LAKE FOREST, Sick. — The Chicago Bears and huge receiver DJ Moore reached settlement on a four-year, $110 million contract extension, the biggest in franchise historical past, his brokers advised ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Tuesday.
The deal — negotiated by Drew Rosenhaus, Jason Rosenhaus and Robert Bailey — contains $82.6 million assured, which ranks third for a large receiver on a single contract in NFL historical past (Justin Jefferson $110 million assured, A.J. Brown $84 million). All three gamers agreed to their offers this offseason.
Moore, 27, had two years remaining on the extension he signed on the finish of his rookie contract with the Carolina Panthers and was set to hit free company in 2026. He’s now beneath contract with the Bears by the 2029 season and headlines a large receiver room with 12-year veteran Keenan Allen and the draft’s ninth general choose, Rome Odunze.
A former first-round choose, Moore was the focus of a 2023 commerce that despatched the No. 1 general choice from Chicago to Carolina in trade for Moore and 4 draft picks. On the time of the commerce, Chicago normal supervisor Ryan Poles mentioned he was “over the moon” about receiving Moore within the haul from the Panthers and was apprehensive the receiver would not be accessible had the Bears waited previous the date they executed the commerce March 10, 2023.
In his first season with the Bears, Moore put collectively a profession yr, main the crew in receptions (96), receiving yards (1,364), receiving yards per recreation (80.2) and touchdowns (8). He accounted for 39.9% of Chicago’s receiving yards, the best share for any participant for a crew in 2023.
In a single season, Moore modified the trajectory of the Bears offense. His 1,364 receiving yards had been the fourth most by a Bears participant in franchise historical past, trailing solely Brandon Marshall (2012), Alshon Jeffery (2013) and Marcus Robinson (1999).
Since getting into the league in 2018, Moore has caught a cross from 12 completely different quarterbacks — but nonetheless ranks seventh within the NFL in receiving yards over that span regardless of taking part in with a rotating solid of QBs.
“Our greatest participant has acquired to be our hardest staff they usually’ve acquired to be our greatest finishers they usually’ve acquired to be accessible to follow on the market, and DJ actually is that,” Chicago coach Matt Eberflus mentioned in June. “He is as robust as they arrive and he is a good teammate and he’s our hardest employee and considered one of our most gifted guys.”
The Bears rewarded Moore with an extension sooner than they’ve for gamers beneath Poles’ course. Final summer season, Chicago prolonged tight finish Cole Kmet going into the ultimate yr of his rookie deal. The crew let cornerback Jaylon Johnson play out the ultimate yr of his rookie contract in 2023 earlier than signing him to a four-year extension this offseason, after utilizing the franchise tag as a placeholder for negotiations.
In March, Poles mentioned he wished to be “intentional with the order that we do negotiations,” which ultimately meant that Moore would leapfrog different Bears gamers who’re headed for contract years in 2024.
Allen, who was traded to the Bears from the Los Angeles Chargers, has one yr remaining on his deal. Left guard Teven Jenkins is getting into the ultimate yr of his rookie contract and mentioned the Bears advised him and his agent that he must wait till after Chicago’s Week 7 bye to enter negotiations.
By extending Moore, Poles now has the crew’s offensive core locked down for fairly some time; Chicago has its first general quarterback (Caleb Williams), two first-round huge receivers (Odunze, Moore), a top-10 choose offensive sort out (Darnell Wright) and beginning tight finish (Kmet) all beneath contract for at the very least the following 4 years (together with fifth-year choices on first-round contracts).
Moore is the newest to money in throughout a summer season of mega contract extensions for huge receivers. His deal makes him the second-highest-paid huge receiver behind Minnesota’s Jefferson, who signed the richest contract in NFL historical past on the place (4 years, $140 million) in June.
ESPN Stats & Data contributed to this report.