Crazy to think our best WR wasn't a WR in college

I remember the chorus was singing loud in the preseason that Cam should be ditched for the rookie Braverman. 

Here we go again. Guess I'm never coming back into this thread, the idiots are out in force. If I'm ever named a mod, certain people are being banned the first day. Thats a promise.

EDIT from Brad Biggs: (note: no one is claiming Meredith can't play, but if you actually think Meredith is better than Jeffery than you need serious help. Like stop posting. You are just wrong or you are just trolling and should be banned from the board.)


2. I don’t think Cameron Meredith is ever going to be in the discussion as a legitimate No. 1 wide receiver and reality is he might be a No. 3 or No. 4 in a really good passing attack. But he’s done something impressive this year and he just might lead the Bears in some key categories with only one game remaining. Meredith played in 11 games as an undrafted rookie free agent from Illinois State last season and managed to catch 11 passes for 120 yards. It’s one thing for UDFAs to make a splash. It’s another thing for them to break through that low ceiling and really begin to produce. You will see UDFAs make plays on occasion. You start to get excited about them and then they just tend to disappear. That’s what happens with the majority of them really. They’re undrafted for a reason. But Meredith has gone far above and beyond that, turning in nine receptions for 135 yards and a touchdown. He leads the team with 62 receptions (11 ahead of Alshon Jeffery) and is also tops in yardage with 827 (16 ahead of Jeffery). Meredith and injured tight end Zach Miller lead the team with four receiving touchdowns. Meredith also has a team-high four 100-yard games.



In a season that has gone awry, Meredith certainly fits into the depth chart for 2017 at a position which will have plenty of questions moving toward free agency and the draft.



“Definitely feel like I have made strides,” Meredith said. “Every day I am working to get better and stuff like that. You want the team success as a whole, for sure. But at the same time if you are making plays and getting better, it’s still good.



“You have to keep getting better every day, you never know what you can do in this league until you do it. I just go out there every day and try to make plays. When you start making plays and stuff you start to feel yourself a little bit. So, last year I didn’t have that many plays I made but I definitely knew I could play in the league so it was all about getting out there and doing it.”



The touchdown, a 21-yard strike from Matt Barkley, was really pretty as Meredith accelerated past free safety Will Blackmon to the corner of the end zone for a wide open grab. Good route. Good throw.

The key Benj is to make sure you only let the right people in. 

Meredith has had a stellar season and claiming he's a better WR than Jeffery, while a bit exaggerated, isn't an idiotic comment. Jeffery's struggled to stay healthy the last two years. He also hasn't shown the ability to routinely get open as a #1 receiver against dbl teams. Josh Norman, a top tier DB basically owned Alshon yesterday. So, while Meredith isn't as good a receiver as Jeffery, I think he's a better value as a receiver and, at least the past two years, a more durable receiver whose stock is climbing.