They were to be one of the most formidable pass-catching pairings in not just the NFC North or the NFC, but rather the entire NFL.
But instead of Alshon Jeffery and Kevin White becoming a second set of 1,000-yard receivers in the last three years, the two wound up sharing not the football field, but spots on injured reserve from where they could only imagine the might-have-been.
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With the Bears holding the option of securing Jeffery for one year at a guaranteed $14.