The hidden element that is the biggest benefit to the Chase Claypool trade

How the Chicago Bears can use Chase Claypool throughout the rest of the season

Now we flip this over to Chase Claypool’s first game as a Bear. I assume the guy is pretty smart having gone to Notre Dame and all. However, a wideout of any level of intelligence can run a go route without knowing much else about the rest of the Bears’ playbook. This gets us to another compelling reason for adding Claypool to the Bears. With the tall, fast wide receiver already added to the offense that gives Poles lots of latitude about who else he wants to add to their wide receiver group next offseason.

My number one suggestion on this is based on a comment made by Dan Orlovsky. He really likes the addition of Chase Claypool but makes a great point about who should be their next wideout addition. He says that with all these younger receivers they should add a veteran presence to help these younger players with their development. It is well known that it typically takes wide receivers longer to get acclimated to the NFL than most other positions. With this in mind, having a veteran who has had very good success as a wideout makes lots of sense for the Chicago Bears.

Looking at the free agent wide receiver market for 2023 a name way down on a top 100 free agent list stands out to me. That guy is the proven slot chain mover, Jarvis Landry. He is 30 years old. For the Bears’ purposes, he is not too old or too young.  The Bears could start their 2023 season with Darnell Mooney, Chase Claypool and Jarvis Landry as their top three wideouts.

You arguably have three solid WR2 types with at least one of the younger guys having the potential to develop into a WR1. Justin Fields having three WR2 types in 2023 in my opinion is more than enough of a quality group for him to keep him on the upward growth trend in his development. Also having a proven sticky-fingered veteran like Landry who knows how to find holes in a defense that often creates first downs, would be quite the comforting safety valve for a young QB like Fields.