What different WR though? The only other WRs to have been traded since are Brandin Cooks and DJ Moore, who the Bears actually have as well. And Cooks just went this offseason. It was either Claypool or nothing last year at the deadline. And granted, Claypool gave them pretty close to nothing, but again that's using hindsight.
The team wasn’t playing great. But at that time no one knew where the Bears or Ravens would be picking in 2023. They made a trade to give Fields another weapon. Anyone can criticize the trade now knowing where the Bears did wind up picking. But at that time, it wasn’t the worst trade that we have seen as Bears fans. Some here act like it was.
Yep, I think you're dead on. I absolutely think that's how they should use Claypool. Last year, they just used him on go routes and screen passes. He finally was getting comebacks and deep in routes when he got hurt. But yeah, I think the issue the last couple years for him was Pittsburgh tried to pigeonhole him in the slot. The Bears didn't use his versatility to their advantage (probably because he didn't know the offense well enough). So, yeah I agree that's how they should use Claypool. If they do use him like that and still throw him the jumpballs down the field, he could be a 700-800 yards from scrimmage guy even as the 4th option in the pass game.
I know someone that has a Delorean. I think it only gets up to 86 MPH though……
If i couldn't get any other WR i liked for a top 5 2nd round pick then i would of offered the Balt 2nd and if the Packers were really offering a pick in the 2nd round that Balt thought would be higher then i let them trade with the Packers.
Not the worst, just another bad one though.
Please can we stop with the Fields had zero weapons talk just to make ourselves feel better about how bad he was in the passing game?! He had weapons, he had NFL players, did he have enough great weapons? No, but he had weapons that good/great QB's could get the ball to. Lets also stop with the talk that nobody got open because players were absolutely open but Fields wasn't good at hitting them if a DB was anywhere near them. He wasn't good at throwing open WR's. Fields needs work and he needs to make a pretty big jump to show he can do those things this year. Now he has a #1 WR to go with a couple of #2's or #3's and pretty damn good at the TE spot and should, fingers crossed, have a much better OL.
At the time it wasn’t that bad. Seeing how the Bears finished, yes you could argue it’s a bad trade.
No I don't think so. He hates fields because @Anytime23 likes him, so he's pretty much pulling for him to fail for that reason alone
Yep, at ND he dominated on jump balls on the perimeter. He's going to be have four inches and 35 lbs or more on 90% of the corners he faces. Try to get him one on one and just throw it up there.
I think even with hindsight, the disappointment in the trade results should be tempered. It stinks that this team could have had Joey Porter Jr, but 2nd round picks result in #3 WRs all the time, and that is pretty much what the result of the trade is. Eventually, you have to get to the point where you are rooting for him because he is on your team and have hope for what he can achieve as a #3 WR.
This should've been the first sign that it was a very, very bad trade. We'll be saying the same thing about DJ Moore this time next year, btw.
