**(2) Johnson revealed that some aspects of his vision for the Bears when he became coach have come to fruition, while others remain a work in progress.**
"We want a team that will fight for all 60 minutes," he said. "It's a group that believes in what we're doing as a coaching staff. They believe in what we have in the locker room. And that belief comes through each and every week right now. They understand that we're always in these games, and so we have a very resilient group. That's step No 1. And then where we've got to be better, we've got to start taking control of these games a little bit more. We've got to play cleaner football."
The Bears did play cleaner football in some areas in Sunday's win. They drew a season-low three penalties and excelled in the red zone on both sides of the ball, scoring touchdowns on 3 of 4 possessions inside-the-20 while allowing the Giants to get into the end zone on just 1 of 4 drives. However, Johnson lamented multiple dropped passes and the offense converting only 1 of 4 fourth-down opportunities.
"We still haven't put that whole collective 60 minutes, three phases together yet," he said. "We've seen glimpses of it throughout the season. I'm happy with the fact that we're winning games and we're finding the ways to win games, and the guys are believing in what we're doing. And yet we still have so far that we can still go and how much we can still accomplish as a whole team."
Johnson told reporters that the best thing about the Bears winning games of late is "we can come back and we can coach them hard."
"We'll tell them the truth and they know it," he said. "They're professionals. They all know that we're winning, but yet this isn't necessarily the style or the fashion that we want to hang our hat on long term.
"I think we're in a really good spot with our locker room right now. Our coaching staff is doing a tremendous job. I've got a lot of confidence in all three phases and how we're coaching the game right now. It's games like this that you can come in the next day or on Wednesday and coach them and be really truthful with what you're seeing and what we need to improve on."
**(3) Johnson liked what he saw from three top-10 draft picks on one critical play that sustained a key fourth-quarter drive.**
With the Bears trailing 20-10 and facing third-and-10 from their own 26, Williams spun away from a pass rusher, scrambled to his left and fired over the middle to tight end Colston Loveland, who reached back behind him to snare the ball for a 20-yard gain. During the play, right tackle Darnell Wright shoved Giants pass rusher Brian Burns—who entered the game leading the NFL in sacks—to the ground.
"It's just a great instance of how strong \[Wright\] is as an individual," Johnson said. "He caught Burns in a spin and was able to capitalize on it, so that was great. With Colston, you talk about a heater coming at him. Caleb running to his left and absolutely flings the ball, and Colston was able to haul it in. It was a huge play in the moment and certainly one we needed to keep that drive going."