Chicago Bears cornerback Jaylon Johnson is on the cusp.

The star defensive playmaker has come off the non-football injury list, and is on the Bears' 53-man roster ahead of Week 1. But, he hasn't been cleared to play yet.

If he's going to get cleared for Monday Night Football, he has a list of demands to check off first to officially return from what he called a "freak accident."

"I’m doing everything I can to be ready," Johnson said in a scrum with reporters on Tuesday. "I'm just trying to do everything I can do to be back."

The backstory:

For Johnson, this offseason was frustrating. Part of it was sitting out for so long and watching his teammates practice without him. He said he could watch training camp while he was in recovery, but only when the Bears practiced on fields one an

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