{"id":855824,"date":"2026-04-05T21:58:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T21:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/855824\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T21:58:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T21:58:30","slug":"chicago-bears-fans-expect-dandre-swift-to-lead-the-rushing-attack-again-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/855824\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Bears fans expect D\u2019Andre Swift to lead the rushing attack again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Earlier this week, we asked Chicago Bears fans who would be the number one rusher for the Bears in 2026, and you guys are expecting a repeat performance by D\u2019Andre Swift, who was Chicago\u2019s top rusher the last two seasons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In his first year in Chicago in 2024, he rushed for 959 yards while averaging 3.8 per carry. Last season, with a revamped offensive line and a top-notch play caller, he averaged 4.9 per rush while amassing 1,087 yards.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"1200\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/8782173260f1f0aac6bf5d566237e082.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Swift\u2019s 2,046 rushing yards in two years place him 20th all-time in franchise history, and he\u2019s just 999 yards away from the top 10. He\u2019s also just 225 rushing yards away from 5,000 in his career.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">You guys think Swift will hold off Kyle Monangai, who ran for 783 yards as a rookie with a 4.3 average.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Swift and Monangai will most likely be the Bears\u2019 1-2 punch again in 2016, but 6% of you think the franchise will have a different leading rusher.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Right now, the only other backs on the roster are Roschon Johnson, Brittain Brown, and Deion Hankins, so I\u2019d guess the 6% had someone else in mind.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The no-doubt-about-it number one running back in the 2026 NFL Draft is Notre Dame\u2019s Jeremiyah Love, but he\u2019ll never fall to the Bears at 25. Our partners at <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsbook.fanduel.com\/navigation\/nfl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:FanDuel Sportsbook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;FanDuel Sportsbook&quot;}\" class=\"link \">FanDuel Sportsbook<\/a> have Love at +140 to be the fourth overall pick. The Bears may draft a tailback at some point, but probably not until day three.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">SB Nation Reacts is our survey of fans across the NFL. Throughout the year, we ask questions of the most plugged-in Bears fans and fans across the country, and you can\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartsurvey.co.uk\/s\/EFIUQ7\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:sign up here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;sign up here&quot;}\" class=\"link \">sign up here<\/a>\u00a0to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Earlier this week, we asked Chicago Bears fans who would be the number one rusher for the Bears&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":855825,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2070],"tags":[374,53993,692,391,2493,87791,4137,7,345,4096,2526,107566,6,4077,6746],"class_list":{"0":"post-855824","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-bears","8":"tag-bears","9":"tag-brittain-brown","10":"tag-chicago","11":"tag-chicago-bears","12":"tag-chicagobears","13":"tag-d39andre-swift","14":"tag-deion-hankins","15":"tag-football","16":"tag-green-bay-packers","17":"tag-kingsley-enagbare","18":"tag-kyle-monangai","19":"tag-matt-marton-imagn","20":"tag-nfl","21":"tag-roschon-johnson","22":"tag-rushing-yards"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116354346751074901","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855824","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=855824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/855825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=855824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=855824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=855824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}