The dumbest idea coming out of Chicago Bears OTAs this spring

The Chicago Bears wrapped up their three-day rookie minicamp practice on Sunday afternoon at Halas Hall. The Bears will next practice on May 20, when veterans will mix with rookies for voluntary minicamp.

There’s an idea floating around Chicago media that’s a little silly at this point in the offseason. Last year, Alex Kay of Bleacher Report suggested the Bears were the worst landing spot for Rome Odunze because Caleb Williams had too many weapons around him.

How did that work out?

Do the Chicago Bears have too many weapons?

This year, a couple of beat writers have published articles with a similar sentiment. I’m not going to name any names, but the articles are pretty easy to find if you type “Bears too many offensive weapons” in a search engine.

The argument is that the selections of tight end Colston Loveland at No. 10 and Luther Burden III at No. 39 have created a situation where Bears’ skilled players aren’t going to be happy with a deficit of targets. New head coach Ben Johnson now has to spend time this offseason creating an offense to make players happy, while knowing there’s only one ball to go around.

Johnson didn’t have a problem keeping talent happy in Detroit, as he fed the ball to Jahmyr Gibbs, David Montgomery, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Jameson Williams, and Sam LaPorta.

The Bears’ 2024 offense was dead last in yards per game and 28th in points per game with a roster that featured DJ Moore, Keenan Allen, Rome Odunze, Cole Kmet, and D’Andre Swift. Allen is no longer here, but the additions of Loveland and Burden create competition for targets in the slot.

Colston Loveland won’t have a full-contact practice until training camp

By the way, Loveland isn’t a full participant in practice this spring, and Burden had an injury scare on Saturday, which should be a reminder of why having extra playmakers is a good thing: injuries. At some point in the season, Chicago will have one or multiple players listed above on the injury report.

It would be understandable if the beat reporters want to make a legitimate claim that Chicago might have made a better draft decision by taking a pass rusher with one of their top two picks of Loveland or Burden, as that is an area of need.

However, it’s a little dumb to claim the Bears have too many weapons weeks after calling for Chicago to add a running back on Day 1 or Day 2. If Chicago had selected Omarion Hampton or TreVeyon Henderson, Johnson would have had another playmaker in need of touches.

Let’s watch this offense put up some points before deciding to trade Moore or Kmet.

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