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Hines Ward: Bears WR Chase Claypool ‘needs to grow up a little bit’

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The Bears traded for Chase Claypool in November.

Bears receiver Chase Claypool “needs to grow up a little bit,” a former Steelers legend said.

In an interview with Chat Sports during Super Bowl week, former four-time Pro Bowl receiver Hines Ward said spoke at length about Claypool, whom the Steelers drafted in Round 2 in 2020 and eventually traded to the Bears in November.

“From the outside looking in, [he’s] very talented,” Ward told Chat Sports. “The size alone, the speed, the catch radius, the athleticism … this kid has everything you want in a wide receiver.