How the Chicago Bears wide receivers stack up in NFC North

Some believe this might be the Chicago Bears worst wide receiver group in team history.

The Chicago Bears wide receivers might not have the flashiest names. It is certainly not the worst collection the Bears have ever assembled.

First, it is not like this group is replacing a stud group from last season. It is not as though anyone is going to miss Marquise Goodwin or Damiere Byrd.

Last season, the Bears wide receivers caught 176 passes for 2269 yards and nine touchdowns. The 2022 group is in essence replacing 2021. The only difference is Pringle, Jones Jr, and St. Brown have the potential to get better whereas Byrd and Goodwin were pretty much out of growing into better players.

It can be argued the Bears’ wide receivers’ production was poor last season because of previous head coach Matt Nagy’s bad offensive scheme. Also, the Bears started three different quarterbacks throughout the season including a rookie. That will affect the wide receivers production.

Still, last year’s wide receiver group had size and speed. Outside of Mooney, the group barely produced.

If folks think the 2022 wide receiver corp could be bad, they must have blocked out the 2017 group.

That group featured Kendall Wright, Josh Bellamy, Markus Wheaton, Tre McBride, Dontrelle Inman, Tanner Gentry, and Deonte Thompson. Talk about a group of forgettable names.

They were so bad that the best pass catcher was rookie running back Tarik Cohen.

They combined for 131 catches for 1679 yards and four touchdowns.

That group was supposed to feature Cam Meredith and Kevin White. Both were lost to early-season injuries. Yes, they had Mike Glennon and Mitchell Trubisky throwing them the ball. That group still put those awful numbers because they were just plain bad.

This current group at least has three receivers with the chance to be pretty good. It is all up to Fields getting them the ball to find out.