Johnson is optimistic about what’s ahead for the defense in 2022 after the group slowly ascended toward one of the best units in the league last year.
The Browns ranked fifth in total defense and ended the season in terrific form, holding opponents to 20 or fewer points in seven of their final 11 games and generating 15 turnovers in that period. The group became the beast the Browns envisioned last offseason when they added players like Johnson, whose versatility led him to become an every-down player in his first four seasons with the Rams, and the expectation is to pick up where they left off.
Johnson, as well as other top secondary weapons in safeties Grant Delpit and Ronnie Harrison Jr. and cornerbacks Denzel Ward, Greg Newsome II and Greedy Williams, are all set to return. No introductions, save for the addition of third-round rookie CB Martin Emerson, will be needed among the group, which should make it easier for them to hit the field in training camp and quickly bloom.
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