Is Bears Rookie WR Anthony Miller 2018’s Cooper Kupp?

Even with the added weaponry for Mitch Trubisky, the Bears couldn’t pass up on Memphis WR Anthony Miller with the 51st pick of the draft. Unsurprisingly, Matt Nagy has only spoken glowingly about his rookie toy. Slated for a potential starting role in the slot, Miller has a chance to make an immediate impact in Nagy’s offense.

“You want to be able to see throughout their pro days, the combine, what they put on tape — any time you can see a route that relates to what you do as an offense, you kind of tag that and say, ‘OK. Hey, there it is. I found one,” Nagy said, “And so with Anthony, you see a guy that at the top of his route, he likes to stick the top of the route and it’s sharp, so what that does is it sets the angle for the quarterback.”

“And you don’t see that from every wide receiver. There’s a violent move for him to be able to set angles, whether it’s a slant route, a post route, an out route, et cetera, he’s aggressive with it and I think that fits his style of play.”

Nagy may just make Miller the 2018 Cooper Kupp. The new HC has a clear vision for the role and route tree he’ll ask of Miller, and early predictions have Miller “earmarked for the slot.” Taylor Gabriel may blow up more often, but Miller could be the more consistent and reliable PPR product, and both are worthy late round Penny Stocks.

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