Ben Johnson takes a weird shot at the Eagles for resting starters, after playing his and still losing

I’m not sure what the Eagles ever did to Bears head coach Ben Johnson, but he takes a shot at Philly every chance he gets. That includes his over-the-top celebration after beating the Eagles on Black Friday — ripping his shirt off and flexing in front of the fellas. Honestly, that’s how I’d like to spend all my downtime too. Shirtless. With the boys. One can only dream.

Then, following Chicago’s Week 18 loss to Detroit — a game where Ben Johnson still played his starters — he somehow found another opportunity to fire off a weird little jab at Philly.

Ben Johnson: “Some teams, they rest their starters. We don’t. We play football.”

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"Some teams, they rest their starters. We don’t. We play football."https://t.co/jlVGWtVZjk

— Jeff Skversky (@JeffSkversky) January 5, 2026

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Hey Ben, drop the tough-guy act. We get it — you were Dan Campbell’s padawan and now you coach in the cold, gritty Windy City. Playing starters because you “believe that’s just football” is such a meat-head way of looking at things. Nick Sirianni might be the biggest meat head in the entire league, and even he understands the value of resting starters when the time comes.

A lot of Eagles fans are upset with Sirianni for resting guys against Washington, especially with hindsight being 20/20. Win that game and Philly grabs the two seed, locking in at least two home playoff games. Instead, they’re staring at a tougher road to the Super Bowl — at least on paper. I don’t really see it that way. Having a fully healthy roster heading into the postseason matters more than home-field advantage, especially in today’s NFL.

For a team like the Eagles, who already play in the Northeast and boast one of the best defenses in the league, traveling to cold weather shouldn’t matter much at all. I also don’t think teams like Chicago have much of a home-field advantage to begin with anyway. Seattle is different — they’ve got the 12th Man. They also have Sam Darnold, who will cough up at least three turnovers if and when he runs into Vic Fangio’s defense. So it kind of evens out.

Ben Johnson can keep throwing shade at Philly all he wants. Until he does something that actually matters in the postseason, none of it does.