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  "path": "/bears/2026/05/01/former-bears-wr-chase-claypool-tries-to-reboot-career-at-packers-rookie-minicamp",
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  "textContent": "<p>One of <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears\" target=\"_blank\" >the Bears</a>’ biggest recent disappointments is getting a shot with their archrival. Wide receiver Chase Claypool got a tryout with the Packers on Friday at the start of their rookie minicamp.</p><p>Claypool, 27, hasn’t played in a game since the Bears dealt him to the Dolphins for a late-round draft pick swap in 2023. He spent the 2024 offseason with the Bills before suffering a toe injury in training camp and wasn’t with any NFL team last year.</p><p>Acquiring him was the worst mistake of Bears general manager Ryan Poles’ tenure. He traded a second-round pick — it turned out to be No. 32 overall — to the Steelers for him in November 2022, and he lasted just 10 games. Claypool was a headache in the locker room, was criticized inside Halas Hall for his effort and totaled just 18 catches for 191 yards and a touchdown as a Bear.</p><p>The Bears <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears/2023/10/2/23899614/bears-coach-matt-eberflus-wr-chase-claypool-out-of-building-out-vs-commanders\" >kicked him out of the building early in the 2023 season</a>, and former coach Matt Eberflus said he didn’t meet the team’s standards of “being on time, being respectful and working hard.” They traded him and a seventh-round pick to the Dolphins for a sixth-round pick a few days later.</p><p>Claypool had four catches in nine games for the Dolphins and mostly played on special teams.</p><p>If he performs well this weekend, the Packers could sign him to their 90-man offseason roster, but he would have a near-impossible path to making the in-season roster given the team’s depth at wide receiver.</p>",
  "title": "Former Bears WR Chase Claypool tries to reboot career at Packers' rookie minicamp",
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