{"id":667444,"date":"2026-03-19T19:20:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T19:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/667444\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T19:20:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T19:20:14","slug":"kyle-monangai-2-0-why-the-bears-are-big-on-noah-whittington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/667444\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyle Monangai 2.0? Why The Bears Are Big On Noah Whittington"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chicago Bears head coach Ben Johnson has a sharp eye for running backs. He pushed the Detroit Lions to draft Jahmyr Gibbs and sign David Montgomery in 2023. Then last year, he signed off on drafting Kyle Monangai in the 7th round. That proved a highly fruitful decision. Considering the Bears\u2019 offense is geared around running the football, it shouldn\u2019t be surprising that they are intent on adding more to the position. They already had a top 30 visit with Kentucky standout Seth McGowan<\/a>. Now it\u2019s been revealed they have eyes for another.<\/p>\n

Draft insider Tony Pauline of Essentially Sports<\/a> reported that the team is showing significant interest in Oregon\u2019s Noah Whittington.<\/p>\n

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Running back Noah Whittington sat on the sidelines, as he has not fully recovered from the turf toe surgery he underwent several weeks ago. Although physically capable, Whittington skipped pro day drills to avoid any setbacks before camp as he is still not 100% recovered from turf toe surgery.<\/p>\n

Whittington is getting a lot of interest from the Washington Commanders, Kansas City Chiefs, and Chicago Bears.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Whittington is a fascinating study. He\u2019s spent six seasons in college football, two with Western Kentucky and the rest with Oregon. In that time, he was always productive, but never established himself as a starter. Not once did he ever eclipse 140 carries in a season. Still, he averaged a healthy 5.7 yards per carry in his college career and demonstrated some versatility as a pass catcher. Yet when you watch him play, it\u2019s easy to see why the Bears are interested.<\/p>\n

Whittington is built like another Kyle Monangai.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A big reason the Bears\u2019 running back fell to the 7th round was that he was short and an average athlete. Speed was never his game. However, he was still highly productive because he had good vision, contact balance, and a hard-nosed running style. That always translates to the NFL. Whittington is built the same way. He doesn\u2019t have the speed to bounce outside or the ability to create outside of the play design. Still, he is tough to bring down, grinds out extra yards regularly, and is willing to do anything asked of him.<\/p>\n

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That\u2019s Kyle Monangai in a nutshell. Current projections have Whittington going undrafted. He turns 25 this year and is recovering from turf toe. Teams won\u2019t want to spend draft capital on that. The Bears likely feel he could be a good fit for their offense on the cheap. If going the Monangai type worked once, it couldn\u2019t hurt to try it again. Finding good running backs is far easier in undrafted free agency than other positions. This will be a name to watch if they don\u2019t draft somebody next month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chicago Bears head coach Ben Johnson has a sharp eye for running backs. He pushed the Detroit Lions…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":667445,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[1318,1317,1315,1316,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-667444","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-football","11":"tag-ncaafootball","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116257464763370102","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=667444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/667445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}