Dennis Allen: Jaylon Johnson has 'taken a step forward' for Bears

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What did Dennis Allen say about Jaylon Johnson’s recent progress?

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Mark Grote 0:26

Yo. Nice. It's Rahemian Grody on 1043. The score coming up in about 15 minutes from right now. We go hardcore baseball with MLB insider for Yahoo Sports and MLB Network and Apple TV. Our guy Russ Dorsey will be in studio. We'll try to figure out what's wrong with Mutataka Murakami. We'll see if he has some insight on that. We'll listen to some Ozzie Gian critiques of him and of Of course, we will talk Cubs and Brewers and Jacob Mizerowski going for the crew tonight against David Peterson, who has been excellent. So a full blast hour of baseball coming up. Right now on Rahemian Grody, we are talking about Bears. And as we said, Dennis Allen, the Bears defense coordinator, is speaking at Hallis Hall. I don't know if he's wrapped up yet.

Mark Grote 1:13

Unfortunately, they are not live streaming it, so we don't have the audio. Yet eventually that will come our way via our reporters out at Hallis Hall. But we can tell you some of the tweets that are coming out of the hall and the North Shore and telling us what's going on and answering perhaps the the main question that I had when we were challenged to what would we ask Dennis Allen today? I wanted to know everything about the Jravon Dexter trade, why you felt like he was. Expendable.

How is the Bears’ nickel corner position shaping up in training camp?

Mark Grote 1:42

What you thought about Clark Phillips and what he might add, the cornerback that the Bears got from Atlanta. Well, Layla, Patrick Finley of the Bears Beat and the Chicago Sun-Times is tweeting that DA Dennis Allen said the Bears will try out Clark Phillips at nickel corner, in addition to outside, where he's played most of his career. So I guess. From the early part of training camp, like with when we saw Jalen Jones playing the position at nickel cornerback, uh when we saw Cam Lewis playing the position at the at the nickel cornerback spot. And then eventually it seems like it's Malik Muhammad's job, but similar to left tackle, I don't know that anybody's really nailed down the job of the nickel cornerback.

Vinny Rotino 2:29

Well that's it. I think we would hear something more definitive if that were the case. We know who's gotten a majority of the reps, but why wouldn't you give him Malik Mohammed a majority of the reps in preseason when he's gotta get used to the position? That makes sense. In the meantime, you're just trying to find the answers. Jory Paris, our friend from CBS Chicago, had this post. Mm-hmm. Dennis Allen on Jalen Johnson. I've seen a guy who's taken a step forward. Good. And quote. Road added he's been pleased with his leadership in particular. Yeah. We need him to play at a very high level for us to be successful, and I think he understands and accepts that challenge. Positive. So that's a step in the right direction.

Vinny Rotino 3:07

I'm not surprised though for Jalen Johnson based on what we had heard elsewhere in reports leading up to this.

Mark Grote 3:13

He's the guy that I think everybody is. The old cautious optimism with Jalen Johnson. Yeah, he he's he's looking better out there. The leadership thing is new, but he's one of those guys that you gotta see it once the games start for real. Like, is is Jalen Johnson back to being where he was? And that was borderline elites, maybe elite. Well, let's just say one of the best corners in the league. That's right.

Why are the Bears considering Malik Muhammad for the nickel role despite his inexperience?

Vinny Rotino 3:39

A pro bowler.

Mark Grote 3:40

A pro bowler. I I'm and I'm comfortable saying one of the like elite is such a a loaded word, but one of the best corners in the league before last year when he had the injuries and he looked a step slow on the field. So that'll be interesting to see. But back to the the nickel spot, like, hey, it's great that they've thrown Malik Muhammad into the fire, but he is a rookie who didn't Not play the position in college. He's a rookie who has looked like a rookie at times in camp, many times in the preseason games.