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(3) How will the Bears replace top receiver Darnell Mooney?

The season-ending ankle injury that Mooney sustained last Sunday against the Jets leaves a void that the Bears hope to fill with multiple receivers.

“I think it’s going to be by committee,” said coach Matt Eberflus. “I think we’re going to have to spread the ball around. Obviously, Mooney is a dynamic player. He’s had a good chemistry with Justin and the rest of the quarterbacks, and I think we’ve got to do it by committee, using all of them the best way we can based on their skillsets.”

Equanimeous St. Brown has started all 12 games, excelling as a blocker while also catching 14 passes for 195 yards and one touchdown. Veterans Byron Pringle and Chase Claypool are among those expected to help pick up the slack.

Injuries have limited Pringle to six games this season, but he has appeared in the last three contests and appears to be fully healthy. Last Sunday he caught two passes for 12 yards and one touchdown against the Jets.

Claypool’s playing time has increased over the past three weeks, from 19 snaps against the Lions to 29 versus the Falcons to 38 against the Jets. Last Sunday he had two catches for 51 yards—the most yards in the four games he’s played since being acquired by the Bears in a trade with the Steelers.

Rookie Velus Jones Jr. also could be called upon to help make up for the loss of Mooney, who leads Bears receivers with 40 catches for 493 yards.