That\u2019s just who he is<\/a>. He\u2019s always prepared. He knows the ins and outs of the playbook. So really, it was not surprising \u2014 at least for us on the sideline.\u201d<\/p>\nRandle El, who turns 47 next week, impressed Johnson and the quarterbacks with the way he handled the call sheet.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe did a phenomenal job,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cHe was part of the quarterbacks\u2019 meeting [Friday] night, and we were talking about what was on the call sheet and their favorites and all that. I think it was a phenomenal experience for him. I know our guys really rallied around that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Declan Doyle was the Bears\u2019 offensive coordinator last year, but Johnson called the plays. Thus, Johnson allowed Doyle to leave for Baltimore to become the Ravens\u2019 offensive coordinator and play-caller this season.<\/p>\n
The Bears believe Randle El is a rising star in the NFL coaching ranks and destined to run things in the not-too-distant future.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know he\u2019s going to be a head coach,\u201d veteran quarterback Case Keenum said. \u201cI think his demeanor in front of the team, his leadership qualities, are top-notch. Some of the best I\u2019ve been around. His relatability to players? I mean, it\u2019s the fact that he\u2019s been there, done that with just about everything. And there\u2019s no, for lack of a better word, \u2018coachspeak\u2019 to him. It\u2019s all real.\u201d<\/p>\n
Randle El, a former NFL star receiver, followed Johnson from Detroit to Chicago when Johnson was hired by the Bears in 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Bears scored 24 points and put up 235 yards in the second half of their 34-10 preseason…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":815215,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-815214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=815214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/815215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=815214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=815214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=815214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}