Maxx Crosby just said the quiet part out loud about Ben Johnson

The Chicago Bears moved to 2-2 in Week 4, with a nail-biting win over the Las Vegas Raiders. It was Chicago’s second-straight win, and the second win of Ben Johnson’s head coaching career. Now, days later, praise for Johnson is rolling in from one of the players he just faced off against.

Maxx Crosby, who tried everything he could to lead Las Vegas to victory, has had high praise for the Bears. In a recent episode of his podcast The Rush, the star defender

had compliments for Caleb Williams and Johnson. Crosby called the head coach one of the best play callers in the league, and said Johnson does an incredible job in all facets of offense. The ultimate takeaway for the defensive end was that Ben Johnson is a great coach.

Maxx Crosby says Ben Johnson is a great coach after playing Bears

Many Bears fans already felt this was the case, but it never hurts to hear it from an opposing great player. Crosby is a four-time Pro Bowler and one of the best players in the league. Playing in the NFL since 2019, he has faced a ton of offenses and coaches, so he knows when he’s up against a good one.

The defender definitely gave Johnson and the Bears the full Crosby experience, recording five tackles, three of which were for a loss, three batted balls, one quarterback hit, and an interception that he returned for 19 yards. Unfortunately for Vegas, that wasn’t enough for the Raiders to win, as they lost the game 25-24.

Naturally, all the praise Crosby is sending to Caleb Williams and Ben Johnson will surely result in fans telling him to come on over to Chicago. While that would be an amazing acquisition for the Bears, Crosby probably isn’t leaving Vegas anytime soon.

Penei Sewell Reflects on Bengals Passing on Him in NFL Draft

When the Cincinnati Bengals went on the clock with the No. 5 pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, Penei Sewell

thought he knew what was about to happen.

“You just have that feeling when something’s about to happen or you’re about to get a call of some sort, so you just have that anticipation,”

Sewell told the Detroit Free Press. “But, yeah, it never came.”

Instead of drafting Sewell, Cincinnati took wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase, reuniting him with his LSU quarterback Joe Burrow. Chase has since blossomed into one of the league’s most dominant pass-catchers, while the Lions’ “consolation prize” at No. 7 has turned into one of the best offensive tackles in football.

And for Sewell, the way things played out couldn’t have been better.

“This is where I was meant to be from draft day on,” Sewell said.

The Lions travel to Cincinnati this Sunday, marking Sewell’s first game at Paycor Stadium since that fateful draft night. While some might expect him to carry a little extra edge against the team that passed on him, Sewell brushed off the idea.

“It’d be very different,” he said when asked about a world where he was drafted by the Bengals. “That’s all I got to say.”

And when pressed about whether this matchup means more because of the draft connection, he made it clear he’s not hung up on what could have been.

“I thought I was going to Cincy,” Sewell admitted. “There was a lot of talk between my agents and stuff like that. There was the possibility of going there, but here I am.”

Lions’ Cornerstone

“Here” has turned out to be exactly the right place. Sewell has become the anchor of Detroit’s offensive line, a two-time Pro Bowler, and one of the most important pieces of the Lions’ rise into Super Bowl contention under Dan Campbell and Brad Holmes.

So while Bengals fans may be thrilled with Chase, Lions fans know they ended up with the perfect fit, and Sewell knows it too.

“This is where I was meant to be,” he repeated. And on Sunday in Cincinnati, he’ll get a chance to remind everyone why.