In an off-season filled with sexy NFL moves, the Chicago Bears made some of the sexiest — all to help sophomore quarterback Caleb Williams justify his generational tags and, by proxy, they might help fantasy football players define who's set for boom or bust seasons.
- Poached Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson — their coolest head coach hire since Mike Ditka. Or maybe even George Halas.
- Revamped a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad offensive line, inking former Kansas City Chiefs stalwart Joe Thuney and Atlanta Falcons center Drew Dalman, and trading for former All-Pro Jonah Jackson.
- They drafted highly-touted Michigan TE Colston Loveland in the first round, and lucked into wide receiver — and potential second-round steal — Luther Burden III.
If Williams can’t make strides with young, potential-laden targets and an expensive O-line, welp, it looks like the Bears will have once again screwed things up at the quarterback position. (See: Williams’ fellow 2024 draftees Jayden Daniels, Bo Nix, and Drake Maye.)
Fantasy football-wise, Chicago’s skill players are a mixed bag. Yes, Johnson is an offensive mastermind — last year, his Lions led the league in points and finished second in yards gained — and yes, he somehow turned quarterback Jared Goff into an MVP candidate.
That was as a coordinator. Head coaching is a way different animal.
On paper, considering his wheels are way more wheelie then Goff’s, that would make Caleb a candidate for a fifth- or sixth-round pick in your season-long league… but that’s on paper. Reality won’t reveal itself until, say, Week 4.
Thing is, unless you’re in the weirdest fantasy league ever, your draft will have gone down well before Week 4, so snatching up Williams comes with caveats galore.
This all begs the question, which Bears players are fantasy football targets, who should you avoid, and who would require some serious thought?
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Target: TE Colston Loveland
2025 ADP: 114 (TE10)
Fresh off of shoulder surgery, rookie Loveland showed out during camp, flashing the hands and route-running savvy of a veteran, living up to his tag as Sam LaPorta 2.0.
As one of the second-wave tight ends, the Idaho native should be gettable in the latter portion of your draft, so if he’s still on the board in the eighth or ninth round, pounce, baby. Pounce.
Colston Loveland Fantasy Football Projections
- 54.5 Receptions
- 600.5 Receiving Yards
- 3.5 Rec TDs
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Avoid: RB D’Andre Swift
2025 ADP: 61 (RB23)
Last season, the former Georgia Bulldog posted the worst digits of his career, unable to top 1,000 yards despite his role as Chicago’s unquestioned RB1.
Per PFF, Swift ranked last in yards after contact per rush among all running backs with at least 200 carries in 2024 (2.46 YCO/A), per PFF.
During his brief Bears career, Swift has shown exactly zero signs that he can single-handedly carry a backfield load. The fact that he’s been almost outplayed by seventh-round rookie Kyle Monangai in camp is more than a little telling.
But Swift is an RB1, so if you need a back in the latter rounds, you have to hold your nose and call his name. But if you do, be mentally prepared for him to lose his starting gig sometime in mid-October.
Target: WR Rome Odunze
2025 ADP: 81 (WR38)
Ben Johnson did a masterful job of spreading the ball through his offense in Detroit, and where Lions WR2 Jameson Williams topped 1,000 yards.
This isn’t to say Johnson can turn Odunze into a yard-getting, touchdown-making, stat-stuffing machine. But the University of Washington product will have plenty of chances to make hay, and should be high-ish on your draft list with second-year breakout potential.
Rome Odunze Fantasy Football Projections
- 62.5 Receptions
- 825.5 Receiving Yards
- 5 Rec TDs
Rome Odunze’s 2025 fantasy football projections courtesy of PrizePicks’ NFLSZN board — the simplest way to season-long fantasy football.
Avoid: WR D.J. Moore
2025 ADP: 48 (WR20)
As noted, Johnson likes to spread the ball, and in an offense loaded with quality pass catchers — Loveland, Odunze, Burden, Cole Kmet, and sneaky-good WR3 Olamide Zaccheaus — the WR1 suffers.
D.J. Moore is a smart dude. D.J. Moore knows this. And D.J. Moore is probably bummed.
Fantasy owners who have Moore in their dynasty league should also be bummed, but those in plain ol’ season-longs have the option to wait on Moore in their draft. And wait. And wait some more.
D.J. Moore Fantasy Football Projections
- 60.5 Receptions
- 599.5 Receiving Yards
- 3.5 Rec TDs
D.J. Moore’s 2025 fantasy football projections courtesy of PrizePicks’ NFLSZN board — the simplest way to season-long fantasy football.
Question Mark: QB Caleb Williams
2025 ADP: 102 (QB15)
From where we sit now, the 2025 version of Caleb Williams is the dictionary definition of boom-or-bust.
Last season, Williams all but begged for a quality coach who would challenge him — Bears O-coordinators Shane Waldron and Thomas Brown were, in a word, garbage — and thus far, Johnson is doing just that.
The reports from training camp tell us that Williams has been working well with Johnson, but it hasn’t yet shown on the field, where Chicago’s less-than-highly-rated defense has been dominating an offense that rolls into the season with possibly absurd expectations.
Does this make Williams a legit fantasy QB2, or is he a waiver wire streamer?
Listen, the guy won a Heisman Trophy, and there’s a reason that, coming out of USC, he was comped to Patrick Mahomes. With all these ducks in the Bears’ row, he has every opportunity to succeed.
So Williams is far from waiver wire streamer — but he is an enigma, and you should leave enigmas on your draft board until the last possible moment.
Caleb Williams Fantasy Football Projections
- 3,550 pass yards
- 22.5 pass TDs
- 9.5 INTs
- 425.5 rush yards
Caleb Williams’ 2025 fantasy football projections courtesy of PrizePicks’ NFLSZN board — the simplest way to season-long fantasy football.
Average Draft Position (ADP) data is via FantasyPros on Aug. 8, 2025.
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The Bears made some major upgrades in the offseason. Now, the question remains: will it be enough for 2024 No. 1 pick Caleb Williams to make the leap that many expect him to?
With targets like Colston Loveland and Rome Odunze around him, plus a versatile vet like D.J. Moore, Williams is positioned to — at the very least — make some improvements and potentially even be a fantasy football QB1.
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