{"id":857890,"date":"2026-04-07T00:57:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T00:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/857890\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T00:57:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T00:57:33","slug":"bears-projected-to-draft-wr-chris-brazzell-ii-to-support-qb-caleb-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/857890\/","title":{"rendered":"Bears Projected to Draft WR Chris Brazzell II to Support QB Caleb Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following the Chicago Bears<\/a>‘ divisional round loss to the Los Angeles Rams<\/a>, quarterback Caleb Williams<\/a> lost one of his top wide receivers. D.J. Moore appeared in all 17 games, racking up 50 receptions<\/a> for 682 yards and six touchdowns on 85 targets.<\/p>\n

However, after three years in Chicago, the former Maryland Terrapin and a 2026 fifth-round pick were traded to the Buffalo Bills<\/a> in exchange for a 2026 second-round pick. While the Bears still have receiving threats such as wide receiver Rome Odunze, wide receiver Luther Burden III and tight end Colston Loveland, Moore’s departure is significant.<\/p>\n

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Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams.David Banks-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

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Not only did he lead the team in targets last season, but he was also considered a leader. Moore was named<\/a> one of Chicago’s eight team captains for the 2024 season, which was just before his second year with the team.<\/p>\n

With many of the top free agents off the board, The Athletic’s Nick Baumgardner predicts<\/a> the Bears will select Tennessee Volunteers<\/a> wide receiver Chris Brazzell II with the No. 60 pick in the 2026 NFL Draft<\/a>. It’s the same pick Chicago received in the Moore trade.<\/p>\n

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Brazzell began his collegiate career with the Tulane Green Wave before transferring to the Tennessee Volunteers after the 2023 season. He put together his best performance last year, hitting career-highs in receptions (62<\/a>), yards (1,017) and touchdowns (nine).<\/p>\n

At 6-foot-4 and 198 pounds, he showed impressive speed at the NFL<\/a> scouting combine, running a 4.37 second 40-yard dash. Draft analyst Lance Zierlein lists<\/a>Green Bay Packers<\/a> wide receiver Christian Watson as Brazzell’s NFL comparison.<\/p>\n

While Brazzell wouldn’t be able to come in and immediately replicate the same leadership Moore had, surpassing the 1,000-yard mark with the Volunteers shows solid production. As the Bears continue to build the offense around Williams, giving the young quarterback another receiving threat could offset Moore’s departure.<\/p>\n

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This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Apr 6, 2026, where it first appeared in the NFL<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following the Chicago Bears‘ divisional round loss to the Los Angeles Rams, quarterback Caleb Williams lost one of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":857891,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2070],"tags":[374,53,1036,692,391,2493,65436,1501,590,2498,7,345,58,446,38917,6,9535,2495,6775],"class_list":{"0":"post-857890","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-bears","8":"tag-bears","9":"tag-buffalo-bills","10":"tag-caleb-williams","11":"tag-chicago","12":"tag-chicago-bears","13":"tag-chicagobears","14":"tag-chris-brazzell","15":"tag-christian-watson","16":"tag-colston-loveland","17":"tag-d-j-moore","18":"tag-football","19":"tag-green-bay-packers","20":"tag-los-angeles-rams","21":"tag-luther-burden-iii","22":"tag-maryland-terrapin","23":"tag-nfl","24":"tag-nick-baumgardner","25":"tag-rome-odunze","26":"tag-wide-receivers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116360712043762910","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857890","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=857890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/857891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=857890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=857890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=857890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}