DJ Moore and Keenan Allen alone are outstanding as a duo. Then you have Odunze, an elite talent, on top of that. Are you fucking kidding me? On paper that is as good as it gets in terms of talent.
In the backfield Swift is a good back. Not a huge fan of him or anything so I'd say their backfield is functional with solid depth. I've always respected Kmet, and see him as a solid TE.
Bears like a lot of under performing offenses have OL issues. On the plus side of things this scheme is quite beneficial to OL with the movement and misdirection. But on the negative side I don't consider Waldron to be anything special as a gameplanner or gameday caller.
So it seems to me like a lot will be on the back of the rookie QB. He will be required to buy time on passing downs to some extent, which is to say I expect their protections will be on the iffy side of things. And that plus a rook adjusting to a higher level league equals mistakes. Whether they get to the playoffs probably comes down to this equation more than anything else for them, that OL and QB combination and finding a comfort zone.
Their defense last season was 19th in points allowed. I like the addition of Sweat and retaining Johnson. But that's a middle of the pack defense most likely, at best, meaning that rook QB is going to find himself in more shootouts than is ideal to help him limit mistakes.
I really like Caleb. He's a bit small but still within that range where his other talents should be able to overcome it. But he's a rookie and that line has a lot of questions. Still, my expectation is they'll be a top ten offense, because Caleb's strengths benefit their weaknesses, and because he's got WRs who are going to get separation and threaten defenses. So IMO Chicago is going to be a playoff team, probably wildcard level.
