Does Lions OC Ben Johnson Hold Grudge vs Vikings DC Brian Flores For Firing him with Miami Dolphins?

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Lions OC Ben Johnson smirks when asked about now #Vikings DC Brian Flores letting him go when he was hired as the Miami Dolphins Head Coach

Lions OC Ben Johnson smiled when asked about being let go by #Vikings DC Brian Flores when he was the #Dolphins HC.

#BenJohnson was the Dolphins WR Coach when #BrianFlores was hired as the #Dolphins Head Coach in 2018

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LIONS have won franchise-record 14 games in 2024 & can win consec. div.
titles for 1st time since 1970. Lead NFL with 33.3 points per game & have 6
games with 40+ points, tied-most in single season all-time. Became 4th team
ever with 3 players each with 12+ TDs in same season
• QB JARED GOFF passed for 303 yards & 3 TDs vs. 0 INTs for 132.4 rating last
week & has 42 career games with 300+ pass yards, 2nd-most by player in 1st 9
seasons all-time. Has 4th-most pass yards (34,827) & completions (3,020) by
player in 1st 9 seasons in NFL history. Ranks 2nd in rating (113.6) & pass yards
(4,398) & 4th in TD passes (36) in 2024. Aims for his 4th in row with 300+ pass
yards, 5th in row with 3+ TD passes & 6th in row with 100+ rating. Has 2,653
pass yards (294.8 per game) & 17 TDs vs. 3 INTs for 107.3 rating in 9 career
starts vs. Min., incl. 280 pass yards, 2 TDs & 140 rating in Week 7 meeting.
• RB JAHMYR GIBBS had 163 scrimmage yards (117 rush, 46 rec.) & 13th rush
TD of season last week & became 5th player under age 23 with 20 career
games with TD. Ranks tied-2nd in scrimmage TDs (16), 3rd in scrimmage
yards (1,756) & 6th in rush yards (1,273) in 2024. Can become 1st player ever
with 70+ scrimmage yards in 17 games within single season. Aims for his 4th
in row with 100+ scrimmage yards & 5th in row with TD.
• WR AMON-RA ST. BROWN ranks 2nd in catches (109), tied-2nd in rec. TDs
(12) & 4th in rec. yards (1,186) in 2024 & has 424 career receptions, 2nd-most
by player in 1st 4 seasons all-time. Aims for his 4th in row vs. Min with 7+
catches, 100+ rec. yards & TD catch.
• WR JAMESON WILLIAMS had 7th rec. TD & 1st rush TD of season last week.
Needs 33 rec. yards for 1st-career 1,000-yard season.
• TE SAM LAPORTA had 17th-career rec. TD last week, tied with HOFer Mike
Ditka for 2nd-most by TE in 1st 2 seasons in NFL history.
• DB BRIAN BRANCH had 2nd-career sack last week. Is 1st DB with 100+ tackles
(103), 15+ PD (15) & 5+ TFL (8) in single season since 2000.
• DB KERBY JOSEPH had 3rd-career game with 2 INTs last week & leads NFL
with career-high 9 INTs in 2024.
• LB JACK CAMPBELL led team with 9 tackles last week & has career-high 119
tackles in 2024.

VIKINGS can clinch NFC North & No. 1 seed with win & can win 15 games for
2nd time in franchise history (15-1 in 1998).
• QB SAM DARNOLD became 1st starting QB ever to win 14 games in 1st season
with team. Ranks 4th in NFL in pass yards (career-high 4,153), 5th in TD
passes (career-high 35) & 5th in rating (106.4) in 2024 & is 1 of 4 QBs all-time
with 35+ TD passes in 1st season with team. Became 4th player ever with
12 games of 2+ TD passes & 100+ rating in single season. Has 2+TD passes &
100+ rating in 6 of his 7 road starts in 2024.
• RB AARON JONES has 1,471 scrimmage yards (1,093 rush, 378 rec.) in 2024,
his 4th-career season with 1,400 scrimmage yards. Aims for his 5th in row
with 75+ scrimmage yards. Had 116 scrimmage yards (93 rush, 23 rec.) & rush
TD in Week 7 meeting.
• WR JUSTIN JEFFERSON ranks 2nd in NFL in rec. yards (1,479), tied-5th in rec.
TDs (10) & 7th in receptions (100) in 2024 & can become 5th player ever with
3 career seasons of 100+ catches & 1,500+ rec. yards. Has most rec. yards
(7,378) & 3rd-most receptions (492) by player in 1st 5 seasons ever & can
join Michael Thomas (510) as only players all-time with 500 catches in 1st 5
seasons. Has 69 catches (7.7 per game) for 1,154 yards (128.2 per game) & 4
TDs in 9 career games vs. Det. Aims for his 4th in row at Det. with 11+ catches
& 180+ rec. yards & 5th in row at Det. with 125+ rec. yards.
• WR JORDAN ADDISON had 9th rec. TD of season last week & has 19 career
rec. TDs, tied 4th-most by player under age 23 in NFL history. Can become 5th
WR in SB era with 10+ rec. TDs in each of his 1st 2 career seasons.
• TE T.J. HOCKENSON needs 54 rec. yards for 5th-straight 500-yard season.
• LB BLAKE CASHMAN led team with 11 tackles & had career-high 1.5 sacks last
week. Needs 2 tackles for new career high (104 in 2023).
• LB ANDREW VAN GINKEL has career highs in sacks (11.5) & TFL (17) in 2024.
Had 2 sacks, 3 TFL & FF in Week 7 meeting. Aims for his 5th in row on road
with sack & 6th in row on road with TFL.
• LB JONATHAN GREENARD has career-high 16 TFL in 2024 & aims for his 6th
in row on road with TFL. Had sack & FF in Week 7 meeting.
• CB BYRON MURPHY has career-high 14 PD in 2024.