Despite rumors of Justin Fields’ trade, the Chicago Bears are poised to make a splash in 2024, according to NFL Insider.

Despite rumors of Justin Fields’ trade, the Chicago Bears are poised to make a splash in 2024, according to NFL Insider.

In the 2024 NFL season, Roschon Johnson of the Chicago Bears may be the player with the greatest chance to break out. The running back demonstrated moments of brilliance in 2023, even though he did not precisely burst into action early in his professional career. However, his role in the team’s ground attack was restricted. According to ESPN’s Dan Graziano, Johnson will make more waves and win over naysayers with his second NFL campaign.

The Chicago Bears can still provide Johnson enough work to have a successful 2024 season, even though there is now no obvious route to an RB1 job. In addition to dual-threat quarterback Justin Fields, who led Chicago in 2023 with 657 running yards on 124 runs, the Bears still have Travis Homer and Khalil Herbert on their payroll. Although Herbert is currently considered to be ahead of Johnson in the running back hierarchy, D’Onta Foreman’s anticipated free agency departure will help the former Texas Longhorns standout gain more playing time.

In the event that the Bears choose to release Fields and select a new quarterback in the NFL Draft, Johnson—who the Bears selected in the fourth round (115th overall) of the 2023 NFL Draft—will probably be given more opportunities to play on offense.

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