The Bears addressed their desperate need for talent at wide receiver in some measure on Wednesday, trading a conditional late-round draft choice to the Los Angeles Chargers for wideout Dontrelle Inman. The result is an instant upgrade to the quiver of options available to quarterback Mitch Trubisky.
But while Inman fills an immediate vacancy – a big (6-3) wideout with some credentials (93 receptions over the past two seasons) — something of a shadow still falls over the future of the position in general: specifically, what kind of wideout skill set should the Bears be prioritizing? Because the Bears, along with a sizeable portion of the NFL, may be too often shopping in the wrong aisle for that talent as they contemplate building around Trubisky.