The Chicago Bears had a bit of an injury scare this past week with Kyle Monangai getting tangled up with defender Grady Jarrett in practice. The second-year rusher is considered week-to-week with a knee injury and leaves an obvious level of concern, as Ben Johnson's offense is at its best when there is a two-headed monster in the backfield. D'Andre Swift is unquestionably the starring back, but what made Caleb Williams so lethal a season ago was the fact that you couldn't discount the run game no matter which back was on the field.
With this in mind, veteran Nick Chubb stands out as a potential signing as injury insurance, as Chicago's third options are all underwhelming. If Monangai misses time in the regular season, there isn't a currently rostered piece at the position that fans are going to put their arms around.
Chubb might be on the wrong side of 30, but he still offered over 4.0 yards per carry with the Houston Texans in the 2025 season and rushed for over 1,000 yards as recently as 2022, the last year Chubb was starting and fully healthy. Written off is when the veteran has thrived, and that is exactly what the playmaker has been over the summer, still searching for a potential landing spot.
Bears Should Consider Signing Nick Chubb as Camp and Preseason Depth
If there is anyone capable of getting one more solid year out of the aging rusher, it is Ben Johnson. You're not asking Chubb to be a star piece, but simply insurance against injury and perhaps a battering ram in short-yardage situations. Signing the veteran doesn't mean he has to make the roster, but it brings in an experienced veteran for your young players to lean on and learn from over the final weeks of camp.
Chubb putting together a great run or Monangai being on the shelf longer than expected would allow you to reconsider whether or not Chubb is deserving of a roster spot. Putting it simply, there really isn't a downside to adding cheap depth and an experienced rusher who can help your young players take a step forward or expose incapable depth and fill a potential roster hole.
Any way you look at it, there simply isn't a downside to a signing that allows you to get the absolute best out of your current backfield. Swift isn't threatened as the starter, and Monangai is clearly a more exciting piece at this stage of his career, Chubb is simply a depth piece and a veteran who could prove to be a surprise contributor if able to win a reserve role.
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