Coming into the 2019 season, Chicago Bears second-year WR Anthony Miller was pegged as a potential breakout player on offense, and for good reason. He flashed plenty of playmaking ability as a rookie and if it wasn't for a shoulder injury that limited him for most of the 2018 season, his impact on the field and in the box score likely would've been much greater.
But in Week 1's loss to the Green Bay Packers, a curious stat emerged: Miller was out-snapped by fellow second-year wideout, Javon Wims.
In fact, Miller only appeared in 22% of the Bears' offensive plays (16 snaps) compared to 29% for Wims (21 snaps).
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A five-snap differential is hardly enough to say for sure whether Wims has moved ahead of Miller on the depth chart, but the fact they're even that close is notable. Wims' usage may be a result of Trey Burton missing the game -- he offered a similar big-bodied target for Trubisky, but we don't know that for sure.
It's certainly something to monitor, especially if Wims and Miller have the same or similar snap distribution in Week 2. Wims was the Bears' most impressive offensive weapon in 2018's preseason and showed even more development this summer.
Depth at wide receiver is a really good problem for the Bears to have, assuming Matt Nagy figures out how to use them all the right way. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case in Chicago's 10-3 loss in Week 1.