Forget keeping up with the Joneses. It’s the Johnsons you have to worry about.
At least that’s what Amon-Ra St. Brown would have you believe.
The Detroit Lions’ receiver watched his offensive coordinator, Ben Johnson, depart for the Chicago Bears’ head coaching job this offseason. Now he has to watch as Chicago flexes its financial muscle, spending at will through trades and free agency to improve their squad.
‘Bro, I feel like the Bears have unlimited (expletive) money,’ St. Brown said on the St. Brown Podcast. ‘This (expletive)’s crazy.’
The Bears are trying to close the gap between them and the kings of the NFC North in Detroit, using their available cap space to vastly improve the team – on paper.
Still, St. Brown isn’t thrilled seeing a rival team add so many pieces without seemingly making a dent in their spending power.
‘They’re just signing new (expletive) for 40, 50 million dollars,’ St. Brown said. ‘Joe Thuney, boom. Jonah Jackson, bang. Drew Dalman, bang. … Dayo Odeyingbo, crazy amount of money. Grady Jarrett, bang. They’re just breaking everybody off. They have unlimited money, what the (expletive) is this?’
It’ll take a little more than just spending money to turn the Bears into a contender, but their offseason moves have clearly started getting the attention of their direct competitors.
After the Lions saw their coaching staff raided, losing both coordinators, there is a chance the gap has closed.
And St. Brown might know it.
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