5 stats to know about Chicago Bears new WR D.J. Moore

2. D.J. Moore can beat man and zone

D.J. Moore won in the short game during the first couple of seasons, and can become a deep threat later. He also can beat both man and zone coverage. For his carer, he averaged 2.33 yards per route run against man, and 1.83 yards per route run against zone. It looks like he is worse in zone, but with the over-the-top help it is less likely big plays break out compared to man busts.

Moore ranked between 7th and 16th when looking at his yards per route run against man coverage throughout his career. Meanwhile, he ranked between ninth and 21st when running against zone. So, again, no matter how you look at Moore, he is one of the more prolific deep ball threats in the NFL.

D.J. Moore ran 69% of his routes against zone coverage, and that is good news because with a mobile quarterback like Justin Fields, he is about to see a ton of zone. He is not as prolific, but is still in the top 20, and with Justin Fields, that number could even improve. Either way, it is hard to sayt hat one or the other would be a weakness for him. He has a lot of reasons to like him as a complete threat.