5 reasons to trust Alan Williams to turn Chicago Bears defense around

3. Alan Williams has tried to move his cornerbacks around

Jaylon Johnson has always played sides since he was drafted by the Chicago Bears. Even before that, he played one side at Utah. The Chicago Bears have been playing sides since Kyle Fuller was drafted, and Alan Williams is known for playing sides as well.

In this instance, this did not work out as well, but throughout the season Alan Williams has asked his cornerbacks to move around in the hopes of making a big stop.

Kindle Vildor had one of the best spans of his career when Jaylon Johnson was injured. In Week three, the team asked him to follow Brandin Cooks, then in week five, they asked him to follow Justin Jefferson. He was great in both scenarios and helped keep the team in both games.

At times, Williams has tried this with Jaylon Johnson and it has worked. However, they got caught getting too close to the fire by putting Johnson in the slot. As we noted in the last slide, Johnson was matched up with Kennedy in the slot, and that is not somewhere that Johnson wins.

Still, in a season like this is better to have Johnson follow a wide receiver and see whether or not they can handle something than stick with what they have. For the Chicago Bears, they either had to ask rookie UDFAs to deal with Justin Jefferson or have a veteran cornerback do it. The Bears shuffled things to get their best on their opponents best as often as possible.