Player Profile: Roschon Johnson, RB From Texas
Sports Talk Chicago
Sports Talk Chicago
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🗓️ 1 May 2023
⏱️ 3 minutes
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On today’s show, host Jon Zaghloul breaks down the Bears’ selection of Roschon Johnson and why he could end up being the team’s biggest X-Factor on offense in 2023.
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| 0:00.0 | Bears didn't pick again until number 115. |
| 0:04.4 | And they took a running back, which I loved. |
| 0:07.9 | Rashon Johnson from Texas. |
| 0:10.7 | Apparently, he's compared to Miles Sanders. |
| 0:13.6 | So that's very exciting. |
| 0:16.8 | He was the man over at UT for Johnson. |
| 0:21.0 | It says here the bear seemed disappointed. |
| 0:23.7 | They weren't able to bring David Montgomery back, |
| 0:25.3 | so they picked a player who could bring a similar skill set to the run game. |
| 0:28.7 | Johnson is elusive and strong, makes him hard to bring down. |
| 0:33.1 | His stats don't pop off the page because he was running mostly behind Bejan Robinson, |
| 0:38.7 | a player who many believe is the best running back prospects in Saquan Barkley. |
| 0:42.3 | According to PFF, Johnson's 45% forced mistackle rate over the last two years |
| 0:46.4 | leads all running backs in the entire country with at least 190 attempts. |
| 0:51.9 | Perfect compliment to Khalil Herbert. |
| 0:53.7 | So the Bears chose not to |
| 0:56.6 | resign David Montgomery. Still not too thrilled about that, I'll tell you. Still not |
| 1:01.0 | excited about that. I mean, because the money that Detroit paid him was not |
| 1:06.2 | significant. The Bears could have easily matched that offer and made something work. They |
| 1:09.8 | didn't, we move on. Instead, the Bears had somebody like Johnson, going to be a rookie, going to be easily matched that offer and made something work. They didn't. We move on. |
| 1:15.6 | Instead, the bears add somebody like Johnson, going to be a rookie, going to be hungry to work, |
| 1:19.3 | going to work in tandem with Khalil Herbert, similar skills set to Montgomery. |
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