{"id":761705,"date":"2026-06-26T14:21:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T14:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/761705\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T14:21:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T14:21:10","slug":"bears-cb-jaylon-johnson-ready-to-remind-people-why-hes-one-of-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/761705\/","title":{"rendered":"Bears CB Jaylon Johnson ready to remind people why he&#8217;s one of best"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>June 26, 2026, 7:31 a.m. CT<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The <a href=\"\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Chicago Bears<\/a> defense saw an influx of injuries on defense last season, but one of the biggest was to former Pro Bowl cornerback Jaylon Johnson, who missed 10 regular-season games due to groin surgery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Johnson&#8217;s 2025 season was cursed before it even began as he missed the entirety of training camp and preseason due to a groin injury. He made his debut in Week 2 against the Detroit Lions, but he suffered a new groin injury in the first half that required surgery, forcing him to miss the next 10 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">When healthy, Johnson is considered one of the NFL&#8217;s best cornerbacks. Unfortunately, even he did return to the field last season for the final seven regular-season games and two playoff contests, he wasn&#8217;t his usual dominant self. But Johnson is healthy heading into this training camp, and he&#8217;s got a message for the rest of the league now that he&#8217;s back.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_gl gnt_em__el\" href=\"http:\/\/bearswire.usatoday.com\/picture-gallery\/sports\/nfl\/bears\/2026\/06\/09\/chicago-bears-minicamp-2026\/90478678007\/\" data-t-l=\"\u2691g:l|l|c|view gallery:inline promo\" aria-label=\"View Gallery - Chicago Bears mandatory minicamp 2026 photos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img class=\"gnt_em_gl_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/90478796007-29159120.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cI\u2019m just looking forward to this season and really just reminding a lot of people who I am and I\u2019m one of the best guys to play this game,&#8221; Johnson said, via <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bearszn\/status\/2069498450560102503?s=20\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow\">CHGO<\/a>. &#8220;So I\u2019m just looking forward to that opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Before Johnson&#8217;s injury-shortened 2025 campaign, he rattled off back-to-back Pro Bowl seasons totaling six interceptions, including one returned for a touchdown, and 18 pass breakups while being a focal point for opposing offenses. If Johnson can stay healthy, there&#8217;s little doubt he can return to his dominant form and help Chicago&#8217;s defense out along the way.<\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><img class=\"gnt_em_cp_cw_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1782483670_409_86373428007-square-1.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Follow <a data-autotag=\"69c69e75-f807-4542-90d2-619e6d4a23b1\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/chicago-bears\/326\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Bears<\/a> Wire on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheBearsWire\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheBearsWire\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bearswireusat\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"June 26, 2026, 7:31 a.m. CT The Chicago Bears defense saw an influx of injuries on defense last&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":761706,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[202558,64,63,593,363581,85,241984,269617,203469,203470,203489,203146,203142,203149,202563,203139,202561],"class_list":["post-761705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-accessfree","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sourcebears-wire","tag-sports","tag-sstssportsnflbears","tag-sstsnbears","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagchicago-bears","tag-tagjaylon-johnson","tag-tagnational-sports","tag-tagnfl","tag-tagnfl-hub","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagsports-news","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=761705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/761706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=761705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=761705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=761705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}