WR Diontae Johnson was targeted 10 or more times in eight games last season. Half of them include the four games started by QB Mitch Trubisky—the first three of the season and then the week 15 win over the Carolina Panthers, which Kenny Pickett missed due to a concussion.
That’s not entirely coincidental. The reality is that Pickett and Johnson didn’t get to work together very much over the course of that offseason, for a variety of reasons, but particularly because Pickett was not with the starters. He knew they could build that rapport this offseason, however, even if he hoped for a little more work during the downtime.