One other of the NFL’s prime broad receivers is getting a giant contract.
The Chicago Bears and broad receiver D.J. Moore agreed to a brand new four-year, $110 million extension on Tuesday that additionally carries greater than $82 million in ensures.
Together with being one of many richest contracts in NFL historical past for a large receiver, it is usually the most important contract ever handed out within the historical past of the Bears franchise.
The Bears acquired Moore previous to the 2023 season in a blockbuster commerce with the Panthers that despatched the No. 1 total choose within the 2023 draft to Carolina. The Panthers used that choose to pick out quarterback Bryce Younger. It turned out to be an unbelievable commerce for the Bears because it not solely introduced them a bonafide No. 1 broad receiver, however it additionally gave them a 2024 first-round choose that additionally turned out to be the No. 1 total choose. Chicago used that choose to pick out quarterback Caleb Williams.
In his first season with the Bears, Moore caught 96 passes for 1,364 yards and eight touchdowns. All of these numbers had been profession highs, and he did that regardless of getting very inconsistent quarterback play.
The Bears offense has the potential to take an enormous step ahead this season with the arrival of Williams, broad receivers Rome Odunze (additionally a top-10 choose) Keenan Allen and working again D’Andre Swift.
Moore is the ninth broad receiver to signal a contract that averages greater than $17 million per season this offseason.
With Moore locked in, the main focus now turns to Cincinnati’s Ja’Marr Chase, Dallas’ CeeDee Lamb, Miami’s Tyreek Hill and San Francisco’s Brandon Aiyuk, all of whom are searching for new big-money offers.
