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Bears fans might not want to hear this incredible Justin Jefferson stat

Originally posted on Larry Brown Sports | By Larry Brown | Last updated 6/10/23

A great stat about Justin Jefferson has surfaced, though it says more about another team than it does about him.

For the uninitiated, here's some background. Jefferson was drafted in the first round in 2020 by the Minnesota Vikings and has only spent three seasons in the league. He has made the Pro Bowl every season while putting up huge numbers.

Over three seasons, Jefferson has amassed 324 catches for 4,825 yards and 25 touchdowns. Last year, he led the NFL with 128 catches for 1,809 yards.

Ready for the crazy stat now?

After just three seasons in the league, Jefferson almost has more receiving yards than any player in Chicago Bears history.

Justin Jefferson needs 235 more receiving yards to have more than any Bears player ever. Hilarious.

— Janik Eckardt (@JanikEckardt) June 9, 2023

Johnny Morris played from 1958-1967 and racked up 356 catches for 5,059 yards during his Bears career. He is the franchise leader in receiving yards.

It might only take Jefferson two games in the 2023 season to break Morris’s record and have more than any player in Bears history.

The Bears are a division rival for the Vikings, which makes the stat doubly embarrassing for them. That said, their home stadium is Soldier Field, an outdoor arena right on the lakeshore of famously-cold-and-windy Chicago. It's not an easy place to rack up passing yards. Additionally, major passing offenses weren’t typically the norm until the last 20-30 years in the NFL. The Bears haven’t really ever had a reliable passing game during that span.

None of that changes the fact that it's still a terrible look for Chicago that a Vikings player could have more receiving yards than any player in Bears history after (conceivably) just 50 career games.

This article first appeared on Larry Brown Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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