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When Ben Johnson was the offensive coordinator of the Lions, he wasn't afraid to run trick plays that put the ball into the hands of the team's offensive linemen and it looks like he'll be bringing some of that unpredictability to the Bears.

Johnson closed out his first mandatory minicamp as the head coach of the Bears by having offensive linemen catch passes from the team's quarterbacks. Johnson told reporters he was watching when right tackle Darnell Wright made a one-handed catch and said he thinks "we've got some toys to work with" come the fall.

“I let those guys know we only do this once a year, and it’s an evaluation,” Johnson said, via Patrick Finley of the Chicago Sun-Times. “We’ll circle back in training camp and in the season to see who we can trust to catch the ball or throw the ball. I think there’s a couple guys on the O-line that stood out.”

Even if the Bears don't call the number of Wright or other linemen, the possibility that they could go that route will be something opposing defenses have to be prepared for and that should be a plus for Johnson as he tries to put together a winning offense in Chicago.

The Browns announced linebacker Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah will not play in 2025 after suffering a neck injury midway through the 2024 season.

But the franchise will still have him around during the coming season, defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz told reporters this week.

"JOK was on his way to [an] All-Pro season last year," Schwartz said on Wednesday, via Chris Easterling of the Akron Beacon Journal. "He had really reached that level. We had talked this time last year about the biggest jump between being a starter and then being a Pro Bowl player. There’s even a bigger jump to being an All-Pro player.

"It’s disappointing to lose a player like that, but we support JOK and everything that he does," Schwartz added. "He’ll still have a big impact on our team this year. It’s not going to be playing, but he’ll still have a big presence.”

Owusu-Koramoah, a second-round pick in 2021, was a Pro Bowler in 2023 after registering 101 total tackles with 20 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, and two interceptions. He recorded 61 total tackles with 10 for loss, 3.0 sacks, and an interception in eight games last season before suffering his injury.

It's never easy to know exactly what you have in a player during unpadded, non-contact practices in the spring, but Ravens defensive coordinator Zach Orr has been impressed by what he's seen from second-round pick Mike Green thus far.

Green led FBS players with 17 sacks while playing for Marshall last season, but wound up falling to the Ravens in the second round after facing sexual assault allegations during his time in college. Orr's seen enough from Green over the last few weeks to believe that Green's pass rush ability will translate to NFL games.

"I see a guy that comes out here and works, but from a physical standpoint, [Mike Green's] get-off is real, and he understands the level of the quarterback," Orr said, via a transcript from the team. "So, I think he's going to be a really valuable piece for us. He's strong. He's explosive. He can rush on the outside, and he can rush on the inside. One thing we always say [is] you can never have enough rushers, and he's going to add to that room, and it's going to be a great valuable piece for us, but I'm happy with Mike. I think that he's doing a good job with what he can do right now, given the restrictions with the pads and everything, but I think [during] training camp and preseason, you guys will really start to see what abilities he really has."

The next step for Green will be showing that Orr is right about how his skills will transition to game action. If they do, there will likely be a lot of talk about him being one of this draft's biggest steals.