The Bears threw a few darts at the receiver position this offseason, bringing in a host of Darnell Mooney supporting-cast options. They intend to retain at least one of them.
Equanimeous St. Brown agreed to stay via a one-year deal, Kevin Fishbain of The Athletic tweets. Rather than try his hand in free agency again, the complementary receiver will sign for $1.25MM, Ian Rapoport of NFL.com notes (via Twitter). This marks a slight raise for the 6-foot-5 target, who signed for $965K last year.
The elder of the NFL’s St. Brown brothers, Equanimeous came over from Green Bay with first-year Chicago OC Luke Getsy. The former Packers sixth-round pick has 20 receptions for 320 yards — eight shy of his career-high total, set back in 2018 — and a touchdown in the Bears’ run-oriented offense. St. Brown also has 54 rushing yards on six carries this year.
Chicago added St. Brown, Byron Pringle, N’Keal Harry, Dante Pettis and Velus Jones this offseason. Of this contingent, St. Brown has compiled the most receiving yards. Harry, Pringle and Pettis have one more game on their current Bears contracts. Although the Bears have run into injuries to several of their receivers this season, St. Brown has started 15 games during his Chicago debut.
The team has Chase Claypool, a deadline addition, signed through 2023. Mooney’s rookie deal also runs through 2023. St. Brown, 26, will be in position to supplement the higher-profile players next season.
Was it unanimous on the Equanimeous extension? Seems to be ubiquitous that it was.
What? Is it April 1st already?
Liked him the few times I saw him in Green Bay. Good for him.
Good blocker
Yes!
Still can’t believe the Bears basically gave us a free pick at the top of the second round for Claypool
Believe me, we can’t believe it either.
You may be right, but it’s still too early to tell. This team is such a mess right now it’ll be next year before we can really tell.
And to top it off… it’s the Bears pick and not the Ravens pick. Ridiculous
It will soon be time for Poles to abandon the safe haven of low cost rentals and make some high end investments that might actually move the needle in the Bears favor.
I’m sure they will this offseason. Doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong with extending a useful role player for pocket change.