Bears feeling strong about backfield situation but not T.J. Edwards

"I'm hopeful Roschon will come back here soon. We have Brittain Brown, who came on late in camp but we were really impressed with what he did in practice and what he put on tape. And so we'd have no problem giving him the ball in games also. So we feel like we have a pretty good corps of guys there."

Johnson more than let on that the Bears' emphasis is  passing the ball, anyway.

"And then because we're so uniquely set up to have so much perimeter skill, that maybe the ball doesn't go to that one room (running backs) as much, and that's the competition we have each and every week is where is the ball going to go. I've already told you that that's the struggle that we have as a staff is making sure we get the ball distributed to the right guys here and give them all a chance to showcase what they can do. We have no shortage of playmakers. That's really, in short, why we feel really good about not just the running back room but our entire stable on offense."

That stable could also include DJ Moore carrying the ball out of the backfield, as the Bears have shown.

"Listen, we feel really good about this game plan and we're going to do whatever it takes, whatever the situation is, to find a way to come out on top," Johnson said.

As for Hyppolite getting his first NFL action with Edwards sidelined, it's not a risk in the eyes of coaches. They see Hyppolite much as Johnson says he views Monangai.

"He's really come into his own," Johnson said. " I think he's a guy that he's really smart, he takes it seriously, really athletic. (Dennis Allen), that side of the ball, theyve really grown to think that he's someone that we can depend on even though we're going to have the bright lights of Monday Night Football on us.

"And so yeah, I would anticipate him on the field on defense. He's got to be a playmaker for us on special teams and I think we're going to continue to see that player ascend."