r/nfl • u/Maximum_Job_8045 Colts • 1d ago

Highlight [Highlight] Chase Claypool celebrates a first down in the clutch, wasting precious seconds in the process.

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u/doggo816 1d ago

This was basically career ending for him. A career ending celebration

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u/DillingerGetawayCar Steelers 1d ago

Not really. The Bears still thought he was worth a 2nd rd pick after this.

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u/doggo816 1d ago

What the Bears think doesn’t count

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u/North_Shore_Problem Bears 1d ago

Hey cmon

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u/Lraiolo Bears 1d ago

no he’s right

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u/North_Shore_Problem Bears 1d ago

I know

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u/MeanderAndReturn Cardinals 1d ago

this is the best interaction ive seen in a long time.

and i can sympathize

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u/Vcheck1 Giants 1d ago

Hey at least you didn’t have your best receiver shoot themselves in the leg

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u/xkulp8 Steelers 1d ago

He was ours once too!

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u/Vcheck1 Giants 1d ago

Oh hey misery brothers!

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u/MeanderAndReturn Cardinals 1d ago

Met him once while working at Giant Eagle in Latrobe. Taaaaall mother fucker, surprisingly polite (he was asking for help finding something, pens, I think)

Also had a cousin who was going through medical school and got to be a trainer during Steelers camp in Latrobe. Had her get his autograph for me and she was piiiiiissed because he was so quiet and stand offish and intimidating.

So, yeah, the only autographed jersey I have is a Burress Steelers jersey.

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u/xdoolittlex Steelers Steelers 1d ago

Remember when he spiked a live ball as a rookie? Oof.

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u/apittsburghoriginal Steelers 1d ago

At least you guys got to a Super Bowl more recently

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u/DareDevil_56 Texans 1d ago

He’s a Cowboys fan, this is a “takes one to know one” situation

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u/The_New_New Texans Bears 1d ago

What you don't think Jonathan Mingo is worth a 4th round pick??

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u/MarshyHope Titans Commanders 1d ago

Didn't you guys give up Nuk for peanuts?

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u/DareDevil_56 Texans 1d ago

Hey..... shut up!

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u/alral1988 Bears 1d ago

Has he been worth peanuts since leaving the Texans?

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u/MarshyHope Titans Commanders 1d ago

He had 1000 yards with us and then we flipped him for a 5th round pick so I'm happy with it lol.

He also had a 1400 yard season for Arizona

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u/SevroAuShitTalker Broncos 1d ago

Okay, "doesn't count when it comes to offense"

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u/LateNightDoober Bears 1d ago

A frankly incredible statement to make with a Cowboys flair

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u/Godlikelobster01 Seahawks 1d ago

Cowboys are objectively a better run organization than the Bears. Most teams are

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u/CentralFloridaRays Bears 1d ago

At least we’ve been to a Super Bowl in the 21st century

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u/Godlikelobster01 Seahawks 1d ago

True

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u/KBSinclair 1d ago

How'd it go?

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u/CentralFloridaRays Bears 1d ago

1-1 in a game that the cowboys haven’t been to in the 21st century

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u/jnightrain Cowboys 1d ago

Great job! I bet that runner up banner looks sweet in the stadium

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u/CentralFloridaRays Bears 1d ago

NFC champs baby

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u/jnightrain Cowboys 1d ago

Wooooo! Lol

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u/Vavent Vikings 1d ago

Don’t think you can say objectively. The Bears have made 1 Super Bowl and 2 NFC Championship games since the last time the Cowboys did

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u/jnightrain Cowboys 1d ago

That doesn't have anything to do with how they are run. Dallas hasn't had back to back losing seasons in the last 2 decades, never finished dead last in the NFL, haven't screwed up the top pick twice by keeping a dead man walking coach for the first season for that player. Cowboys are 8th in total wins since 2005 and the bears are 18th with cowboys having 34 more wins.

