NFC North

Brad Biggs: The upcoming WR free-agent class is weak — so Bears acted now to acquire Chase Claypool from Steelers

CHICAGO — Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Poles did not wait until the offseason to add needed help for Justin Fields, gifting the quarterback a big-bodied wide receiver with production by acquiring Chase Claypool from the Pittsburgh Steelers on Tuesday. A day after the Bears traded linebacker Roquan Smith to the Baltimore Ravens, shipping off the best player on the roster for future draft capital, Poles traded a second-round pick to Pittsburgh for Claypool, a former Notre Dame star. The pick involved is the Bears’ own second-round selection, not the one acquired from the Ravens, meaning th…