Another week, another reminder of just how bad the wide receiving corps is. Want to know why fans are bringing up every Chicago Bears trade option each week? Just go back and watch the games against Minnesota and Baltimore. Rookie quarterback Mitch Trubisky to this point has completed 20 passes across those two games. Only eight of them have gone to a wide receiver. Six of those eight were to Kendall Wright, easily their most proven.
Other guys like Markus Wheaton, Tre McBride, and Tanner Gentry were almost non-existent. Review of the tape shows the latter two struggled to get open. To be fair the Vikings and Ravens secondaries are both great. McBride and Gentry are both, like Trubisky, inexperienced. Wheaton has suffered issues with dropping the ball.
Suffice to say this team is beyond depleted of credible targets. Cameron Meredith is injured. Alshon Jeffery left in free agency. GM Ryan Pace has done lots of good for this team, but his management of the receivers deserves criticism. Luckily there may be an opportunity to get some help. (continue to next page)
