to be one now.

[@smokescreenOG]

lions been grooming ben's replacement. they got those assistant coordinators basically soaking in everything they can for the eventual departure. don't know if they will be as creative/good, but they lions definitely prepared.

[@szahmad2416]

Hope you're right.

[@chasecalder6961]

Exactly! Dan is going to hire someone who gets it. Guaranteed

[@RexKarrs]

I wonder if Ben Johnson's contract has a hidden right of first refusal clause, which Sheila has invoked when he's been offered HC jobs.

[@chasecalder6961]

We're good if Ben leaves. Our O line is the best in the NFL and we'll hire the right person. He will be definitely missed but we'll be okay 👍

[@GaminJonesy]

He keeps saying him and his family love where they are. He loves everything about the Detroit organization. Honestly seems like he’s fishing for offers to use them to get a hefty raise, telling sheila hey I could get this here or there and argue for a bigger check here. Nothing about anything he’s said makes me think he has any desire to leave Detroit anytime soon

[@jasonwalters3420]

I believe that Mrs Ford will pay him enough to stay. Let's be honest there is not a better job that Is going to available. If he gets the money he wants and more importantly non of the head coaching headaches that would come with any team that will be looking I see no reason to leave MCDC. I don't want to hear about how great of an opportunity the bears job is. If you think the only problem they have is just needing C. Williams to get better your so wrong!

[@jeremims9044]

Agreed about the Bears. That's a dumpster fire of an organization right now.

[@RG-gv8ss]

The bears job is absolutely NOT where the lions were 😂😂 the frugal owner is still there . I think it’s the Raiders , or bengals/bills If McDermott doesn’t go to the SB this year I think he’s gone and Ben Johnson would absolutely take that job in a heart beat

[@jeremims9044]

If Bengals open that's the job.

[@RG-gv8ss]

@ that one too, I don’t think he wants to go to a city that has a new QB that HE DID NOT DRAFT . I think he goes to a team that’s picking high this year or a team with an an elite QB

[@johnlawson1167]

Im just noticing that mike finnally have video recording. The company just paid for it too probably.

[@criticalmissives9245]

Bears or Jaguars are the most logical landing spots for Johnson if he goes this year. Saints should want Aaron Glenn; I don’t know if he wants to deal with their roster issues. Jets have major front office issues, but their roster is better.

[@jeremims9044]

Bears have major front office issues as well

[@criticalmissives9245]

@ I don’t disagree; just think the Jets issues are worse. As a Lions fan, I’d be ecstatic if both coordinators stayed; I just don’t see a realistic scenario where that happens. Feels like Glenn is ready and able to lead his own team. Ben Johnson too.

[@anthonymiller3970]

I once had a pizza while working in Indiana. It was like a cheap kids frozen pizza. Any type of Detroit pizza is better.

[@RegulatorJoe]

If the Bengals open up he's gone

[@chrisdelisle3954]

If the job opens up for the Pats, I wonder if that would be the most attractive spot.

[@szahmad2416]

I think he'd like the kind of team without that storied recent history. He sounds like the kind of person who doesn't want to be overshadowed by Bellicheck's legacy. Someplace like the Cleveland Browns, for example (not sure what he feels about their management, of course).

[@chrisdelisle3954]

@@szahmad2416 I imagine the Browns position would be much more inviting if the quarterback situation there was stable. I figured the Pats job might be more intriguing because Drake Maye is a good place to start. But you have a point. I don't think he'd take the Bears position, but it would certainly be a great story to go head-to-head against his former head coach. Honestly, I don't know which situation stands out. Is the Bengals head coaching position going to be open?

[@szahmad2416]

@@chrisdelisle3954 no idea, to be honest. I was just thinking that Ben Johnson seems to be motivated to be "the first" at something. I mean, who the hell would be motivated to be OC with the Lions back in 2021? And his words in terms of testing his limits were intriguing. Agree with the going head-to-head vs. former coach being a great story. I'd LOVE to see the strategizing between the two coaching staffs. On the QB stability with Cleveland, remember that the Goff situation was uncertain up until just this summer; he was originally thought to be just a stand-in till the Lions got the Real Guy. I imagine stabilizing the QB position with Cleveland might be concurrent with BJ's signing. I can't imagine that the QB slot is as bad as it is with the Cowboys or Jets.

[@chrisdelisle3954]

@@szahmad2416 Again, that might make a great story. Maybe I'm in wish-fulfillment-mode, as I would prefer we only played against him every 3 or 4 years, as I think whatever offense he cooks up would be tough to beat. On a different note, I'm kind of haunted by Valenti's point that most of our offensive line might not be around for too long. Every year, I think we've got to replenish both sides of the line in the draft. I hope our young backups - injured or not - grow into their roles and fill in after the departures of some of the other guys with no sag in the line's strength.

[@delateane1]

He's gone win or lose

[@RyanDayisaBeardedLady]

I'm a psychopath(I like Skyline)

[@LongListOfErrors]

Ben’s not going anywhere, not everyone wants to deal with all that rah rah b.s

[@coreypatterson1007]

I can see vrabel going to Chicago before Ben Johnson Rico just runs his mouth he doesn't even know what's coming out of it! 😂😂

[@djo9277]

No clue why he's a 49er fan

[@noah.conley]

Why would he go bears when it will be so hard to win against 3 really good teams just in your division

[@richhava]

Johnson best fits with the Raiders. Why? They are my team 1A, they are the worst team like the Lions were and he will turn around the once proud Raiders, it's Vegas, Max Crosby and lastly, they will give him all the power he desires...

[@dooners4274]

The lions had 0 talent before Dan. Bears have tremendous talent

[@tonystreetman8209]

Skyline chili is absolutely terrible.

[@dooners4274]

Aaron Glenn SUCKS. the difference in the team this year was the overwhelming talent. Can’t adjust. That buffalo bills game was a joke how do you not get out of man once that game after getting torched the whole time

[@szahmad2416]

Gee, maybe having the entire defense starting lineup out, half of them for the season, and having to raid every other players' practice roster on a weekly basis would have something to do with it?

[@dooners4274]

@ have you forgot how bad the defense has been during his tenure as a coach. I hope you leaves. If you understand what went on last week it was pathetic. Watch the all 22. Man against Josh Allen the whole fucking time. And you wonder why you got picked apart

[@adamioppolo1884]

​@@szahmad2416all the reason more to adjust your scheme to fit the personnel you have.

[@chasecalder6961]

I'm pretty sure you know nothing about football after that comment.

[@dooners4274]

@@chasecalder6961 wow they actually played some zone coverage??? Crazy concept to switch out of man. But no seriously melifonwu was big time as a nickel linebacker this week. Coaching was the problem against buffalo

[@chomas8784]

I think if Johnson goes it will be Chicago... There is a lot of talent there to work with.

[@NA-bi2ly]

Is there? Because all i hear is Caleb has nothing to work with Why would he take a job with Ryan Poles in place still?

[@timothynorton]

Bengals should go after Ben...Burrow is tired of that bum Taylor