Chicago Bears: Final 53-man roster prediction after training camp

Cornerbacks (5)

Who’s in: Kyle Fuller, Buster Skrine, Jaylon Johnson, Kevin Toliver, Kindle Vildor
Practice Squad: Stephen Denmark, Duke Shelley

The Bears cut Prince Amukamara in the offseason and went about replacing him by signing Artie Burns. Additionally, they drafted Jaylon Johnson with the 50th pick of this year’s draft.

The plan was to have Burns start the season as the second outside cornerback until Johnson showed he was ready to take over. The coaches figured without any preseason games it might take some time before he was ready to start.

Their plans blew up, however. Burns tore his ACL and is now out for the season. The battle for the starting job then came down to Toliver and Johnson, or so it seemed.

The Bears might still want to ease Johnson in, no matter how well he did in camp. Toliver had his struggles, though. If the plan is to ease in Johnson, then who do they pick?

The new plan may be to have Skrine start out on the outside. Despite playing the nickel corner he does have experience playing on the outside. If he does start there, he could still move to the slot in nickel situations.

Fuller looks to have another stellar season. He has two Pro Bowl appearances and an All-Pro in the past two seasons.

Vildor is another rookie the Bears drafted this year. He was their fifth-round pick (163rd overall). He’s had a great camp and likely worked himself onto the roster.

If Johnson and Vildor show that they’re ready for primetime it makes the Bears’ secondary very strong and the outlook is good not just for 2020 but for beyond.