It’s no secret to anybody with a modicum of football knowledge that the Chicago Bears wide receivers have become a wasteland. Free agency started the deterioration when Alshon Jeffery elected to sign elsewhere. Then it got worse when his replacement, Cameron Meredith went down with a season-ending injury. Kevin White, the once hyped first round pick soon followed with a busted shoulder blade.
They say quarterback is the most cursed position in Bears history. That might not be true. Wide receiver can make a good argument of its own. How else does one explain the franchise leader having been retired since 1967? Suffice to say GM Ryan Pace has work to do if he’s going to make sure prize young QB Mitch Trubisky is a success moving forward.
Tanner Gentry, Tre McBride and Kendall Wright aren’t the combination that going to accomplish that. Almost everybody agrees the Bears will be on the hunt for receiving help in 2018. It’s just a matter of who they go get. Well at least one notable talent is already throwing his name in the hat. (continue to next page)
