There is a good chance that the Bears top 4 franchise receiving leaders are currently on the team.

Johnny Morris is #1 in Receiving Yards with 5059. DJ would need 2.5 more years with his average numbers to surpass Morris as the franchise leader. Then you have Odunze, who as a first round pick will more than likely get a 2nd contract. If he gets one, and just say he puts up his rookie numbers annually, he would surpass Morris halfway thru Year 6. Then you have Loveland and Burden. Both have the highest pedigrees of Receivers that the Bears have drafted (besides Odunze lol) since Alshon (3rd in franchise). 

A wild note about Alshon, if he stayed with the Bears, he would've been the franchise leader in receiving yards and 2nd in receptions. However, he never even had a 900 yard season in Philly before retiring at 30. So the Bears made the right move with him and he lucked in a Super Bowl with Philly and Foles. 

adam, incredible. Our passing woes are legendary. How can 5,059 be the franchise leader?! We have been so behind the curve, so backward. I sure hope it is our time now.

Lots of offensive records will be broke with this group. The first one will be Caleb with passing yards and TDs this year. 

2 hours ago, BearFan PHX said:

adam, incredible. Our passing woes are legendary. How can 5,059 be the franchise leader?! We have been so behind the curve, so backward. I sure hope it is our time now.

Yeah, people make the 4K Passing season a big deal, but the entire passing offense ineptitude has to end this year and with this group. 

1 hour ago, Stinger226 said:

Lots of offensive records will be broke with this group. The first one will be Caleb with passing yards and TDs this year. 

Yep, and even if one of them doesn't pan out, the odds of all of them failing are close to zero.

13 hours ago, adam said:

Yeah, people make the 4K Passing season a big deal, but the entire passing offense ineptitude has to end this year and with this group. 

Yep, and even if one of them doesn't pan out, the odds of all of them failing are close to zero.

The WR group isnt impressive because they didnt have any great QBs and we were a D first and running team.

I have seen some updated projections with Moore and Odunze both hitting 1K receiving yards. I think this has a great shot at happening. 

If Burden gets playing time, it could make it hard to feed so many mouths. This is still my prediction, from April:

My total guess, assuming LT isnt a total disaster, and Caleb isnt running for his life:

Caleb Williams 4,050 yards passing

DJ Moore 800 yds receiving
Rome Odunze 1,050 yds receiving
Luther Burden 600 yds receiving
Colston Loveland 750 yds receiving
Cole Kmet 350 yds receiving
HBs 500 yds receiving

1 hour ago, BearFan PHX said:

If Burden gets playing time, it could make it hard to feed so many mouths. This is still my prediction, from April:

My total guess, assuming LT isnt a total disaster, and Caleb isnt running for his life:

Caleb Williams 4,050 yards passing

DJ Moore 800 yds receiving
Rome Odunze 1,050 yds receiving
Luther Burden 600 yds receiving
Colston Loveland 750 yds receiving
Cole Kmet 350 yds receiving
HBs 500 yds receiving

 

 

Goff had 3,700 passing yards to WRs and TEs, and his group was St. Brown, Williams, LaPorta, Patrick, Raymond, and Wright, so your 3,550 to WR/TEs checks out.

I was a little extra optimistic and had him throwing for 4K to WR/TEs and about 450 to everyone else. My thinking was the top 6 pass catchers are so good, that there is almost no point to target anyone else. However, I am probably downplaying a guy like Zaccheaus, who has had 500 receiving yards in 2 out of the last 3 seasons. So that would also contribute into that 4K to WR/TEs. 

40 minutes ago, adam said:

Goff had 3,700 passing yards to WRs and TEs, and his group was St. Brown, Williams, LaPorta, Patrick, Raymond, and Wright, so your 3,550 to WR/TEs checks out.

I was a little extra optimistic and had him throwing for 4K to WR/TEs and about 450 to everyone else. My thinking was the top 6 pass catchers are so good, that there is almost no point to target anyone else. However, I am probably downplaying a guy like Zaccheaus, who has had 500 receiving yards in 2 out of the last 3 seasons. So that would also contribute into that 4K to WR/TEs. 

good point. I should probably say Burden & Zaccheaus = 600 yards.

On 6/19/2025 at 6:48 AM, adam said:

I have seen some updated projections with Moore and Odunze both hitting 1K receiving yards. I think this has a great shot at happening. 

I agree with that if not 1000 yards a piece, one around 1100 and one around 900. I dont think Loveland and Burden will have large contributions in their first yr. Usually when rookies have great yrs its because the team lacks weapons and this team has 3 already in place and Zaccheaus was added. 

I would say Loveland around 500 and Kmet around 550. Burden should be over 400 yards but will have a high yardage reception total with 5 or 6 TDs. I expect Caleb to be around 4500 yards and 30 TDs on the season. Like you said most targets will be DJ Moore, Odunze, Kmet, Loveland, Burden and Zaccheaus. I expect Swift to contribute to the total but with a better line , Caleb will be able to get the down the field more consistantly. 

On 5/17/2025 at 9:01 AM, adam said:

A wild note about Alshon, if he stayed with the Bears, he would've been the franchise leader in receiving yards and 2nd in receptions. However, he never even had a 900 yard season in Philly before retiring at 30. So the Bears made the right move with him and he lucked in a Super Bowl with Philly and Foles. 

Reason this out with me.

Poor guy has manual Kia. It drives well. Poor guy sells the Kia to a teenager.

Young kid doesn’t like driving manual. Barely drives it.

Does that mean the Kia doesn’t drive well?

The point is, I don’t know if the Bears can say they made a good move. The only thing certain is that Alshon made a bad one.

12 minutes ago, jason said:

Reason this out with me.

Poor guy has manual Kia. It drives well. Poor guy sells the Kia to a teenager.

Young kid doesn’t like driving manual. Barely drives it.

Does that mean the Kia doesn’t drive well?

The point is, I don’t know if the Bears can say they made a good move. The only thing certain is that Alshon made a bad one.

Funny you bring this up, Im buying a new car. 

1 hour ago, jason said:

Reason this out with me.

Poor guy has manual Kia. It drives well. Poor guy sells the Kia to a teenager.

Young kid doesn’t like driving manual. Barely drives it.

Does that mean the Kia doesn’t drive well?

The point is, I don’t know if the Bears can say they made a good move. The only thing certain is that Alshon made a bad one.

It's just another illustration on how bad the franchise has been in the passing game. He didn't really do much in Philly, but that would've been enough to make him the best WR in franchise history.