Chicago Bears second year pro Jaylon Johnson was a guest on the Jim Rome Show yesterday, and Johnson dished on several topics, but his take on being the new number one cornerback was interesting. He said he didn’t think the initial plan was to release Kyle Fuller so he could slide into the top corner job saying, “it just ended up being put onto me once some things couldn’t happen a certain way.”
The Fuller release was always going to be an option with the salary cap dropping as far as it did, but the Bears did explore some other cost cutting moves before finally letting him go.