Former Chicago Bears star makes Ben Johnson revelation

Kevin Byard gets brutally honest about Chicago Bears coach Ben Johnson

Byard recently spoke with NFL reporter Jordan Shultz about his move to New England. The 32-year-old also spoke openly about his time in Chicago. When asked about his experience under head coach Ben Johnson, Byard had nothing but good things to say about his former coach.

Byard also admitted, however, that out of his decade playing in the NFL, he experienced “the hardest training camp” under Johnson.

“I wasn’t expecting that from him,” Byard said. “… He was riling guys up like, ‘This is the black and blue division. It’s the NFC North.’”

Byard revealed that some of his teammates wanted him to talk to Johnson about how tough training camp was.

“I think it was fun in the point of guys coming in the locker room after practice like, ‘Bro, what just happened?’” Byard continued. “Certain guys coming, ‘KB, come on, Bruh, you’re captain. Bruh, you got to go talk to him.’ And I’m like, ‘Bro, what do you want me to say?’”

Byard has no regrets, though. He conceded that training camp under Johnson was anything but a walk in the park, but Byard also knows that all their hard work paid off.

“But when you look back at it, it was so worth it,” Byard said. “Because I think how this season kind of went, how good we were in a run game, especially on offense. And I just think how it was on defense, we needed that tough training camp.

“I think anytime you’re trying to go somewhere you’ve never been, you have to do something you’ve never done. And I think that was kind of his mentality. Like, we’re going to dramatically change everything that’s been done here because it hasn’t worked.

“The camaraderie that’s built from it and the bonds that are built from it — because you just basically went through, you know, hell week, but it’s like two or three weeks of it with your boys.”