Anthony Herron

And that very first preseason game, I was out there at Soldier Field and just watching him catch that screen pass.

And then it was off to the races.

And there was like this collective cheer that was also coupled with this collective exhale because there was the feeling that the Bears...

finally had somebody else who could make a play on the offensive side of the football, something that didn't have to be schemed wide open, something that didn't have to be some defender running into a teammate.

It could just be the Bears having a playmaker who the other opponents couldn't handle.

That was DJ Moore, and he provided that for three seasons here in Chicago.

And now this past season, he got the opportunity to do it, and he enjoyed so many moments of being on a team that won at a high level.

It was fun to watch that, and I feel good for DJ Moore that I imagine the situation he goes into will be another positive one with a winner for him.

But, yeah, I echo a lot of the sentiments that you guys had, that the trade makes sense.

in a lot of ways was necessary to continue to build on what the bears just did this past season, but it can be met with a tinge of, you know, sort of a,

I guess it tends to sadness to a certain extent because it would have been fun to watch DJ Moore continue to mature and develop with this team if it made sense.

But this makes more sense.

So DJ Moore is a playmaker.

I view DJ Moore as a playmaker in my mind, by my definition, more so than a pure wide receiver.

When you're looking at the pure wide receiver, you're hoping for perhaps someone who's more graceful in their movement ability, more precise in their route running, snatches the ball more consistently with confident, quiet hands, presents a big catch radius and a big receiving target to quarterbacks that at this point in Caleb's development he seems more comfortable with.

But as far as this is due, when you get the rock in his hands, and you can do it on a seven route, you can do it on a nine route, you can do it as a running back, you can do it with screen passes, there's a level of bravery and a nose for the end zone that DJ Moore has always played the game with, and

It hasn't been in a mode that looks like your traditional wide out, and I believe that certainly would seem to be at least a part of the piece to the puzzle for why he's no longer with the Chicago Bears.

But as far as just a dude where you find a way to get him the ball and there's a chance he's going to score, there have been few players in the time he's been in the National Football League that have done that with the consistency, that have presented that threat consistently.

to the opposing defense in as wide a variety of ways as DJ Moore has.

It's multi-level, because for DJ Moore himself...