Ever because the Bears traded a second-round draft select for Chase Claypool, the broad receiver has been beneath scrutiny. Now, one presen into his first complete season with Chicago, he’s in peril of being benched altogether. Requested Wednesday if Claypool might be changed at the Bears’ lively game-day roster following a polarizing Occasion 1 efficiency, schoolmaster Matt Eberflus didn’t rule it out.

“We’re looking at all possibilities right now,” Eberflus stated, in line with the Chicago Tribune. “I’m not going to talk about who’s going to be up or down for the game for obvious reasons. We’re looking at all things to make our team better.”

The schoolmaster’s feedback have been particularly in keeping with a query about whether or not Claypool might be deactivated in partiality of Equanimeous St. Brown, who used to be a wholesome scratch for the Bears’ season-opening loss to the Packers. Chicago returns to the ground on Sunday for a Occasion 2 matchup with the Buccaneers, who disappointed the NFC North’s Vikings of their season opener.

Claypool, who’s within the ultimate past of his rookie promise, opened 2023 as one of the crucial staff’s govern broad receivers, along unutilized addition D.J. Moore, however didn’t document a catch towards Inexperienced Bay. His blockading additionally drew grievance on social media, with Eberflus acknowledging he addressed the plain struggles with Claypool later the sport.

It’s been a bumpy street for the wideout in Turbulent Town. A second-round select of the Steelers in 2020, the Notre Dame product began scorching in Pittsburgh, topping 850 yards and scoring 9 touchdowns as a rookie. Simply two-and-a-half years into his Steelers profession, alternatively, he used to be dealt to the Bears at 2022’s in-season industry cut-off date, totaling simply 14 catches in his seven-game Bears debut.