Chicago Bears 2022 player preview: Equanimeous St. Brown

	Game	Game	Rece	Rece	Rece	Rece	Rece
Year	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD
2021	13	2	17	9	98	10.9	0

Advanced Stat to Know: St. Brown is coming off career lows in average depth of target (10.3) and yards before catch per reception (4.4).

Best Game of 2021

St. Brown’s best performance last season came Week 8 against the Arizona Cardinals where he caught both of his targets for a season-high 43 yards and also added 11 more yards on the ground.

The 54 total yards from scrimmage accounted for 47% of his season total.

Biggest Question

Can Equanimeous St. Brown take on a larger role in Chicago?

St. Brown has a good blend of size (6-foot-5) and speed (4.48-40). He found success as a rookie despite being drafted in the seventh round. The problem for St. Brown is he has steadily regressed since that season.

The offense was not built to go through him. Green Bay had Davante Adams who saw 149 or more targets each season St. Brown was there. The Packers also heavily targeted running backs and tight ends at a decent clip. They also had multiple wide receivers that Aaron Rodgers liked to throw to including Allen Lazard, Marquez Valdes-Scantling and Randall Cobb.

As the years wore on, St. Brown’s slice of the target share got smaller.

Things are different in Chicago. The wide receiver room is wide open. The Bears have addressed this position a few times during the offseason as they are looking to field the best group of players to surround Justin Fields.

If St. Brown can demonstrate in training camp that he can be a guy Fields can lean on, he will see more action than his last couple of seasons in Green Bay.

At 6-foot-5, St. Brown is a big target for Fields. He has the potential to be dangerous with the ball in his hands as he moves well in space.

If anyone has an idea on how to best utilize the receiver in the Bears’ new offense, it’s offensive coordinator Luke Getsy who has worked with St. Brown in Green Bay since 2019.

St. Brown may not become a receiver who sees a heavy workload. Nothing indicates he’s a player that should get a ton of targets. However, he does possess the potential to be a solid contributor for the Bears in a slightly larger role than he had with the Packers.

2022 Outlook

The fresh start in Chicago may be exactly what St. Brown needs in order to take his career to the next level. At least that is what the Bears are banking on.

St. Brown has an opportunity to carve out a serious role for himself. For now, it’s best to keep expectations low. But it’s also okay to have some optimism surrounding the 25-year-old.

Prediction: Makes the team as WR4.

Stats: 20 Catches, 280 Yards, 1 TD.