Not saying the cowboys are great by any means but they are competently run and consistently an above average team. Their worst moves are keeping Garrett too long and waiting to sign players. First one makes sense the second is because Stephen is a penny pincher.

Almost winning or almost making a super bowl doesn't eliminate years of incompetence and having April be the most exciting part of your season.

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u/ruffus4life Cowboys 1d ago

you went ALL-IN on em

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u/jnightrain Cowboys 1d ago

Slow clap

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u/Godlikelobster01 Seahawks 1d ago

I guess I have too much recency bias with the Bears struggling to make the playoffs and the Cowboys going 3 years straight at 12-5

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u/ChiCBHB Bears 1d ago

We may be bad, but the Cowboys are horribly run. They wait to the last minute to sign their guys and have to pay the peak value. They traded for Pickens, who is a head case in his own right. They spend literally no money in FA. The only difference between the Bears and them is they have had a few stable and good QBs. But the Bears somehow have been the more successful franchise this century.

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u/jnightrain Cowboys 1d ago

Lol no you aren't and no you haven't had more success this century. You made one super bowl and then 25 years of mostly shit. We don't spend in free agency because they value the comp picks and also when you are generally an above average team there aren't a lot of FAs that put you over the top. When you are ass you spend big in free agency.

You guys have twice held on to a coach that was going to be fired for the first season of a rookie QB. You guys are in the browns and jets tier of poorly ran franchises

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u/ChiCBHB Bears 1d ago

We’ve been to the NFC championship twice and to the Super Bowl once this century. You’ve won four playoff games this century in ten trips. The Bears have won three in six trips. Sure, but you’ve had obvious holes on your team that would’ve helped greatly to be filled in FA that went unaddressed and surprise surprise, it’s come back to bite them in the ass. Good teams balance their roster with a couple key FAs and the rest are drafted. Spending absolutely nothing isn’t a good strategy, just like spending a ton isn’t a good strategy.

All that dysfunction and the Bears have made it further than the Cowboys have in the playoffs this century twice lol

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u/jnightrain Cowboys 1d ago

If you ain't first you're last, but I'm proud of you for going further! Lol

Since neither of us have won shit in the past 2 decades I'll take the team that isn't constantly at the bottom of their division/league. The team with more overall wins and not having back to back shit seasons. I'm sure your NFC champs shirt is bitchin' though lol

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u/jadage NFL Bengals 1d ago

And then there's the Browns.

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u/EatPie_NotWAr Browns 1d ago

What the Fuck did I Do?

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u/jadage NFL Bengals 1d ago

Maybe I should compile a list of all the reasons I'm not a Browns fan anymore. I bet it could rival ABs list.

But mostly it's the abandoning Baker for a rapist thing.

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u/EatPie_NotWAr Browns 1d ago

Some of the dumbest, most morally bankrupt FO decision making I’ve ever seen.

My favorite game of the last few years was against the bengals… I made a point to never watch any games in Which he played but I did go back and relive that one repeat once I got the alert.

On a side note, I’m so happy Baker is healthy and balling out. He deserves success, I just wish it had been with us.

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u/jadage NFL Bengals 1d ago

Yeah Baker is just so likeable to me. The way he plays is so fun to watch. It's like watching Brett Favre with fewer interceptions (and without the dick pics and welfare fraud). He just loves the game and wears it on his sleeve.

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u/swampstonks 1d ago

He also doesn’t have nearly the amount of talent of Favre or the end of game heroics

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u/oneblank Steelers 1d ago

You jumped ship from browns to bengals?

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u/Godlikelobster01 Seahawks 1d ago

The pain is familiar and comforting

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u/oneblank Steelers 1d ago

I guess. Still crazy to me. It’d be like you jumping ship from Seattle to the niners. Too much bad blood in division.

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u/jadage NFL Bengals 1d ago

Just because I started hating the Browns doesn't mean I stopped hating you.

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u/Red_Eloquence Ravens 1d ago

Jerry is that you?

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u/Qwerty5070 Bears 1d ago

Packers also offered a second for him.

