If D’Andre Swift’s time in Chicago is indeed winding toward its natural end, the Chicago Bears won’t just be replacing touches or yardage. They’ll be trying to replicate the rudeness, the creativity, the way a routine play could tilt into something memorable, the moment he slipped into space.
Why Jadarian Price Could Be the Answer the Chicago Bears Require
There’s a particular kind of ember that only shows up when a player hits the open field, and suddenly, everything else feels a step too slow. The Bears have flirted with that feeling in flashes, but if PFSN’s latest projection by Ian Cummings holds, they may be on the verge of making it a staple. With pick No. 60 in the 2026 NFL Draft, Chicago is linked to Jadarian Price, whose game feels like controlled chaos and has led to 24 career touchdowns.
“With D’Andre Swift’s contract expiring after 2026, the Bears draft for the future and replace his open-field dynamism, creative authority, and running leverage with Jadarian Price,” Cummings wrote.
If the Bears’ run scheme had a personality, it would value decisiveness over drama. Under Ben Johnson, the outside-zone system asks its backs to trust the design, make one cut, and go, no second-guessing. That’s where Price fits in.
He runs like someone who already knows how the play ends. There’s a sharpness to the way he presses the line, then commits: plant, explode, gone. And for a Chicago offense that’s occasionally stalled by hesitation in the backfield, that kind of clarity changes things.
Not all speed is created equal. Some players are fast in a straight line; others are fast in a way that makes defenders take worse angles, hesitate half a second longer, and question themselves mid-play. Price, who has a PFSN Scouting Grade of 82.06, is the second kind.
His 4.49 speed stretches defenses in real time. Chicago has had elusive runners before.
What they haven’t consistently had is someone who can turn a routine carry into a 40-yard statement. Price had an elite breakaway rate for a reason.
At a glance, Price doesn’t look oversized or overpowering. But then you watch him take contact, and not just survive it, but reshape it.
At 5-foot-11, 210 pounds, he runs with a low center of gravity and a kind of stubborn balance that refuses to cooperate with defenders. In 2025, his 3.9 yards after contact was a pattern.
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For the Bears, that matters more than it might seem. Too many drives have been derailed by early stops, by plays that should have been manageable but weren’t. Price doesn’t fix everything, but he gives those moments a second chance.
This isn’t about replacing Swift so much as preparing for what comes next. Drafting Price would be a quiet kind of foresight.
