3 major what ifs that could derail the Chicago Bears season
1. What if none of the Chicago Bears secondary pass catchers step up?
When the Chicago Bears added D.J. Moore, the thought was that all of the troubles with the pass catchers were gone. Darnell Mooney and Chase Claypool would go from the one and two to the three and four, and guys like Equanimeous St.Brown would go from a big role to not needed as much.
It sounds great, but we still need to see it happen. Right now, Mooney is still recovering from an injury. So, the wide receiver with no issues on the field has the biggest question mark off of the field.
Chase Claypool has hardly practiced, and has not played in the preseason. This is not great for someone whose main excuse as lack of time on the field in the offense. Did he ease any of those concerns? Tyler Scott may be inactive because the three depth wideouts behind him have huge special teams roles.
Still, St. Brown is here to block, Velus Jones is a jet sweep player, and Trent Taylor is a small slot wide out. This group has the potential if Mooney and Claypool can get healthy and fit into the offense on time.
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However, neither of them has shown the ability to. Everything about the Bears passing offense is projection. When you have no clue who the starting interior line is, and Justin Fields has not been able to work with his second and third wideout recently there are going to be questions about how good this offense can get.