One other team has joined the Bears in requesting an official interview with Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson for their head coaching vacancy.

The Lions’ Sunday night win against the Vikings guaranteed them a bye in Round 1 of the playoffs — and clarified the Bears’ interview timeline.

They have a pretty solid selling point in that whomever coaches the team next will get to steer the next several years of last year's No. 1 overall pick, Caleb Williams' career. One of the names that has been rumored quite often for that Bears job is Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson,

The Bears coaching search has kicked off as the team has requested interviews with Lions OC Ben Johnson and DC Aaron Glenn.

Bears quarterback Caleb Williams likely won’t get any say in their upcoming coaching search, but he’s paying attention to the top candidates. The favorite to get the job is Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson, and Williams watched him work in Detroit’s 31-9 win over the Vikings on Sunday to clinch the No. 1 seed in the NFC.

The Chicago Bears season came to a dramatic close on Sunday with a game-winning field goal at the end of regulation to take down the Green Bay Packers. While that was a quality spark to finish up a 5-12 season,

Caleb Williams was asked about the prospect of Ben Johnson as the Bears' next head coach. Here's what he said:

As the Bears look for their next head coach, Caleb Williams has his eyes on prized Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson.

On Monday morning, the Chicago Bears made a formal request to interview Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson. The Bears made other requests to interview several head coaching candidates, including Mike McCarthy and Arthur Smith.

Requests are coming in for Detroit’s play-caller. The Bears and Patriots have submitted interview requests, according to SI.com’s Albert Breer and The Athletic’s Dianna Russini. Although Johnson has become rather famous for backing out of coaching searches, Breer indicates he will meet with both teams.