Since Ryan Poles took over as the Bears’ general manager in Jan. 2022, their wide receiver room has done a complete 180.
Of the 12 wide receivers currently on Chicago’s roster, Darnell Mooney and Nsimba Webster are the only two who were contracted by the team when Poles took over. The group had some growing pains in 2022, but with DJ Moore and a healthy Chase Claypool in the fold, the Bears’ passing attack has the potential to take a big step in 2023.
The trio of Moore, Mooney and Claypool seems to be a massive upgrade on paper over what the Bears had this time last year, when the likes of Byron Pringle and Equanimeous St.