The Bears are already lacking weapons in the passing game and their most explosive wide receiver has been ruled out with a knee injury.
Darnell Mooney (ankle) is on IR, Chase Claypool (knee) was ruled out, and N’Keal Harry (back) is questionable for Sunday against Philadelphia.
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The team will now look for Byron Pringle, Equanimeous St. Brown, Dante Pettis, and Velus Jones to make plays against Darius Slay and James Bradberry.
The Bears traded their 2023 second-round pick to the Steelers for Claypool in November with the hopes that he could develop a connection with Justin Fields, but he still hasn’t made the type of impact that was expected.
Over his five games with the Bears, Claypool is only averaging 2.4 catches per game on 4.4 targets for 22.2 yards and has yet to score a touchdown.
