The Chicago Bears traded large receiver Chase Claypool to the Miami Dolphins on Friday, ending the 25-year-old’s brief and rocky tenure with the franchise.
The Bears are sending a 2025 seventh-round choose to the Dolphins with Claypool and can obtain a 2025 sixth-round choose in alternate, the groups introduced. The deal is pending a bodily.
In want of extra assist for quarterback Justin Fields final season, Bears common supervisor Ryan Poles acquired Claypool from the Pittsburgh Steelers on Nov. 1 for a 2023 second-round choose that ended up being the No. 32 choose within the draft.
Claypool took a very long time to assimilate to the offense in 2022 and totaled simply 14 catches for 140 yards in seven video games. He had 4 catches on 14 targets for 51 yards and a landing in three video games this season.
But the Bears parting with him needed to do with greater than his lack of manufacturing on the sphere.
The Bears made Claypool a wholesome scratch for his or her Weeks 4 and 5 video games, going as far as to ask him to avoid Soldier Field for Sunday’s loss to the Denver Broncos and to remain house from Halas Hall this week main as much as Thursday’s 40-20 victory over the Washington Commanders.
Coach Matt Eberflus mentioned the Bears thought Claypool staying house was “best for the team.”
“When you’re evaluating players in meetings, in practice, in walk-throughs, all those things, it’s important that you evaluate the entire body of work, right?” Eberflus mentioned when requested why Claypool was benched. “And we just feel that right now Chase is going to be out of the building. It’s best for our football team.”
The Bears benching Claypool got here after he informed reporters that he didn’t really feel like coaches have been utilizing him in one of the simplest ways to spotlight his strengths.
“Every situation has the ability to be ideal and I think we’re just working toward that,” Claypool mentioned then. “I wouldn’t say it’s not an ideal place for me. Obviously there’s other places — you can say, ‘Oh, I want to be on the best offense with the highest passing yards.’ But that doesn’t happen in football. You just have to make do with what you’ve got.”
The Dolphins in reality have the most effective passing offense within the NFL. Whether Claypool shapes up sufficient to make a distinction there stays to be seen.
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Source: www.bostonherald.com