Olamide Zaccheaus

The Chicago Bears scored 31 points on offense against the Pittsburgh Steelers with three rookies overtaking the veterans in front of them. RB Kyle Monangai went 12-48-1 on the ground outperforming D Andre Swift who only went 8-15-0. TE Colston Loveland went 4-49-1 compared to Cole Kmet s 1-3-0. Finally, WR Luther Burden III surpassed Olamide Zaccheaus again this week with Burden going 3-46-0 on 5 targets while Zaccheaus caught his lone target for 6 yards.

Zaccheaus' catch in the dying moments of the second quarter proved to be his only target. With the Bears finally getting second-round rookie Luther Burden more involved, Zaccheaus has two catches for 11 yards over the past three weeks. He is back to being out of sight, out of mind in 12-team fantasy leagues.

"You get what you earn," Johnson said. "And I think he's earned the increased snaps. He's steadily climbed." It seems to be confirmation that Burden's Week 11 ascension ahead of Olamide Zaccheaus will be a permanent feature. It seems like a long-overdue move, though Burden was always more raw as a prospect than some draftniks would have probably liked to admit. Burden is a big play waiting to happen with the ball in his hands, but it still takes some effort to get it there, while the Bears prefer a balanced approach on offense. Burden is growing more viable as a WR4, but he is still someone who is probably best left on 12-team league benches for the time being.

Zaccheaus logged just nine pass routes on the day after operating as the team's primary slot receiver for the first ten weeks of the regular season. Rookie WR Luther Burden, meanwhile, ran 23 routes and caught three of his five targets for 27 yards in the victory. It appears Burden has leapfrogged Zaccheaus as Chicago's main slot guy.

Burden saw more playing time than usual, logging a pass route on 23 of the Bears' 37 drop backs. Olamide Zaccheaus, who has operated as the team's primary slot receiver this season, ran just nine routes on the day and was not targeted. It's a potentially significant development -- one that suggests Ben Johnson and the Bears are ready to ramp up the explosive rookie, who has more than two receptions in just four games this season. Burden is a good waiver wire addition for receiver-needy fantasy teams ahead of Chicago's Week 12 game against the Steelers.