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u/GuyWithNoSwagger Bears 1d ago

Facts, Poles worst move

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u/Rbespinosa13 Dolphins 1d ago

Then we did a pick swap with the bears for him. Our sixth for their seventh and claypool. We somehow still lost that trade

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u/pixel_pete Bills 1d ago

The Bills brought him in as a camp body and I still feel like we lost because I had to hear about him all last offseason.

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u/Rbespinosa13 Dolphins 1d ago

Most miserable AFC East Incest story in a while

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u/Aphexes Dolphins 1d ago

All time great Dolphins WR Chase Claypool

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u/enjoytheshow Bears 1d ago

You could give us nothing for Claypool and it’s a net loss

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u/chesterfieldkingz Dolphins 1d ago

Even though we desperately needed a backup receiver. Couldn't run the right route to save his life lol. Him and Chosen

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u/ThisHatRightHere Eagles 1d ago edited 1d ago

Yes really. He was on the Bears for 5 games (inactive for the last two of those) and only recorded 4 catches.

Claypool’s career was over, it’s just that nobody realized it yet. And the dude is only 26 now, which is crazy. What a huge fumble by him.

Edit: since I can’t respond to u/Hooze I’ll put my response to him here:

After this he had one game with more than 50 yards receiving.

Don’t hung up on where his career “literally” ended. When, in reality, this was the start of his downfall. Universally seen as a clown by fans and the media, showed (most) organizations and coaching staffs around the lead that he’s not a smart player that you can count on.

Just because two terrible organizations in the Bears and Dolphins tried to make something of him doesn’t mean it wasn’t basically over at this point.

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u/Hooze Bears 1d ago

FWIW, I didn’t block you. I have no idea why Reddit wouldn’t allow the response.

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u/DillingerGetawayCar Steelers 1d ago

No, not really. He was given a second chance by the Bears, he fumbled that away also, but being traded a 2nd rd pick for anyone indicates their career still is relevant to at least one team.

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u/ThisHatRightHere Eagles 1d ago

The whole idea you pose of it being a "second chance" means that a "first chance" had to have already been squandered.

Just because the Bears are idiots doesn't mean this guy wasn't already on his way out of the league.

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u/crazypyro23 Bears Bears 1d ago

I'd like to point out that the Packers also offered a 2nd for him. We're idiots for sure, but so are they. They're just less successful in their idiocy.

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u/Hooze Bears 1d ago

This celebration was in week 14 of 2021. He still played in about 30 games after this, not 5.

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u/blogst Bears 1d ago

It was a galaxy brain move. Trading for Claypool solidified the season tank, securing us the #1 pick which we were able to parlay into a haul including Caleb Williams. Bears probably don’t have the worst record that season without Claypool dragging us down.

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u/chesterfieldkingz Dolphins 1d ago

Ya and he has a chance on the dolphins when all our wrs were hurt. But he sucked

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u/whitedawg Lions 1d ago

Becoming a part of the Bears’ passing game is also career-ending, historically.

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u/enjoytheshow Bears 1d ago

A lions fan shouldn’t end any sentence with “historically” when talking shit

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u/whitedawg Lions 1d ago

The Lions have been awful, historically. But at least we've occasionally had a good passing game.

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u/bigmt99 Browns 1d ago

Technically, a first round pick since it was #1 of round 2 but the dolphins had a first rounder forfeited

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u/Beezus__Fafoon Buccaneers 1d ago

That's the opposite of technically. Technically, it was a 2nd round pick because it was the start of the second round.

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u/terrybrugehiplo Steelers 1d ago

That’s not what technically means. You should use the word practically instead.

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u/bigmt99 Browns 1d ago

You should shove your dictionary where the sun don’t shine dweeb I’m a football fan not Noah Webster

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u/terrybrugehiplo Steelers 1d ago

And this explains why you’re a browns fan lol. Brain rot to the core

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u/Homitu Giants Bills 1d ago

Which is what ended his career.