Mike Stobe/Getty Images
Two years after Velus Jones became the first offensive player drafted by Bears general manager Ryan Poles, he’s ready to contribute more on that side of the ball.
“It’s in me,” he said Thursday. “It’s not on me, it’s in me.”
In two seasons, the former third-round selection has caught just 11 passes for 127 yards and has run 17 times for 154 yards. The player the Bears first envisioned as being a weapon on offense — “There’s something about him,” Poles said on draft night in 2022 — has been mostly a gadget player.