Taquan

Mizzell

Mizzell posted 9-16-0 rushing and 8-78-1 receiving lines in 12 regular season games with the Bears over the past two seasons. His ability as a receiver could help him land a spot elsewhere, but his 4.6-second forty and 20th-percentile Speed Score (Player Profiler) don’t exactly paint the picture of a back that teams will be itching to give the ball to.

He’ll now wear No. 85, making the switch official. Sowell is merely going to be an extra blocker, but he showed he can at least catch when he caught a touchdown in a Sunday night tilt with the Rams last season. Additionally, the Bears have moved reserve RB Taquan Mizzell to wide receiver.

He wasn’t able to corral his lone target. Mizzell debuted with the team in Week 9 and appeared in 10 games. The 25-year-old second-year UDFA out of Virginia caught a touchdown from Chase Daniel on Thanksgiving against the Lions and touched the ball 18 times on offense, amassing 93 yards. Mizzell will come back to training camp next summer and compete for a job.

Goldman and McPhee are significant losses against Andy Dalton’s Bengals. Their absences also upgrade the fantasy outlook for Giovani Bernard.

The Virginia product was (easily) the Ravens’ leading receiver in a dispiriting game. He briefly played with the first-team offense, but was behind Buck Allen on third downs. Danny Woodhead (hamstring) didn’t dress. There’s been buzz that Mizzell could steal a roster spot. He has 31 carries for 103 yards (3.32 YPC) and nine grabs for 81 yards through three games. At the very least, the 5-foot-10, 192-pound back has ensured a spot on the practice squad.

Mizzell got a ton of work as an UDFA this preseason, rushing 40 times for 126 yards (3.2 YPC) while adding 12 catches for 90 yards and one touchdown.

An UDFA out of Virginia, Mizzell racked up a whopping 52 preseason touches. For now, he’s claiming Ka’Deem Carey’s (wrist) roster spot, but he probably won’t last the entire year on the Bears’ 53-man roster.

There are no surprises on Chicago’s inactives list.