One other of the NFL’s prime extensive receivers is getting an enormous contract.
The Chicago Bears and extensive 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’s also 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 general decide within the 2023 draft to Carolina. The Panthers used that decide to pick quarterback Bryce Younger. It turned out to be an unimaginable commerce for the Bears because it not solely introduced them a bonafide No. 1 extensive receiver, but it surely additionally gave them a 2024 first-round decide that additionally turned out to be the No. 1 general decide. Chicago used that decide to pick 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 have 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, extensive receivers Rome Odunze (additionally a top-10 decide) Keenan Allen and operating again D’Andre Swift.
Moore is the ninth extensive receiver to signal a contract that averages greater than $17 million per season this offseason.
With Moore locked in, the main target 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 on the lookout for new big-money offers.
