Chicago Bears Week 3 hero has more to prove to keep his job, per insider

During an appearance on 670 The Score’s “Mully & Haugh Show” on Tuesday, Brad Biggs of the Chicago Tribune is skeptical that Stevenson can play consistently enough to impress the new coaching staff.

“We’ve seen entirely too much up and down from Tyrique Stevenson to this point to jump to the conclusion that this game is going to be a springboard toward his return,” Biggs said. “Like, you got some players that are going to the airport, and they’ve got their carry-on luggage, right, and they don’t check any bags, and they zip right through. “Well, Tyrique is showing up with like, eight suitcases he’s got to check. He’s got a lot of baggage, and he doesn’t really have any with the new coaching staff, but as a player with the Bears, there’s, there’s just been a lot of up and down.”

Biggs thinks Stevenson needs to play like he did against the Cowboys for at least the next five games for him to prove he’s taken a leap this season from the flashes of promise he’s shown in years before.

Ben Johnson acknowledged Stevenson’s big game

Following Sunday’s win, Bears head coach Ben Johnson praised Stevenson for having a “bounce-back game” against Dallas.

“I thought Tyrique in general had a really nice bounce-back game,” Johnson said. “He’s one of those guys, like a lot of us, we haven’t started the season the way we wanted to yet. He’s capable of being a big-time player in this league, and I thought he played that way today.”

Stevenson will have another opportunity to take the next step when he plays quarterback Geno Smith and the Las Vegas Raiders in Week 4, a team that doesn’t have a great receiver corps.