Roschon Johnson’s name showed up on the NFL’s “Game Accountability” report this week after the Chicago Bears Week 4 win over the Raiders.
The Bears running back was fined $6,790 for unnecessary roughness—use of the helmet with 11:38 to go in the fourth quarter of Chicago’s 25–24 win. Johnson wasn’t flagged for the play during the game.
The fine is part of the NFL’s broader emphasis on player safety violations that the league publicly tracks and disciplines every week.
Johnson was playing on special teams on the play in which the fine occurred. He has yet to play a snap for the Bears on offense this season, although he has been available for 62% of the team’s special teams snaps through four games.
Roschon Johnson’s Fine From NFL Comes at a Period of Transition for RB
GettyBears running back Roschon Johnson was fined for unnecessary roughness by the NFL Week 4.
Johnson’s 2025 season has been extremely quiet thus far. A foot injury delayed his debut until Week 2, and he has functioned solely as depth and special-teams help behind D’Andre Swift and seventh-round rookie Kyle Monangai in the games since.
His first two years in Chicago were a mixed bag. As a rookie in 2023, Johnson was a rotational piece on offense, finishing with 81 carries for 352 yards (4.4 yards per carry) and two TDs. He also hauled in 34 catches for 209 yards. He wasn’t a high-volume feature back by any means, but he consistently moved piles and protected the ball (he had one fumble that year).
In 2024, his role shifted. With Swift signed to lead the RBs room, Johnson became more of a short-yardage/goal-line hammer. He averaged only 2.7 yards per carry last season, but still punched in six rushing touchdowns on 55 attempts.
With first-year head coach Ben Johnson taking over the team this offseason, it’s fair to wonder if Johnson is going to find a role on offense at all.
Roschon, really looking forward to him playing a physical brand of football that we know he has,” Bears general manager Ryan Poles said bout Johnson on a May 2025 episode of ESPN 1000s “Kap & J. Hood” (h/t Gene Chamberlain of Sports Illustrated). “I think kind of that role was a little bit out of whack last year. I think he’s going to have more of a physical role for us.”
So far, five weeks in, that has yet to happen.
Bears’ Run Game Has Been Struggling Mightily in 2025
So far in 2025, the Bears aren’t running the ball well at all. Through the first four weeks, Chicago’s ground game has been inefficient, ranking near the bottom in several metrics despite flashes up front.
Now in their bye week, the Bears are averaging 3.8 yards per carry (25th) and their 0.16 EPA per rush is ranked 28th). When you strip out quarterback runs courtesy of Caleb Williams, the offense rates bottom-five in rushing success rate.
Could a locked-in version of Johnson still help? It’s clear Ben Johnson doesn’t seem to like his fit in the run game, at least not yet. The Bears will surely be working on ways to improve their ground game during the bye, and it’ll be interesting to see if they lean more on Roschon in the coming weeks.
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