Pat O’Donnell is returning to Chicago. ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports (via Twitter) that the punter will sign a two-year, $4MM deal with the Bears.
The 28-year-old has spent his entire five-year career with Chicago, missing only a single regular season game during that span. Despite finishing with a career-low 62 punts in 2018, O’Donnell still managed to tie a career-high with 28 punts inside of the 20. The former sixth-rounder’s 45-yards-per-punt was also on-par with his career numbers.
O’Donnell is now the third punter to ink a relatively lucrative deal this offseason. Bradley Pinion signed a four-year deal with the Buccaneers while Jordan Berry inked a two-year deal to stay with the Steelers.
Somewhere, Phil Emery is smiling.
Emery’s problem was hiring the wrong coach not necessarily drafting players. He was a better scout then GM.
With the QB they have, they better invest in a punter
Rodgers still sucks
@greenbayastros yeah yeah say what you want. We need a kicker more a punter. Division champions here!!
Oh, I get it! Because Trubisky is terrible, right? That’s hilarious!! What firehouse are you performing at this weekend?
This is a bad joke considering it says in the write up that O’Donnell had a career low number of punts last season.
Of course it’s a joke, an ignorant attempt at trolling. But you can’t blame GB fans for being a bitter group. Haha
or assuming they can read
You can trash their QB all ya want… from behind again this year.
No real surprise. You can get some tricky wind conditions in Soldiers Field once autumn arrives so having a guy familiar with that makes sense.
Great News
Good signing, now go sign a kicker. Gostkowski perhaps? Yes please.
Agree. Good signing
You’re right. 21st ranked offense is a sure sign of a good QB. What was I thinking. Chicago has a great defense and a mediocre offense at best. To be honest, I don’t follow Chicago sports (duh) but I would think they would want to address some offensive needs and not a punter
Oh perhaps the problem is you were “thinking”
So genius they should not sign a punter because they should address offense? Signing the punter stops this how?
Are you saying they should not have a punter? Hhhmm typical Green Bay fan.