Most of you may not be old enough to remember Allen Ellis (the most underrated Bears corner, in my opinion), but Jaylon Johnson reminds me of him in one respect.
The reports on him were questionable after the draft (the best I remember was "not too fast, not too big, but quick to the ball"). During his first season the media followed him closely, pointing out some mistakes, but generally saying he wasn't as bad as they thought. After that season, you seldom heard anything about him. The reason was that he had become the best secondary man on the team, and opposing teams just stopped throwing in his direction. He didn't make a lot of great plays, because he was not allowed to make ANY plays (OK, not many plays), and there was little reason to mention his name or show his replays, since the passes went to the opposite direction.
Much too early to say, but so far, most replays you see show him being a competent corner, and the replays became fewer and fewer as the game went on. I suspect that, barring injuries, the Bears got a good one. Combining him with Fuller is going to make a big difference going forward, in my opinion.
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