The Bears made a surprising move with their first gameday roster of the year. Second-year wide receiver Tyler Scott was rendered inactive on Sunday, meaning Velus Jones Jr. and DeAndre Carter will be the only wide receivers available behind Keenan Allen, DJ Moore and Rome Odunze. Scott was presumed to be the No. 4 wide receiver on the team coming…

LAKE FOREST, Ill. – The Bears answered the final question about their Week 1 starting lineup on Thursday. According to special teams coordinator Richard Hightower, it will be Velus Jones Jr. who begins the year as the team’s kick returner while DeAndre Carter handles punt return duties. At the time of publication, each player was listed as a first-teamer at…

LAKE FOREST, Ill. – Velus Jones Jr. stuck with the Bears as they formed their initial 53-man roster this year. For now, it appears he’s going to get an opportunity to impact the game however he can, whether that’s special teams, at wide receiver or running back. When going through roster projections, Jones Jr.’s status was one of the...

Velus Jones Jr. will have another shot with the Bears this season. The team made a big wave of cuts on Tuesday as it formed its first 53-man roster, and Jones Jr. earned a spot on the team. Jones Jr. represented the biggest question mark when it came to roster projections this season. On one hand, he’s an intriguing...

LAKE FOREST, Ill. – The NFL’s new kickoff rules have teams thinking creatively about how to best set up their offenses, while pinning back their opponents. The Bears have already said they’ll consider how new punter Tory Taylor could be a weapon on the play. Special teams coordinator Richard Hightower also singled out one potential return man who could...

The Bears are benching Velus Jones for their Thursday Night Football matchup against the Carolina Panthers. The team announced the embattled wide receiver was a healthy scratch before the game. Here’s the full list of the team’s inactives: Justin Fields wasn’t able to get healthy enough for the game after the team left the door open a crack for...

Sunday saw Velus Jones Jr. add another costly mistake to his early-career ledger. The wide receiver explains the puzzling slip that cost the Bears a touchdown.

Alex Brown has seen enough of Velus Jones. The second-year Bears wide receiver had another game filled with mistakes in the team’s 30-13 loss to the Chargers on Sunday Night Football, including a big dropped touchdown with no defenders near him. That was the last straw for Brown. “This should be his last game on the roster,” Brown said...

Well, that hurts. The Bears, as of this writing, are down 17 points to the Los Angeles Chargers. Tyson Bagent and Velus Jones Jr. had a chance to connect on a wide-open touchdown, but couldn’t execute it. Check out the video. Hope you have a drink in hand. The Bears trail 17-0 nearing halftime as of this writing.

Velus Jones Jr. and Equanimeous St. Brown will not play for the Bears when they take on the Packers in the 2023 NFL regular season opener. The team announced that each wide receiver will be among the team’s inactive players on Sunday. The Bears opted to run with five wide receivers on Sunday: DJ Moore, Chase Claypool, Darnell Mooney, Tyler…