Expectations rarely sync up with production for all three when this happens, but the truth is it happens so little because teams usually have more draft needs to address than to continue adding wide receiver talent.
It happened again last year with a team connected to the Bears. Bears offensive coordinator Shane Waldron oversaw the addition of Jaxon Smith-Njigba to the Seattle receiver corps with Tyler Lockett and D.K. Metcalf in it.Waldron's results were better than some other attempts at wide receiver triplets, as Smith-Njigba made 63 receptions but for only 628 yards and four TDs. Metcalf had his usual 1,114 yards but suffered a decline in catches from an average of 76 to 66.
It’s very unlikely for Rome Odunze to break any Bears rookie record and here’s why.There is Odunze's great talent countered by the talent of two top, established NFL receivers, one of them in his prime and the other joining a new team for the first time in his 30s. There is the balance of two good receivers at tight end and a running back with receiving abilities. And then there is the wild card in all of it -- rookie quarterback Caleb Williams.
"He's really picking this offense up as a conceptual learner," Waldron said of Odunze. "I think it only helps for down the road in the regular season when you start moving guys around." Moore just turned 27 and is at a point in his career when really big numbers like he had last year can be expected. The Bears were open to trading a future 4th round pick to Atlanta to jump from 9th to 8th to draft Rome Odunze 👀One area where neither Moore nor Allen produced prodigious numbers has been the red zone. Moore never had more than four TD catches until his final season at Carolina. Allen averaged 5.4 TDs a season with Justin Herbert and Philip Rivers as passers in high-volume passing attacks.