The Bears have agreed to sign offensive tackle Jason Spriggs, according to Dan Graziano of ESPN.com (on Twitter). The former second-round pick of the Packers will ink a one-year deal with his new NFC North squad.
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Back in 2016, the Packers saw Spriggs as a future starter, so they traded up to land the Indiana product at No. 48 overall. At the pro level, he wasn’t able to stick as a first-stringer. For his three seasons in Green Bay, Spriggs was mostly a part-timer for his 29 games. In between that, in 2017, he was placed on injured reserve twice.
Spriggs’ deal likely doesn’t contain much, or anything, in the way of guaranteed dollars, but he’ll get a shot to crack the team’s 53-man roster. Meanwhile, the Bears are keeping most of their focus on the draft for the next week. With their original No. 19 pick belonging to the Raiders, their first selection won’t come until the second round at No. 43.
He’s a bust but Pace has a history with Busts especially ones he drafts
Mingo, Ifedi Burns and now this guy. Pace isn’t content with his own busts, he signs other teams busts.
Low risk high reward
Why not
The bears signed barkevious mingo?
The Bears have the highest TE payroll in the league (although I have no idea why they need 9 of them under contract). Get rid of 6 of those guys and put the money towards the OL where the Bears payroll is 26th.
It’s honestly unreal, oline is the most important spot on this team, good oline makes average weapons better and with our defense as long the quarterback isn’t an idiot, we should be good
I’ve read where it’s a deep draft for offensive linemen. I hope the Bears take 3 of them. Can any of these plethora of tight ends play guard or tackle?
No