Caleb Williams is the unquestioned leader and starting quarterback for the Chicago Bears, but backup Tyson Bagent has done enough both on and off the field to earn his own respect.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/nfl/bears as Ben Johnson making Chicago Bears rookies earn it on team's first depth chart. The excitement that's swelled around the Chicago Bears' 2025 rookie class was calmed quite a bit after the team released its first unofficial depth chart of the NFL preseason.

Chicago Bears special teams coordinator Richard Hightower was emphatic that, in Ben Johnson, “we’ve got a good head coach here — a damn good head coach.”