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With the No. 1 pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, the Chicago Bears have the chance to select their new franchise quarterback (e.g. USC’s Caleb Williams), but cornerback Jaylon Johnson doesn’t want to hear it.
Chicago’s star cornerback explained to Keyshawn Johnson on the inaugural edition of “All Facts No Brakes” that he wants the franchise to stick with quarterback Justin Fields.
“It’s tough for me and him having different coordinators, different coaches, different regimes come in and out, and I think it’s hard to truly adjust as a young quarterback being able to do that. I definitely, for me, can see the talent that he has in practice, the throws that he can make, the accuracy, but I think you can definitely tell when he’s confident and when he’s not confident, when he’s settled in a pocket and when he’s not,” Johnson said about Fields. “He just kind of looks, I feel like, a lot different.
“I think just going in and saying ‘oh, we’ll just get rid of him, he’s not the answer,’ I don’t think that’s it. I think it’s kind of taking the easy way out and making the coaches not take accountability, because I think the coaches have a big part in developing the quarterback. I think that he hasn’t had an opportunity to truly be developed yet, now going on his third coordinator in his fourth year.
“It’s about the people around him. I think it starts with the quarterback coach, it starts with the offensive coordinator, the teaching and molding and building him into being that quarterback … if you get some dawgs around him, some O-line that can consistently hold up, I think a good running game, receivers, we got D.J. [Moore] and we were building some good things I think on offense, but we definitely need more I feel like as far as playmakers and guys to put him in the best position.”
Keyshawn & Bears All-Pro Jaylon Johnson on Justin Fields, Cowboys Collapse & Lions
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Publish date : 2024-01-17 22:56:09
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