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One interesting thing that has come up this offseason is the body language of players. Ben Johnson discussed the issues of body language, saying that he wants his whole team to work on it. The first report of this came when Albert Breer wrote on some things the Bears want Caleb Williams to improve on in his second season.
Johnson addressed that with the media and included his team in working on the body language part of their game.
"There's adversity that's gonna hit every team every season. You don't know when it's gonna happen. We might lose a few games," Johnson said. "We might have some turnovers, and yet, just the wherewithal — we're steering the ship, we're going the right direction, it's not 'woe is me.' We are going to take everyone around us, we're going to elevate them and we're going to look to forge ahead to what's next. And so, it's not dwelling on the past. Whether it's last season, last play, last game, we learn from it, we grow and we move on. Our body language needs to reflect that as well."
For Johnson, it's simple. He doesn't want his team to be a "palms up" team and complain if something doesn't go their way. That's a sign of weakness for him.
While this was addressed with the whole team, one name that instantly popped up was wide receiver DJ Moore. Last year, there were examples of Moore showing bad body language, including taking himself off the field in a loss to the Arizona Cardinals.
That drew criticism from local and national media. Moore addressed it then, and once again this offseason where Johnson shared a simple message for him.
''Just don't do it,'' Moore said on what Johnson told him. ''Just keep it inside. Talk about it later. Just don't put it on film. Don't put it on TV.''
Moore went on to say that there was a time already this offseason where Johnson got on the receiver about bad body language. But it was quickly nipped in the bud.
''I did it once, and we nipped it in the bud and it never happened again,'' Moore said. ''I just said, 'I ain't never gonna do it again.' ''
This could be a challenge for Johnson early in his coaching career, especially if things don't go good for the Bears early on.