Hauv Nod rau Justin Fields, Bears them tus nqi siab ntxiv rau Chase Claypool

Muab Ryan Poles credit rau kev ua haujlwm ntawm ob sab ntawm txoj kev.

Thaum ua lag luam tawm cov khoom muaj nqis hauv kev tiv thaiv Roquan Smith thiab Robert Quinn, Bears 'rookie tus thawj tswj hwm kuj tau ua qhov tseem ceeb ntxiv, ntxiv cov qauv hla dhau Chase Claypool hauv kev pom zoo nrog Pittsburgh Steelers.

Claypool, 24, nyob rau hauv kev tswj rau ib lub caij thiab ib nrab ua ntej mus txog lub koom haum dawb. Nws yog ib qho kev tawm tsam kim, nrog ESPN ceeb toom nws tau xaiv thib ob los tsaws nws. Cov Bears tau ntxiv peb qhov kev xaiv hauv Smith thiab Quinn kev lag luam, ua rau nws yooj yim dua los them tus nqi siab.

Poles zoo li ntseeg tias cov khoom Notre Dame yuav pab txhim kho lub quarterback Justin Fields thib ob, koom nrog Darnell Mooney ua lub hom phiaj tseem ceeb. Cov Bears muaj ntau chav hau ntawm lawv cov npe deconstructed, uas yuav tso cai rau pab neeg los txiav txim siab txuas ntxiv rau Claypool thiab Mooney nyob rau lub caij so. Claypool yog qhov kev xaiv thib ob hauv xyoo 2020; Cov Bears tsaws Mooney peb puag ncig tom qab.

Mooney thiab Claypool yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws tandem, yam tsawg kawg ntawm daim ntawv. Mooney ceev tau teev nyob rau ntawm 5-11, 173 phaus; Claypool yog 6-4, 238 thiab muaj cov txuj ci leaping nce saum huab cua rau kev hla ntawm sab ntug lossis hauv cheeb tsam kawg. Nws tau coj los rau hauv 32 ntawm 50 lub hom phiaj nrog Pittsburgh lub caij no, qhov nruab nrab 9.7 yards ib tus ntes tab sis tau qhab nia tsuas yog ib qho touchdown.

Poles, uas yog hloov Ryan Paces ua tus GM ntawm kev lag luam uas tsis tau yeej qhov kev ua si tom qab lub caij nyoog txij li xyoo 2010, tsom mus rau kev tiv thaiv hauv nws thawj lub caij off-season saib xyuas Bears. Nws zoo li yuav hloov yam tsawg kawg ntawm nws qhov kev tsom mus rau kev ua txhaum nyob ib puag ncig Fields, uas yuav tsum tau tsim kev ua txhaum loj ntawm nws tus kheej.

Ob leeg Claypool thiab Mooney muaj lub caij sib tw ua cov neeg nyiam, sib txuas ua 123 catches rau 1504 yards thiab 13 touchdowns. Tab sis Claypool qhov kev tsim tawm tau poob qis vim Mooney lub luag haujlwm nrog Bears tau nce. Kev hloov pauv los ntawm Ben Roethlisberger mus rau Kenny Pickett tau ua pob zeb rau Steelers, uas nyob rau qib 24 hauv NFL nrog 203.9 dhau yards ib qhov kev ua si. Qhov nruab nrab tag nrho sawv cev rau lub hom phiaj rau Bears, uas yog kawg nrog 126.9 ib qho kev ua si.

Fields, uas yog ib txwm ua rau tom qab ib qho kev tawm tsam patchwork, tau raug tshem tawm 31 zaug thaum tau tawm tsuas yog 159 kis. Mooney's 25 catches yog 11 ntau tshaj qhov tom ntej tshaj plaws lub hom phiaj dav txais, Equanimeous St. Brown.

Claypool yog lub hom phiaj thib ob uas tau txais thoob plaws hauv Pittsburgh tab sis tau poob qis dua No. 1 lub hom phiaj Diontae Johnson. Rookie George Pickens tsis muaj ntau qhov ntes ntawm Claypool tab sis muaj ntau qhov chaw hla.

Zoo li 3-5 Bears, Steelers (2-6) tab tom saib qhov no yog xyoo rov tsim dua. Lawv dhia ntawm lub sijhawm kom tau txais kev xaiv thib ob rau lub hom phiaj thib ob tab sis Claypool tuaj yeem ua lub luag haujlwm tseem ceeb rau Fields thiab Bears.