• Courtney Cronin, ESPN Staff WriterJul 30, 2024, 07: 36 PM ET

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      Courtney Cronin first joined ESPN in 2017 and started covering the Minnesota Vikings before making the 2022 switch to the Chicago Bears. Courtney hosts Best Month Possibly on ESPN Radio and frequently appears on Around the Horn. She co-hosts ESPN 1000’s The Chicago Bears Podcast. She recently worked as a video sports columnist for the San Jose Mercury News.

Pool FOREST, Ill.– The Chicago Bears and large receiver DJ Moore reached agreement on a four-year,$ 110 million contract extension, the largest in company history, his officials told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Tuesday.

The package– negotiated by Drew Rosenhaus, Jason Rosenhaus and Robert Bailey– includes$ 82.6 million guaranteed, which ranks second for a large device on a single contract in NFL history ( Justin Jefferson$ 110 million guaranteed, A. J. Brown$ 84 million ). This season, all three participants reached an agreement on their contracts.

Moore, 27, was set to leave the Carolina Panthers in 2026 with two more years left on the improvement he signed at the end of his freshman season. He joins 12-year former Keenan Allen and the Bears ‘ seventh overall pick, Rome Odunze, in a large receiver room until the 2029 time. He is currently under contract with the Bears.

A former first-round find, Moore was the focal point of a 2023 industry that sent the No. In change for Moore and four draft picks, Carolina received the 1st overall pick of the document. Ryan Poles, the Bears ‘ general manager, said he was “over the moon” about receiving Moore in the Panthers ‘ haul and that he was concerned that if the Bears had waited past the trade’s completion date of March 10, 2023, he might not have been able to find a receiver.

In his first season with the Bears, Moore put together a career year, leading the team in receptions (96 ), receiving yards ( 1, 364 ), receiving yards per game ( 80.2 ) and touchdowns ( 8 ). He accounted for 39.9 % of Chicago’s receiving feet, the highest percentage for any person for a team in 2023.

In one year, Moore changed the trajectory of the Bears act. His 1, 364 receiving yards were the fourth most by a Bears player in franchise history, trailing only Brandon Marshall ( 2012 ), Alshon Jeffery ( 2013 ) and Marcus Robinson ( 1999 ).

Despite having a rotating solid of quarterbacks, Moore has caught a move from 12 different quarterbacks since joining the group in 2018. He also ranks eighth in the NFL in receiving feet over that time.

In June, Chicago coach Matt Eberflus stated that “our best player has to be our hardest workers, they must be our best winners, and they must be available for training outside,” and DJ is no exception. He is “our hardest employee and one of our most talented people,” according to the statement, “he’s as hard as they come, he’s a great teammate, and he’s a great partner.”

Under Poles ‘ manner, the Bears gave Moore an expansion sooner than they had before. In the last month of his rookie contract, Chicago extended tight end Cole Kmet last summer. After using the franchise tag as a pretext for negotiations, the team let linebacker Jaylon Johnson out of his last season of his rookie deal in 2023 before awarding him a four-year expansion this offseason.

Poles stated in March that he wanted to become “intentional with the purchase that we do negotiations,” which ultimately resulted in Moore surpassing another Bears players who are entering deal years in 2024.

Allen, who was traded to the Bears from the Los Angeles Chargers, has one time remaining on his bargain. Teven Jenkins, a kept watch, claims the Bears informed him and his agent that negotiations would need to take place before Chicago’s Week 7 bye. He is currently in the last year of his rookie deal.

By extending Moore, Poles now has the team’s offensive core locked down for quite a while, Chicago has its first overall quarterback ( Caleb Williams ), two first-round wide receivers ( Odunze, Moore ), a top-10 pick offensive tackle ( Darnell Wright ) and starting tight end ( Kmet ) all under contract for at least the next four years ( including fifth-year options on first-round contracts ).

Moore is the most recent large receiver to earn money during the summer of megacontract additions. His deal makes him the second-highest-paid wide receiver behind Minnesota‘s Jefferson, who signed the richest contract in NFL history at the position ( four years,$ 140 million ) in June.

ESPN Stats &amp, Information contributed to this statement.