Bears evaluating Jaylon Johnson after cornerback left loss to Lions with groin injury

CHICAGO AP The Chicago Bears were still evaluating the extent of star cornerback Jaylon Johnson s groin injury after he left their blowout loss at Detroit and coach Ben Johnson had no details on how much time he might miss Ben Johnson disclosed Monday it is a different groin injury than the one that sidelined Jaylon Johnson for training camp the preseason and the season opener It s not related to what he had before he noted So we re still trying to gather a little bit more information before we ll know for sure Jaylon Johnson was hurt urgent up a pass intended for Amon-Ra St Brown early in the second quarter of a - loss to the Lions on Sunday He stayed on his stomach after lunging to make the play Johnson previously injured his groin while working with specific receivers in Las Vegas over the summer He did not start practicing until the week leading up to the season-opening loss to Minnesota Losing Johnson is obviously a huge issue for the Bears who gave up yards against Detroit The points allowed were three shy of the franchise record I do see sticky coverage I see coverability Ben Johnson commented He certainly can anticipate and he knows what s coming a majority of the time He does a great job with the film scrutiny He s a good participant He s a Pro Bowl member for a reason and a guy that you want on the field for you particularly when you give up that numerous passing yards Jaylon Johnson in his sixth season made the Pro Bowl the past two years He has six of his seven career interceptions in that span The Bears could also be missing two more key players on defense when they host Dallas this week Linebacker T J Edwards hamstring also left the Detroit competition after missing the opener and cornerback Kyler Gordon sat out his second tournament because of a hamstring injury Ben Johnson declared both players are week to week AP NFL https apnews com hub NFL Source