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Why not getting dealt was the best thing to happen to Jaylon Johnson

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Bears cornerback Jaylon Johnson deflects a pass Sunday.

In the waning hours before the NFL’s Halloween trade deadline, Bears cornerback Jaylon Johnson asked to be traded.

The Bears weren’t close to offering him what he wanted in a contract extension — though general manager Ryan Poles said later the two sides never discussed anything resembling a final offer — and he thought it was best to move on.

Then that didn’t happen, either.

“Nothing I want has happened so far — as contract, trade, anything like that,” he said then.