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Jason Lieser

REVEALED: Benching wr chase claypool is bears last option to spark better effort | Rare Historical Photos

Chase Claypool was targeted twice Sunday and didn’t have a catch. (Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

The Bears would think they’d be getting the absolute best out of wide receiver Chase Claypool now, if for no other reason than he has tens of millions of dollars on the line heading into free agency.

What the Bears got from him the season opener, however, was such a poor performance that they’d be justified to bench him Sunday against the Buccaneers. It’d be prudent, really, to get a better blocking receiver on the field in Equanimeous St. Brown and give Claypool a wakeup call.

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