Analysis: Jaylon Johnson and the rest of the Chicago Bears secondary appears to have been overlooked by their low ranking from one analytics website.
It's bizzarro football world, as comic book geeks might say.Few would look at the performance of the Bears offensive line and suggest they are a group in the top half of the league. After allowing 50 sacks or more for three straight seasons and improving personnel by acquiring only two lower-rated centers, they were still ranked 10 spots higher than last year by PFF at 11th.
Throughout the offseason work they expressed certainty the entire secondary would be starting at a high point this season. to a big contract extension this offseason after a career year," PFF's John Kosko wrote. "They also added safety Kevin Byard They were without slot cornerback Gordon, his backup Josh Blackwell and former starting safety Eddie Jackson for big chunks of the season's first half. Their only change this year was adding Kevin Byar to replace Jackson, who had a 120.6 passer rating against last season according to Sportradar.
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