LAKE FOREST, Ill.: Chicago Bears cornerback Jaylon Johnson was shocked he didn’t get traded after being granted permission to hunt a cope with one other crew.
Johnson stated Wednesday he desires to stay in Chicago for the long run despite the fact that he and common supervisor Ryan Poles stay in a contract standoff together with his rookie deal set to run out after the season. He additionally acknowledged the Bears may place the franchise tag on him and basically take him off the market.
“I’m not asking to change the market or break records,” Johnson stated. “I’m not asking for that. But I’m also not just going to take anything. ‘Like, OK, you deem me as this so I’m this.’”
“No, I’m not going to take one man’s word and just put that viewpoint on myself. It’s a balance of being professional, being respectful to what his goals are and what he’s trying to do, but also what my goals are and what I’m trying to do. That’s about it.”
Johnson obtained an opportunity to buy round previous to Tuesday’s commerce deadline. He felt “for sure” he can be in a distinct uniform and was disillusioned a deal didn’t get accomplished.
“Nothing I want has happened so far as contract, trade, anything like that,” he stated. “But I mean, it’s not, I feel like there’s something bigger. Maybe the timing wasn’t there.”
Poles stated he thought they have been near a contract extension after a gathering Sunday in Los Angeles, the place the Bears performed the Chargers that night time, and a deal can be reached “in a matter of days.” That modified Monday, when Johnson’s representatives stated they needed to discover a commerce.
Poles stated the Bears would have wanted a late first- or early second-spherical choose in return.
“I don’t want to lose Jaylon Johnson,” Poles stated. “If I were to lose Jaylon Johnson, I would like to have a high percentage of hitting on another Jaylon Johnson.”
Poles stated he and Johnson’s representatives haven’t exchanged remaining numbers on an extension. So he’s unsure precisely what the hole is.
“We are still open to getting a contract done, and I’m going to follow Jaylon’s lead on how he wants to go about doing that,” he stated.
Johnson hasn’t put up eye-popping statistics, with simply three interceptions in 45 video games. But a part of that’s groups are typically making an attempt to keep away from throwing his approach. He picked off two passes in a Week 7 win over Las Vegas.
Johnson stated he obtained an excellent sense of his price together with his agent being allowed to speak to different groups earlier than the commerce deadline. He stated the worth they positioned on him was “in some cases” fairly a bit completely different from what Chicago was providing.
“I feel like for one I’ve played my best year that I’ve played at the Bears, for one,” Johnson stated. “Two, I feel like my impact is greater that it has been. Arguably, I feel like I’m the best corner in the game right now.”
Another wrinkle to that is the Bears buying move rusher Montez Sweat from Washington for a 2024 second-spherical choose on Tuesday. He additionally has an expiring deal.
Johnson stated he would have been offended had the Bears agreed to an extension with Sweat as a part of the commerce.
Otherwise, he insisted it wouldn’t hassle him in the event that they obtained a extension executed with Sweat earlier than him.
Sweat, in the meantime, thinks he’ll be able to play Sunday. But when it got here to a possible extension, he had little to say.
“I’m sure my agents are talking about it, my agents and them are talking about something,” he stated. “But I’m not really in any of it right now. I’m just ready to get to work.”
Poles stated he’s “hoping it won’t take too long” to succeed in an settlement.
The Bears paid an enormous worth to get Sweat and presumably wouldn’t need him as a rental for the remainder of the season, contemplating they’re in final place within the NFC North with a 2-6 report.
The Bears, in fact, had an enormous want for a move rusher. They’re final within the NFL with 10 sacks — no different crew has fewer than 15 — after ending with a league-worst 20 a 12 months in the past. Sweat has 6 1/2 this season and 35 1/2 in his profession.
“I think all that goes into play, from financial to the people around me to the players in the building, all that type of stuff like that,” Sweat stated. “I just got here. I’m still trying to figure out where I’m going to lay my head at tonight, so, yeah.”
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