On Monday morning, the Chicago Bears made a formal request to interview Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson. The Bears made other requests to interview several head-coaching candidates, including Mike McCarthy and Arthur Smith.

After the report came out, Bears' quarterback Caleb Williams conducted a press conference to wrap up his rookie season in the NFL. He was asked about Johnson, and the quarterback gave an honest answer. Williams got a sideline view of Johnson's offense for two games this season.

The Bears are searching for a new head coach. Here's an updated tracker of everyone the team has requested to interview so far.

The Bears upset the Packers in Week 18 and more reports surfaced about their coaching search. We recap Sunday's headlines.

For those seeking promising news about the Chicago Bears’ work-in-progress coaching search, the word out of Detroit is that Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson will get permission to partake in preliminary interviews this week,

Here's what we learned from Bears general manager Ryan Poles as the Bears' head coaching search officially began on Tuesday.