How can the Chicago Bears fix a problematic wide receiver position through free agency and the 2018 NFL Draft?

A common theme throughout the season was that the Chicago Bears need to surround Mitch Trubisky with better wide receivers. Whether it was as a result of injury, lack of production, or poor game-planning — I’m looking at you Dowell Loggains –the Bears receiving corps was unspectacular.

Kendall Wright led the team with 59 receptions and 614 yards. Tarik Cohen was second in receptions with 53, while Josh Bellamy accumulated the second most yards with 376 (when he wasn’t sliding into his teammate’s girlfriend’s DMs of course).

Adding insult to injury, Deonte Thompson was cut and picked up by the Buffalo Bills only to catch 27 balls for 430 yards in 11 games. With those numbers, Thompson would have finished second on the team in receiving yards. However, Dowell Loggains and John Fox could not manage to find a spot for him on an offensively challenged team.

Similarly, the pair struggled to figure out a way to get other receiving weapons on the field at times. Most notably Tarik Cohen and Adam Shaheen were often absent from the game plan — a mistake Matt Nagy surely will not replicate.

While the above paints a bleak picture, the following blueprint offers the Chicago Bears a way to quickly improve their wide receiver situation.