FREE LUTHER?! 👀🐻 | Ben Johnson UNDERUSING Burden + Aaron Glenn KNOWS His Secrets + 4th-Down Gamble

The Chicago Bears are 2-1 and heading into a fascinating Week 4 matchup with the New York Jets — but this game may be decided as much by coaching and personnel usage as it is by talent.

First, Haize asks a question Bears fans are starting to ask louder:

Is Ben Johnson still underusing Luther Burden III?

Burden just posted his best game of the season against Philadelphia with seven catches, 61 yards and a touchdown on 11 targets, yet through three games he has played only about 63.8% of Chicago’s offensive snaps. Pasted text

The issue becomes especially interesting in heavier personnel packages. Burden played only 53.8% of Chicago’s 12-personnel snaps and 7.1% of 13-personnel snaps through the first two weeks, meaning Johnson’s love of multiple-tight-end formations may sometimes come at the expense of one of Chicago’s most dangerous players in space. Pasted text

And against Aaron Glenn’s pressure-heavy, disguise-based Jets defense, Burden could be exactly the type of answer Chicago needs: quick slants, screens, crossers, jet motion, shovel passes, RPOs and manufactured touches that let the quarterback get the ball out before New York’s pressure package can fully develop. Pasted text

Then comes one of the best coaching matchups of the season:

Ben Johnson vs. Aaron Glenn.

The two spent four years together in Detroit and know each other’s philosophies extremely well. Glenn understands Johnson’s use of motion, misdirection, formation variation and personnel manipulation — but Johnson also spent years learning how to attack Glenn’s pressure packages, coverage disguises and multiplicity. Pasted text

Finally, Haize debates Ben Johnson’s aggressive fourth-down philosophy. Chicago is 4-for-7 on fourth downs through three games, while the offense is converting touchdowns on 50% of its red-zone trips. That combination makes every “go for it or take the points?” decision more interesting. Pasted text

We’re breaking down:

🔥 Is Luther Burden being underused?

👀 Why 12 and 13 personnel could actually feature Burden MORE

♟️ Ben Johnson vs. Aaron Glenn’s years of shared history

🧠 Why Johnson may need to break his own tendencies

⚡ How Burden can punish Jets pressure

🚨 Whether Ben’s fourth-down aggression is an advantage or a liability

🎯 When Chicago should take the points

🐻 What this matchup could reveal about the Bears offense

🎙️ Chicago Bears Central with Haize

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