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House of Dysfunction, Part III: Who's the boss?

“The great ruse is ‘Hey, everything is great here in Camelot.' Well, it’s not actually Camelot." Our series wraps up with a look inside how these Bears are run. Can new HC Ben Johnson overcome it all?

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Tyler Dunne
Sep 07, 2025
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Read Part II here.

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The FBI did not, in fact, raid the facility. That online rumor was a hoax.

So, hey, there’s some good news for the Chicago Bears.

All humiliation was shrouded in platitudes publicly. Inside the building, this flagship organization crashed to a new low through the 2023 season when two assistant coaches were let go for crude workplace behavior.

First, there was the peculiar case of Alan Williams. Fellow coaches noticed the team’s defensive coordinator acting strange during staff meetings on Sept. 12 of that season. He didn’t want to go home. The next day, Bears security searched his office. On Sept. 15, it was reported that Williams would not travel to the team’s game in Tampa Bay due to personal reasons. On Sept. 17, the Bears played the Buccaneers.

One day felt like a year as the Bears — waiting and waiting and waiting — inexplicably fueled curiosity into the mystery themselves. What did Williams do exactly?

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