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Kendall Wright Continues to Emerge

Unbeknownst to many, Mitchell Trubisky has as many pass attempts (78) as Tom Brady over the last two weeks. And in that time, Kendall Wright has emerged as the Chicago Bears' number-one wideout.

Only Michael Crabtree (30), DeAndre Hopkins (29), Michael Thomas (25), and Marquise Goodwin (25) have accrued more targets than Wright (24) since Week 13. His 30.7% target share in that span is far and away the highest for Chicago, with Josh Bellamy next in the pecking order (14.1%).

Though his volume in the past two games is certainly a small sample, Wright's matchup is again tremendous this week, as the Cleveland Browns rank 28th-overall in passing defense according to our numbers. It's also noteworthy that Briean Boddy-Calhoun, Cleveland's top slot corner, failed to practice Thursday.

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