Bears WR Collin Johnson lights up stat sheet with electric Hall of Fame Game performance

The Chicago Bears and Houston Texans are officially kicking off the 2024-2025 NFL season on Thursday night in the Hall of Fame Game. With plenty of the starters sitting for various reasons (it’s preseason), the backups on each of the Texans and Bears have come to play in a big way, putting on a show for fans. Bears wideout Collin Johnson hasn’t disappointed, hauling in some spectacular catches from quarterback Brett Rypien, who’s been throwing some beautiful balls on Thursday night, too.

Check out this spectacular catch Johnson made down the right sideline, on this absolute beauty of a ball from Brett Rypien!

COLLIN JOHNSON SHOWING OFF TONIGHT 🤘 pic.twitter.com/aEs2h82K9P

— Nash (@NashTalksTexas) August 2, 2024

Rypien completed 11 of his 15 passes for 166 yards, while tossing in three touchdowns. Johnson made some spectacular grabs, hauling in three catches for 56 yards and two touchdowns. The former Texas star has bounced around the league in the past few years, playing with the Jacksonville Jaguars (2020), New York Giants (2021-2022) and now the Bears.

The game was eventually cancelled on Thursday night due to bad weather. The Bears won the game 21-17. It’s not surprising they decided to call it, especially since it was preseason. There were plenty of storms in the area and the NFL didn’t want to risk anything. It’s a wise move for everyone involved.

“The NFL made the right move with lightning in the area,” Bears head coach Matt Eberflus said of the decision to end the game in an article written by Grant Gordon of NFL.com. “That was good to see.”

“They knew the weather was coming in and told us before the game,” Eberflus said. “They had a plan in place to watch it because you never know how bad it’s going to be in terms of the lightning and the severity of it. It was severe enough that they called it. They made a good call.”

Bears tight end Tommy Sweeney had a great game, hauling in three catches for 47 yards and a touchdown. He’s bounced around the league on a number of teams (Buffalo Bills and New York Giants) but was a first-team All-ACC performer coming out of Boston College in the 2019 NFL Draft. In his final season with the Eagles, he tallied 32 catches for 348 yards and three touchdowns.

The Houston Texans got a pretty solid performance out of quarterback Davis Mills. He completed 10 of 13 passes for 102 yards and a touchdown. John Metchie III had a catch for the Texans. Xavier Hutchinson led Houston in receiving (five catches for 56 yards). Ben Skowronek had a pretty solid game, reeling in some highlight reel grabs. He finished with three catches for 28 yards. Texans running back Cam Akers showed some juice on Thursday night, finishing with over 30 all-purpose yards and a touchdown on seven touches. The franchise just signed him on July 21st.