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I don’t know. Not a Bears fan, but since I live in IL, too often the Bears on are tv. The way they are using DJ in this offense just seems bizarre. Way too many bubble screens and quick outs. Just no focus on getting him the ball downfield. I sold after his Panthers revenge game for Devonta Smith. Not thrilled with that value, but I just couldn’t count on him.
I just saw that play on twitter. It is a bad look for Moore for sure. I can see his frustration but you still gotta give effort. It looked like he was half-assing it lot of the game to me.
Coaching and O-line play. Better coaching would hopefully try and minimize the 0-line issues but they don't seem to be doing anything to change up what they are doing....which obviously isn't working.
I just recently saw video of it and he pulled up limping and headed to sit down.
He also already stepped out so couldn't touch it first. So he left the field to avoid confusion.
First time in my life I've seen a player sitting on his bench while a play was still going.
I saw this and saw this as he was not a fan of the offense/ OC schemes and just gave up for the game.
I’m totally fine with a trade
Not gonna happen. Dude has a dead cap hit of ~60mil for 2025.
Only $16M of this is truly dead though the rest is in guaranteed salary which the new team would take on and of course it's not dead as long as he's playing. Post-June 1 would only be $4M on 2025 cap and $12M on 2026 for CHI.
I think he has one foot already out the door.
How so?
I know they aren’t pleased with his effort and trade rumors are out there.
I hadn’t read anything definitive but hope you’re right as another Rome owner.
IMO his attitude was not great last year and if it continues I think they make him available and the cap hit is actually pretty low if traded after June. The idea of this has been floated by a few Bears reporters but just an idea, not what anyone is predicting.
To me, this reads like a Chicago Bears' Sports Writer who just needed a story.
More talks about the amount of reps he is getting out of the backfield. The Bears are using him like he could be the #2 RB at times.
Does this slot him into a Deebo-like role? That would be a bonanza for a guy who's projected as a low end WR2 / high end WR3.
It sure sounded that way from the camp reports. I wouldn't mind seeing Moore get 2 carries a game. He's great with the ball in his hands.
I'm not sure the types of carries he will be getting would be any more wear/tear than the screens, quick outs, and quick slants he's already getting. I doubt he'll be rushing up the gut at all. Probably more tosses and rushes to the outside and likely based on motion.
Deebo complained about that extra wear and tear on those types of touches.
The Deebo reference made me think through his called runs and his running style. Moore kind of runs the same way. He won't go down with the first tackler. Hopefully he doesn't lower his shoulder as much as Deebo does. I still worry the extra hits over the course of the year add up.
I'm just catching up on FBG emails from a few days ago, but this caught my attention: "This development could help make up for Moore losing the #1 receiver role, but it's probably time to fade him at ADP." Is Odunze working exclusively as the WR1 in Chicago in camp? Is it already being assumed he'll get more targets than Moore? It just caught me off guard reading that. I've really liked Moore at his current ADP but this has me rethinking things now.
Rome has been lining up mostly at the X, where DJM has been the past two years. In all honesty, I think DJM lining up at the Z is more appropriate for him and allows him to get into better position to get the ball and YAC. It also sounds like Johnson is looking into using DJM in a hybrid RB/WR role (as discussed above) giving him even more touches. Bottom line, at his current ADP of WR29, I think he's more value than fade.
That would mostly affect Odunze at the X, no? I see DJM as the multi-tool here getting touches all over the field because he's a YAC master and you need to give him touches to make things happen.
Bingo.
Or is the new coaching staff looking for ways to get him the ball because they know he’ll be getting less targets in the receiving game?
As a fan, I'm not sure I care how DJM gets his touches. Getting the ball in his hands should be a priority to this coaching staff.
I guess that's a way to look at it.
Love seeing this update. I literally just took him at 8.02 in a start-up about an hour ago as my WR5. Hoping for a Caleb breakout / DJM bounce back year.
He also just turned 28 in April. I always try to check those things - IMO it’s different if a player is 28, going on 29 this year than if a player is 28 but was 27 3 months ago.
When you say team goals, what does that mean?
Johnson pushing for the QB to get 70% completions this year. I think that is going to change the target distribution a ton.
I don't think "I want my QB to complete more passses" = "I want him to throw it less to our best receiver."
Rome definitely will be the X but that doesn't mean he's the top target getter. I know personnel dictates a lot of this but the X in Detroit has been the least valuable fantasy role on the offense the last couple years. It sounds like they are doing a lot of moving DJ Moore around: outside, slot and even from the backfield. That is how Amon Ra was used so if DJ Moore can function as that role in the offense (with it transitioning to Luther Burden in a year or 2) it could be a fantasy jackpot.
Last year in CHI, their 3 top WR's had catch rates of 70.0% (Moore), 57.9% (Allen), and 53.5% (Odunze). Using your logic that Johnson wants Caleb to be at 70% completion rate, which one above looks likeliest to get the lion's share of the targets?
