{"id":293600,"date":"2023-10-19T19:11:43","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T19:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=293600"},"modified":"2023-10-19T19:11:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T19:11:43","slug":"bears-cb-jaylon-johnson-not-blind-to-trade-chatter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/nfl\/bears-cb-jaylon-johnson-not-blind-to-trade-chatter\/","title":{"rendered":"Bears CB Jaylon Johnson 'not blind' to trade chatter "},"content":{"rendered":"

Speculation season has arrived, with the NFL’s Oct. 31st trade deadline less than two weeks away.<\/p>\n

In the coming days, a host of players will be discussed as possible trade candidates — despite what usually ends up being a quiet deadline compared to other sports.<\/p>\n

Players with expiring contracts on clubs off to poor starts are particularly likely to be bandied about as possible trade targets. The logic follows that if an extension wasn’t done before — and if the franchise tag isn’t likely to be used on said player — it’s better for a team to get what it can for an impending free agent. Unless a team plans to sit on its hands in the offseason (can bad teams afford to do so?), the compensatory pick formula likely wouldn’t come into play for losing a player in free agency.<\/p>\n

One player who knows his name will be tossed about is Bears cornerback Jaylon Johnson. After sides couldn’t reach a long-term agreement this offseason, Chicago general manager Ryan Poles could decide to move on from Johnson, electing to trade the corner and see what younger players can do the rest of the way.<\/p>\n

“I’m not oblivious, I’m not blind and I’m not exempt at the end of the day,” Johnson said Monday on 670 The Score. “When you trade Roquan (Smith) away, when you trade Robert Quinn away, man, you can trade anybody away. So, I mean, I’m definitely not exempt.”<\/p>\n

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