Chase Claypool thrilled to keep on building on Bears' debut
WR Chase Claypool made his Bears' debut this past Sunday. While he wasn't on the field for the majority of the plays, he still found a way to leave his mark on the game. It wasn't easy for Claypool to get acquainted with the whole playbook in less than 5 days.
"Yeah, that was the thing," Claypool said. "I had to study extra because there's different little things that are � it's the same but it's different. It's hard to explain but you have to be ready for every little niche situation that could happen. It's been fun because I've been learning not just the offense, but football."
Bears' OC Luke Getsy was very glad to have Claypol as his newest weapon.
"What's pretty cool about him is he loves ball, and so him coming in and learning all the stuff that he did, he probably played more than I thought he was gonna be capable of playing," Getsy said. "So that part of it just kind of speaks to the kind of guy he is."
Claypool's immediate production added to a growing excitement around Getsy's offense. However, the offensive coordinator is still grasping what kind of player the receiver will be for the unit.
Well, one thing Getsy feels sure about is Claypool's cultural fit with the Bears.
"I love the type of guy he is and teammate he is and how he is," Getsy said. "One of my favorite clips from the whole game was Cole's (Kmet) touchdown in the corner. Four receivers ran off the bench and went to celebrate with him and I just thought that � he was one of those four � and I thought that just really showed the kind of team we're trying to build."
QB Justin Fields was also glad to see him in Chicago.
"Of course, he's a great player, great receiver," Fields said. "He's big, athletic, fast, so just the more he's with our offense, the more he practices, I think the more he'll be able to focus on the details of each and every route. Last week he was kinda thrown in there, so the more time he has with usー like we just found out at walkthrough that he just found out about one of our second cadences."
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