Cordarrelle Patterson has made plays as a receiver https://www.thebearsfanshop.com/Khalil-Mack-Jersey , running back and kick returner over the course of his career and he made enough of them to convince the Bears to give him a two-year, $10 million contract as a free agent.In return for that money, it sounds like the Bears are going to be asking Patterson to do all of the above and perhaps a little bit more during the 2019 season. Head coach Matt Nagy said there’s “not a limit” to what Patterson can do for the Bears.As you’d imagine, that’s music to Patterson’s ears. He called it “kind of a no-brainer” to sign on to play for Nagy https://www.thebearsfanshop.com , who put Tarik Cohen in position to make plays across the board last year, and suggested a new nickname to go with his new team.“I’m one of those guys where you’ll be like, ‘Damn!'” Patterson said, via the . “You’ll see me and you’ll just say Chicago Bears Customized Jerseys , ‘Damn!’ I’m telling you, just call me, ‘Damn!’ because when I get the ball it’s like, ‘Damn Chicago Bears T-Shirts , he’s about to do this.’ It’s crazy.”The Bears have talked about pushing the envelope offensively this year. Having players like Cohen and Patterson on hand plays right into that plan. Bears senior defensive assistant and outside linebackers coach Ted Monachino hasn’t been with the team very long, but he’s been there long enough to know that Khalil Mack is the team’s best pass rusher.Monachino thinks there’s a chance that changes in the near future, however. He said that Leonard Floyd “has a bigger toolbox” as a natural pass rusher than anyone else on the team and went on to say that Floyd has other attributes that set him apart from others inside and outside the organization.“This is a rare athlete playing the position,” Monachino said https://www.thebearsfanshop.com/hats , via Kevin Fishbain of TheAthletic.com. “There’s a whole bunch of guys that are great hammers and guys that have the pass-rush gene that have that dominant trait. This is a rare athlete for the position. I’ve coached a bunch of good ones. I’ve coached big ones, I’ve coached smart ones, I’ve coached fast ones. I’ve never coached an athlete like this. … His length. His short-area quickness. Long speed. The ability to cover and change direction. All of those things are very special with this player.”Floyd has 15.5 sacks through his first three seasons and is coming off playing in every game for the first time in those three seasons. That’s allowed him to avoid any rehab work this offseason and the increased practice time has left Floyd feeling that his “confidence is way high” about the year to come.If that confidence translates into the kind of jump Monachino suggests Floyd can make, both edges of the Bears defense are going to be a handful for opposing offenses.