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The Chicago Bears are expecting big things from third-year receiver Anthony Miller in 2020. So it’s certainly encouraging that, after a slow start to camp, that Miller has put together one of the best training camp performances on the entire team.
“He started out a little bit slow the beginning of training camp,” coach Matt Nagy said Wednesday. “He might have had the best training camp of a lot of players on this team. He had an amazing training camp.”
With Miller, it’s not a question of whether he can put together some impressive performances. It’s whether he can get off to a fast start at the beginning of the season, which is something that took some time for the second-round pick last season.
Last year, Miller was coming off shoulder surgery and an impressive rookie campaign. But he struggled throughout training camp, and he didn’t earn a role in this offense until the middle of the season.
But when he did get going, he appeared unstoppable. Miller had a five-game stretch from Weeks 11-15, where he totaled 33 receptions for 431 yards and two touchdowns. He finished the year with 52 receptions for 656 yards and two scores.
While this year he had some struggles at the start of camp, it wasn’t the same story.
“He was making some mental errors early on [in camp],” Nagy said. “But the best part about Anthony is that when you correct him, he doesn’t make that same mistake twice. And that kid is playing at 110 percent on every single play. For us, just to have that, that’s a credit to him. He took the challenge and he really had an awesome camp.”
With the departure of Taylor Gabriel, Miller is taking the lead as the Bears’ No. 2 receiver behind Allen Robinson. Miller has all of the tools he needs to succeed in this league, and he’s proven he have some big games and make some big-time catches.
Miller believes that he’s poised for a breakout season in Chicago, and the Bears are counting on that.
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