Luther Burden III

Luther Burder left the game with an ankle injury (labeled day-to-day). Before exiting, Burden led the team with 7 targets, catching 6 for 84 yards (back-to-back weeks leading the team in targets). And he did it on just 39% of the snaps played, resulting in a 44% target rate per route run.

In Weeks 12-14, Luther Burden III had a 54.7% route share with a 16% target share, 48.7 receiving yards per game, 2.28 yards per route run and a 23.6% first-read share, per Fantasy Points Data. In those three games, Burden had weekly scoring finishes of WR36, WR44 and WR25. With Rome Odunze a last-minute inactive, Burden led the Bears with a 25% target share, six receptions and 84 receiving yards. Burden did this while only playing 39% of the snaps with a 50% route share, per PFF. Burden seems locked into a part-time role for the rest of the season with how much 12 and 21 personnel the Bears want to utilize. It won't matter, though, if Burden continues to see volume like this. Burden is a solid Flex play for the rest of the season.