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Bears WR DJ Moore focusing on 'keeping my emotions in check' — and producing — in 2025

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DJ Moore knew what he meant when he’d smile, or wince, or even dramatically throw himself down on the bench, during the Bears’ losing streak last year.

The receiver knows now, though, that it doesn’t matter one bit what he intended.

That’s been the message ground into him by new head coach Ben Johnson — if Moore doesn’t want morning shows or social media conspiracy theorists interpreting his body language, don’t give them anything to talk about.

“Last year was a whole big body language thing,” he told the Sun-Times last week.