Bears HC Ben Johnson has harsh comments about team's offense

Chicago Bears head coach Ben Johnson was not happy with his first-team offense following Friday night's preseason game against the Kansas City Chiefs.

Caleb Williams and the Bears' starters played the entire first half in their team's 29-27 win over the Chiefs at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. Fans had better hope the unit was not in midseason form.

On Chicago's first offensive play of the game, Williams fumbled while trying to hand the ball to wide receiver Olamide Zaccheaus on a jet sweep. The Bears recovered, but rookie tight end Colston Loveland had a false start on the next play.

That drive ended with a punt, as did the Bears' second drive. The third drive resulted in a field goal, and Chicago finally found the end zone on its fourth drive. The Bears trailed 20-10 going into halftime.

Following the game, Johnson had some harsh remarks about his offense.

"Offensively, the first two possessions was really sloppy football that has plagued us in and out of camp so far, and unfortunately that's what we got here tonight," Johnson said, via ESPN's Courtney Cronin.

Williams finished the game 11-of-15 for 113 yards and a touchdown, so the numbers were far from terrible. Still, Johnson was more concerned with the slow start and said he "thought we had worked our way out of that."

"If the first quarter was really any indication, it's not good enough, so we got to get better in a hurry," Johnson added. "Good news is we will be able to look at this tape and coach it up with our guys and I think it's out of our system hopefully for us going into the regular season. We got to make sure that we start faster on offense and on defense."

Johnson also appeared to criticized Williams more directly when asked a question about a sack play.