The next time the Pittsburgh Steelers take the field will mark their first game without Chase Claypool as a member of the 53-man roster since they drafted the wide receiver out of Notre Dame in the second round of the 2020 NFL Draft.
While he failed to build upon a very promising rookie season, Claypool still proved fully capable of stepping up and making big plays in big moments, but when the Chicago Bears stepped up and offered a second-round draft pick for him, they couldn’t say no.
Perhaps their minds would have been in a different place if they didn’t have confidence in their alternatives.