Bears cornerback Jaylon Johnson gives his thoughts on how the defense bounces back from a 29-9 loss, the impact Kyler Gordon's return can have, and facing Drake Maye.
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00:00It's easy to be good when we were practicing.
00:08I mean, for me, like I've been saying all year, it's about what we do on Sunday.
00:11We can talk and we feel good going into the game when we get our act up again.
00:15To me, it don't really matter.
00:16But I think just overall, I thought we always want to continue to fight,
00:19continue to find ways to push forward.
00:21But at the end of the day, I feel I'm proud of this team.
00:23We've been hit at, of course, really in the run.
00:26Really a lot of uncharacteristic things.
00:27Trying to clean up some of our timings, really figure out ways to stop that.
00:31I think that's where it starts out for us.
00:33But I think just really first and foremost,
00:34just got to get back to the basics, get back to our timings, and really just exercise.
00:39He's a different guy, just as far as the way he plays the game.
00:42I mean, he's sneaky, kind of just seeing him back out there.
00:46It's like you can kind of tell he plays that position differently,
00:49just like his blitzes, the things that he does.
00:51I would say from his run fits, he just plays the game, I feel like,
00:54in a different way than just guys in his position.
00:57And especially for me, being able to play with him for three years,
01:00have that experience.
01:00I mean, there's times where we can communicate and not really have to talk or
01:04really even look at it because we just see things a lot, pretty much the same way.
01:07So I mean, just me getting him back, I think it's gonna be a great thing.
01:10But overall for the team, he makes plays, pass, run.
01:14I mean, really, I would say quick reads, kind of one, two, look.
01:19If it's not there, kind of scrambling, getting out of the pocket,
01:22trying to find ways to extend plays.
01:25Definitely has a strong arm, has a will to win, he makes some crazy plays at times.
01:29But I think for us, he's gotta be in the right position to take the ball away from
01:31him, stop the run.
01:32We know they're gonna try to establish that first, and
01:34then just find ways to get turnovers.