Anthony Herron

Think about DK Metcalf and the Seahawks deciding to move on from him.

And then you get the emergence of Jackson Smith and Jigba.

I don't know if any of them really thought he could have been the record breaker that he became this season, but they felt like they had to do.

There's no doubt about that.

And that added to their comfort to move on from DK Metcalf.

Do the Bears feel like that about Roma Dunze or about Luther Burden?

You would certainly imagine they feel pretty good about Colston Loveland as well.

Or is it just the triumvirate of them that they feel really good about their ability to not only run the football, but also the receiving the pass catching threats that they have out there?

Out of all of them, just as a pure wideout, Luther Burton, to me, showed more promise in his rookie season this year than we've seen as an overall playmaker than Roma Dunzay.

Doesn't mean Roma Dunzay doesn't have exceptional potential as well.

Out of the three of them, though, Colston Loveland is the one who, for his position, can really go above and beyond.

They've really got a special talent as a pass-catching tight end.

And so I would imagine that's a part of that DJ Moore puzzle as well, because it is a risk.

There's none of them who've proven that they can shoulder the load of a passing attack in the way that DJ Moore had to shoulder the load of a passing attack.

Because DJ Moore didn't get worse this past season.

This is just the most weaponry he's been surrounded by at any point.

So the entire Bears offense didn't need to lean into him.

They could run the rock.

They had other guys who could catch the football and make plays at a high level.

So he just didn't have to be the guy who was going to get well over 100 targets that he really needed to be in every other offense he'd existed in throughout his career.