Ben Johnson Is Scouting Basketball Players Now and the Bears Just Made a Move That Sounds Completely Insane
So this is either genius or the wildest thing we've heard all off-season: the Chicago Bears are interested in Coen Carr, a forward on Michigan State's basketball team. No, seriously. This is real. A college hooper switching sports to play football because one of the best offensive minds in the league thinks he can dunk on defenses instead of defenders.
Here's the thing that makes this wild. A rumor came out at Bears headquarters that this is "Ben's team" right now. Not Ryan Poles, not Kevin Warren, Ben Johnson is the number one football mind pulling the strings in Chicago. Look, I'm not fully sold that he's running everything, but this Coen Carr scouting report? That's pure Ben Johnson energy. That's a guy who watches so much film he's apparently bored enough to cross into the NBA.
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Carr is 6'6", which for a basketball player is pretty standard. But his vertical leap? Fifty one and a half inches. We're talking over four feet in the air. The guy is one of the best dunkers in college basketball right now.
So Ben Johnson's pitch is basically this: what if instead of dunking on centers, you're catching fade routes in the corner of the endzone at Soldier Field? What if that athleticism and that leap translate to being unstoppable on deep balls?
Is This Actually Crazy or Actually Smart?
Look, if you're Coen Carr and one of the sharpest offensive minds in football is interested in you, you have to look into it. One of the best play-callers in the league wants to build around your unique athleticism. That's worth serious consideration, even if it means switching sports entirely.
Imagine the first touchdown catch: he goes up, hauls it in, and the celebration alone would be cinema. Yeah, yeah, the touchdown celebrations are penalties now (which is ridiculous), but still.
This off-season just got a lot more interesting. BEAR DOWN.
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