{"id":42612,"date":"2025-05-11T21:33:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T21:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/42612\/"},"modified":"2025-05-11T21:33:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T21:33:09","slug":"bears-tried-to-trade-up-for-treveyon-henderson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/42612\/","title":{"rendered":"Bears Tried To Trade Up For TreVeyon Henderson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Bears entered the 2025 NFL Draft looking to add to their running back room after the success of new head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sports-reference.com\/cfb\/players\/ben-johnson-2.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.profootballrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-05-11_cfb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ben Johnson<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/G\/GibbJa01.htm?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.profootballrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-05-11_pfr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jahmyr Gibbs<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/M\/MontDa01.htm?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.profootballrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-05-11_pfr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">David Montgomery<\/a> in Detroit.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.profootballrumors.com\/files\/2025\/05\/USATSI_25549309-scaled.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-363427 size-medium\" style=\"border: 2px solid #000000;margin: 15px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/USATSI_25549309-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\"  \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sports-reference.com\/cfb\/players\/ashton-jeanty-1.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.profootballrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-05-11_cfb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ashton Jeanty<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.profootballrumors.com\/2025\/04\/bears-high-on-rb-ashton-jeanty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">was long thought to be<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.profootballrumors.com\/2025\/04\/ashton-jeanty-could-be-on-jaguars-radar-rb-still-top-bears-target\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Chicago\u2019s desired prospect in the first round<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.profootballrumors.com\/2025\/04\/bears-attempting-to-trade-up-rb-ashton-jeanty-seen-as-target\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The team even explored trading up<\/a> from the No. 10 pick to draft him; when that didn\u2019t work out, they went with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sports-reference.com\/cfb\/players\/colston-loveland-1.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.profootballrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-05-11_cfb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Colston Loveland<\/a>. Their selection quieted trade action in the first round, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/draft2025\/story\/_\/id\/45007585\/key-intel-all-32-teams-2025-nfl-draft-depth-charts-buzz-team-needs-next\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">according to ESPN\u2019s Jeremy Fowler<\/a>, as multiple teams were targeting the Michigan tight end in the teens.<\/p>\n<p>The Bears\u2019 search for a running back then moved on to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sports-reference.com\/cfb\/players\/treveyon-henderson-1.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.profootballrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-05-11_cfb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TreVeyon Henderson<\/a>, who they coveted for his upside on passing downs as a blocker and a receiver, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/45068084\/bears-need-find-ways-keep-their-offensive-stars-happy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">per ESPN\u2019s Courtney Cronin<\/a>. Henderson was expected to go early in the second round, so Chicago tried to trade up from the 39th overall pick to snag the former Buckeye, potentially with the Titans to No. 35 (via Fowler). Those efforts fell through, and the Patriots took Henderson one pick before the Bears were on the clock.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago then waited until their last selection (Round 7, No. 233) to draft a running back, taking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sports-reference.com\/cfb\/players\/kyle-monangai-1.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.profootballrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-05-11_cfb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kyle Monangai<\/a> out of Rutgers. He has some of the pass-protection chops the Bears were looking for and will have a chance to carve out a third-down role as a rookie.<\/p>\n<p>Henderson, meanwhile, will immediately push for touches in the Patriots\u2019 backfield as a contributor in the passing game. His ball security could even help him take over a lead role if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/S\/StevRh00.htm?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.profootballrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-05-11_pfr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rhamondre Stevenson<\/a>\u2018s fumbling woes continue into the 2025 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Bears entered the 2025 NFL Draft looking to add to their running back room after the success&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10986,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2070],"tags":[80,374,15023,692,391,2493,7,6,596],"class_list":{"0":"post-42612","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-bears","8":"tag-2025-nfl-draft","9":"tag-bears","10":"tag-ben-johnson-coach","11":"tag-chicago","12":"tag-chicago-bears","13":"tag-chicagobears","14":"tag-football","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-treveyon-henderson"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114491346472265455","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}