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Bears wide receiver DJ Moore: Lining up at RB ‘daunting,’ but I want to ‘attack it’

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Wide receiver DJ Moore isn’t ready to call himself a running back — he has been in one meeting, a solo session with position coach Eric Bieniemy — but he doesn’t mind lining up in the backfield, either.

That’s something the Bears have been toying with in practice, all in the name of finding creative ways to get Moore the ball.

That means learning pass concepts for receiver and running back.

‘‘It’s daunting,’’ Moore said Monday, ‘‘but I get paid the big bucks to do it, so why not?