Do Chicago Bears have trade ammo for another WR?
Fans are calling for the team to make a big move, and it makes sense. This obviously hurts when the thought was that Claypool was supposed to be the big move. Fans saying that an A.J. Brown type of move should come this offseason have to realize Ryan Poles thought he pulled that deal off a few weeks early with Claypool. He was wrong.
So, they have Claypool, they need a wide receiver, they are supposed to take a big swing, and the next issue is that the pick they traded for Claypool would be the perfect piece to add a wide receiver this offseason.
There are obvious hypotheticals where the team picks up draft capital from trading back from the number one overall pick. Still, right now Chicago has pick one, and they do not pick again until pick 54.
They did not think they were getting Claypool for pick 32, but they did realize they were trading a top 45 pick for Claypool, so they are not even getting a wide receiver similar to Claypool with pick 54.
As the Chicago Bears currently stand, they do not have the real draft assets to add wide receivers that could contribute from day one. We know that free agency will not answer many issues, and the draft is a crap shoot, especially for Ryan Poles, who has already struggled at wide receiver.
-Parker Hurley