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Brad Biggs: Bears could consider keeping 7 wide receivers with rare depth at the position

BOURBONNAIS, Ill. - At no point in the previous 17 summers the Bears spent at Olivet Nazarene University preparing for the season was wide receiver depth considered a team strength.

Not even the most optimistic member of the personnel department could proclaim it a position of exceptional depth.

Sure, the Bears have had some good starting pairs - the combination of Alshon Jeffery and Brandon Marshall was as good as any in franchise history and one of the best in the league. Behind that duo, though, the Bears didn't have

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