Bill Barnwell think Bears are well below average in skill positions..

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I agree too. Mooney had an awful year last year and is coming off a tough injury. Claypool wasn't impactful after his midseason trade. So that's 2 of the 3 starting WRs with big question marks. Fields (as much as I believe in him) still has giant question marks about his passing abilities at the NFL level given how terrible the entire passing offense was last season. If guys play to their abilities, there is plenty of room to rise from this preseason ranking.
Right. It's easy to look at how much we've upgraded and go "what, only average?!" only to realize "yea, you're upgrading an undisputed bottom 5, maybe bottom 3 group." Plus we're in the season of eternal optimism. Imagine how bad it would look still without a bonafide #1 receiver in DJ Moore. Adding him just changed that entire dynamic entirely.
 

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I would say everyone will be quite happy if the Bears ended up where Barnwell predicts.
 

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top 5 WR though?

I wouldn't put them near the

Bengals, Dolphins, 49ers, Seahawks, Cowboys, Vikings.


Id be happy if they turned into top 15 in one offseason.

I know it sounds a little ***** Moppy but... Bears are still a ways off.

Top 5 is crazy, but I won't be surprised if this is a top 10 scoring offense in football this year.

Tonyan should really open things up for everyone. You can't have a linebacker cover him.
 

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Tonyan will be turn out to be the best offseason move.

#CALLEDIT
 

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Wikipedia says that Barnwell used to work for Football Outsiders.
 

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This is an average group of skill players.

Bears fans are just so used to dogshit offenses we think they're better than they really are.
 

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Wikipedia says that Barnwell used to work for Football Outsiders.
They haven’t produced a new article since May 18th. Last I saw, some of their writers on twitter were complaining that the parent company hasn’t paid them for several months.
 

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Yo @Black Rainbow went to prison? What'd you do bro?

Also shout out @Nelly, super high level this offseason from what I could tell.
as per new rules we cannot state personal information or make certain accusations (even though he admitted it openly). also the asshole finally responded to me, as per my own policy I can't tag that name anymore.

@Nelly is a quality human being
 

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