print JSON in the console rather than XML, for testing

There have been many posts asking/answering the code of converting xml to json or getting the response object to functionally print on the back end. Such as, How can I get a JSON response instead of XML? But, Has anybody found a way to replicate similar functionality in the browser-console? I am a tester and I am trying to pull the requests from a test application and I want them in JSON rather than XML. Simply converting the xml to json later on is not what I want.

Rather I want to look at an application that already exists, go the the chrome developer tools, the network tab, and I want to see/copy/report on the request as JSON and not as xml. I can use a different browser if needed as well.

Any help is appreciated- thank you!