Jets-Bears Week 4 matchup features a battle of top units and old coaching friends

The New York Jets, despite a 1-2 start to the 2026 season, should feel pretty good about where they're at. They've had a dominant win to start the year, a heartbreaking loss that probably should've been a win in Week 2, and a respectable loss in a shootout in Week 3.

Heading into Week 4, they're looking to get back in the win column against a Chicago Bears team without their starting quarterback, Caleb Williams. Despite that, it's still going to be an all-hands-on-deck showdown between one of the NFL's top offenses and a top defense.

The Bears' offense currently averages 408 yards per game, third-best in the league. The Jets' defense, on the other hand, has given up 258.3 yards per game, second-best in the NFL. It's an almost unstoppable force meeting a near-immovable object.

To add another interesting layer to this game, it will be Aaron Glenn and Ben Johnson, two former Lions coordinators, facing off against one another for the first time as head coaches.

Aaron Glenn talks facing Ben Johnson dating back to Lions practice

It will be the first time Glenn and Johnson face off against one another on opposing sidelines, but not the first time they have gone against each other on the football field. As offensive and defensive coordinators in Detroit, their units saw plenty of Lion-on-Lion action in practice from 2022 to 2024.

On Sunday, it will be Jet on Bear action.

At his Wednesday press conference, Glenn was asked about what it will be like coaching against Johnson on Sunday, considering their shared history.

"No (different) than going against Dan (Campbell)," Glenn told reporters. "We were so competitive in move-the-ball (practice) situations on how we wanted to beat each other. But it made both of us better. I will say that. He's a damn good coach."

To Glenn's point, Johnson certainly is a good coach, and his Bears will be no easy task to handle on Sunday, even without their starting quarterback. This past Monday night, the offense operated as smoothly as it would have if Williams had been at the helm.

38-year-old Case Keenum, who hadn't started a regular-season game since 2023, got the nod in Week 3 and completed 24 of 34 pass attempts for 247 yards, two touchdowns, and no interceptions. He even snuck in a rushing touchdown on a quarterback sneak.

Regardless of who is at quarterback on Sunday, you better believe Chicago's offense will be firing on all cylinders, and it will be on Glenn and his defense to slow down the offensive genius that is Johnson.

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